Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . of the newly-formedRepublican party, led by Thom-as Jefferson, and opposed to theFederal party, led by AlexanderHamilton. About this time the peopleof Kentucky were making overtheir Constitution, and Clayworked so zealously to haveslavery put out of the State thathe lost a great deal of his popu-larity, for Kentucky had largeinterests in slave labor. But he came back into favor again, and in 1803he was elected to the Kentucky Legislature by a large vote. He wasamong the foremost
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . of the newly-formedRepublican party, led by Thom-as Jefferson, and opposed to theFederal party, led by AlexanderHamilton. About this time the peopleof Kentucky were making overtheir Constitution, and Clayworked so zealously to haveslavery put out of the State thathe lost a great deal of his popu-larity, for Kentucky had largeinterests in slave labor. But he came back into favor again, and in 1803he was elected to the Kentucky Legislature by a large vote. He wasamong the foremost men of his State, and was soon sent to the UnitedStates Senate to finish out the term of a man who had retired. In aboutthree years more he was returned by regular election, and after that termwas over he became a member of the House of Representatives in Wash-ington, where he was elected speaker after a few months. These were in the early years of this century, when troubles werethickening between England and America for a second time. Claysstand was decidedly in favor of letting the war come on. He strongly. HENRY CLAY. HENRY CLAY. 125 denounced Englands claim of right to search our vessels on the high seasand take away our sailors because they had once been British subjects,and he declared that we should hold to our rights as a nation at whatevercost. But he was not a lover of strife, and when Russia offered, as a friendto both countries, to help arrange some terms of peace, Harry of theWest, as Clay was called, was thought to be a wise person to put uponthe committee for the United States. With four other commissioners, hewent to Ghent, in Belgium, where a treaty was agreed upon the daybefore Christmas, 1814. This treaty ended the war, and by Clays carefulmanagement was made favorable to the United States in many ways. MANY YEARS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. On coming back to America he was at once re-elected to Congressand to the Speakership, which post he held thirteen years al
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