henry clay wanted the united states out of mexico without taking any territory. don't know that it was an extremely realistic position, but this was clay's position. did the anti-war movement and the war, i feel pretty strongly that anti-war agitation forced polk to bring the war to a close even though he wants more territory. i think it did limit the territorial acquisition from this war. i believe that had polk been allowed to continue fighting, mexico would have been forced to give up more land than it ultimately did. it definitely mobilized the public in support of bringing an american war to a close for the fist time. so i think it's important to acknowledge that anti-war movements existed in the past, that they can work, they can have real effects, and they can limit the loss of life, pause i think the anti-war movement that emerged during the u.s./mexican war did all these things. thank you very much. [applause] >> [inaudible] >> absolutely. >> and identify again pre pre vs postwar -- [inaudible] >> sure. all right. so this is the area that mexico initially

>> henry clay had them in retirement. to take charge of an attempt to create some kind of a compromise. he was known as the great compromise their for the compromise of 1820, the missouri compromise of 1833 compromise that left the country back from crisis of herself carolinas notification law. henry clay was a cramped, remarkable man and never one to say no when he was invited to be the center of political attention. he returned to washington and let the debate for seven attempting to persuade congressmen from the right and left come in the and north to agree to a graphic compromise here compromiser cummock come the grand bargain that would solve the slavery question once and for all. he failed. henry clay was pivotal to debate, but he failed in actually making a compromise real. he had put together one of the first on the best those in american legal history. from the base collapsed. what happened? stephena douglas known to journalists at the time is a steam engine temperatures, short, ferocious, northern democrat comin

>> guest: henry clay had been in retirement. he was called out of retirement in kentucky to take charge of an attempt to create some kind of a compromise. he was not missed a great compromise their for the compromise of 1820, missouri compromise and most of the 1833 compromise over south carolina's nullification of federal law. henry clay was a grand, remarkable man i never wanted to say no when he was invited to speak to the center political intentions. so he returned to washington and let the debate for seven months, attempting to persuade congressmen for the right and left, south and north to agree to a grand compromise that would solve the slavery question once and for all. he failed. repair is pivotal to the debates, but failed in making the compromise real. you put together one of the omnibus bills from the omnibus collapse. what have? stephen douglas known to journalists at the time of the steam engine in britches, very short, ferocious northern democrat, 35 years old, the marker revealed by the state perhaps did what cla

henry clay was pivotal to the debate, but he failed in actually making a compromise real. he had put together one of the first omnibus bills in american political history. the omnibus collapsed. what happened? stephen a. douglas, known to journalists at the time as a steam engine in britches, very horse, ferocious northern democrat, youngest man in the senate -- 35 years old, the marco rubio of his day, perhaps -- did what clay had not done. he did the numbers. in other words, what stephen a. douglas determined was that there were enough combinations of votes in the senate to pass the different parts of clay's compromise, but not all at once. so he passed six separate bills using different combinations. so the lesson is really persuasion is necessary, and it's imperative to sway the doubtful. but if you don't do the numbers, you won't succeed. persuade y

henry clay jr. is a leerpd of kentucky troops, goes to mexico, and killed at the battle of b urges -- bunena vista. he has to face the death of his son in a war he didn't believe in, and after his son's death, he religious, gets baptized, and decides to make a speech opposing the war he hopes brings the war to a close, and clay's speech, which is hugely important because reporters traveled over a hundred miles to hear it, and the newly invented telegraph meant within a couple days of the speech being uttered by him, it was reported around the country. clay's speech really touched on all of the grounds for opposing the war mentioned. he talks about how immoral the war is saying the u.s. lost its sterling reputation abroad. he talks about american soldiers being disqualified by a wild spirit of adventure from returning to civil society and says slavery is the great evil and this could cause the spread of slavery, and he also makes it clear there's racial reasons to oppose the war. clay asked the liste

