A history of the United States . itsConstitution against allowing free colored men to enter its ^ Maine up to this time had beeu a district of Massachusetts. 252 ADMINISTRATIONS OF MONROE, 1817-1825. [§ 331 borders. This obstacle was overcome by the address and dexterity of Henry Clay ^ who, as a Virginian by birth and a Ken- tuckianby residence,was in every wayadmirably suited toact as mediator be-tween the two sec-tions. He did notlike slavery, andhad been presidentof the ColonizationSociety ; but he un-derstood how thor-oughly in earnestthe Southern menwere to defend theinstitution. He used
A history of the United States . itsConstitution against allowing free colored men to enter its ^ Maine up to this time had beeu a district of Massachusetts. 252 ADMINISTRATIONS OF MONROE, 1817-1825. [§ 331 borders. This obstacle was overcome by the address and dexterity of Henry Clay ^ who, as a Virginian by birth and a Ken- tuckianby residence,was in every wayadmirably suited toact as mediator be-tween the two sec-tions. He did notlike slavery, andhad been presidentof the ColonizationSociety ; but he un-derstood how thor-oughly in earnestthe Southern menwere to defend theinstitution. He usedall the tact andpersonal charm forwhich he was con-spicuous among hiscontemporaries, andsucceeded in mak-ing the people of Missouri agree not to deprive citizens of other states of their rights. 331. General View of the Compromises. — The Second Com-promise was distinctly ambiguous and meant little; the Firstwas a sacrifice of principle which, however, was regarded asnecessary at the time. Both sides were in earnest, and the. Henry Clay (). iBorn in Virginia, 1777; died, 1852. Moved to Kentucky, 1797; in rapidsuccession was member of the Kentucky legislature, the House of Repre-sentatives, and the United States Senate; Speaker of the House, 1811-1814;leader of the war party against Great Britain, and champion of internal im-provements; one of the envoys to Ghent, 1814; Speaker of House, 1815-1821,also from 1823-1825; ardently advocated the tariff of 1824; Secretary of State, §331] SLAVERY COMES TO THE FRONT. 253 extreme adherents of each stood out to the end for their respec-tive principles. On the whole, the responsibility for the set-tlement rested largely on themoderate Southerners and ontheir Northern and Westernsympathizers, who were veryinfluential in some states,—for example, in Illinois. Fewmen saw with John Randolph^that the day of settlementwas only postponed. Whetherit would have been best tofight the question out thenand there, will always be amooted poin
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