>> henry clay had been in requirement. he was called out of retirement in kentucky to take charge of a attempt to create some kind of a comprise. he was known as great compriser for husbanding the comprise of 1820, the missouri comprise and the 1833 comprise that lost the country back against from crisis over south carolina's nullification of federal law. henry clay was a grand remarkable man, and never 2000 -- no one to say no when he was inviolated to be the center of political attention. he returned to washington and lead the debate for seven months straight trying to persuade congressman from the right and left and north and south to agree to a grand enterprise a grand bargain that would solve the slavery question once and for all. he failed. he was pivot fall to the debate but he failed in comaking the -- making the comprise real. he put together one of the first bills in the american political history. the collapse. what happened? douglas known to journalist at the time as a steam engine. very short, ferocious, north

henry clay was first elected to this house in 1811. becoming the only person elected as speaker the same day he took office. during his remarkable four decades on the national stage, he steered america through a daunting array of crises, each of which might have shattered the uneon absent his remarkable leadership. indeed, henry clay demonstrated that an unwavering dedication to principle and a practical commitment to compromise are not incompatible values. they are, instead, the tools of statesmanship. the implements of progress. and the guardians of freedom. he was abraham lincoln's bold ideal of a great man. yule guising clay in 1852, lincoln called him, quote, the man for a crisis, unquote. declaring that clay, quote, desired the prosperity of his countrymen partly because they were his countrymen but chiefly to show the world that freemen could be prosperous, unquote. henry clay understood the indispensable link between liberty, prosperity, and basic human dignity. his struggle to harness our system of checks and balances to serve

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although probably a number are you familiar with henry clay. and possibly william henry stewart was a senator from new york state and was by far the most notable and well-known republican in the country. finally, here i am, i'm ready to start. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. here's a look at some books that are being published this week. sonja sotomayor and andrew napolitano as well as tom allen. they report on war crimes in vietnam war in their book, kill anything that moves, the real american war in vietnam. look at these titles and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and booktv.org. >> now we bring you booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books. here are some of the programs look out for this weekend. at 4:30 p.m. eastern, michael gordon discusses his book on "washington journal." mr. gordon details iraq war from 2003 until the withdrawal in 2012. at 11:00 p.m., cindy helms recounting her life as the wife of richard helms. he died in 2002. watch a couple of interviews from the university of

hastert made up, this is the way it operated since almost the early 19th century and the days of henry clay, that is the speaker of majority party will not put a bill on the floor that does not get a majority of the party. a lot of people thought 89-8, boehner will put this on the floor, he will tell them you will live to fight another day. the automatic cuts known as a sequester, they are punting those for two months, the funding bill is set to expire at the same time. leaders have been telling their rank and file we will fight then. it will be much better political ground. apparently that has not carried the day here. not enough spending cuts as mentioned this that statement by the speaker's spokesman. not enough spending cuts to satisfy republicans. they will do what they feel is best. they will amend it, send it back to the senate and that raises the question whether this can get done by noon on thursday and avert the fiscal cliff. obviously the holiday is over tomorrow. the markets are open. people are back to business and earning paychecks. paychecks that will be taxed at a much highe

calhoun and hung henry clay. (laughter) so people like a fighter. and to go to bob caro's point -- >> rose: before we go i want to make sure i understand what you're suggesting obama should do. >> people like a fighter. people liked it when f.d.r. said -- as michael just said, i welcome their hatred. they like people who go out there and try to sell it. but one point about the broader culture particularly at inauguration time to go to bob caro's point absolutely lyndon johnson with the help of richard goodwin found the way to articulate the aspiration and finish the work, the unfinished work in the founting of the civil war in terms of race. lyndon johnson was doing that as a lawmaker and law giver after martin luther king and -- let a movement in birmingham and montgomery and other places. he passed the voting rights act after jose ya williams and john lewis were almost beaten to death at the pettis bridge. presidents who react to events with the spirit of leadership are going to be the most success so i don't think -- we can't isolate presidential

the original who was the surprise of the 1840 convention of henry clay believe he was going to win hands down just as william seward believed he was going to win. clay didn't win and he was very bitter. of what did harrison do? he asked him to be secretary of state. it was done he appointed his enemy and buchanan appointed his enemies. >> bogden? >> that's right. a for more rivals. i don't think of was on his mind a part of this. i think it was on the cabinet building the regional representation, the west got the east of the north and as far north as he could set his sights and political antecedents made up of a strong debate to strange group of know nothings, former democrats who opposed slavery, the former whigs who had no party to go to and they made sure they were represented, to back to the i think i was his balancing act. and he believed that you to appoint the members of your party and there was a lot of movement from the senate in those days because legislature was always appointed the most famous of around the senators so they didn't think that they were giving up if they went i

present as madison received a queue of notables in that room from thomas jefferson to andrew jackson, henry clay, the daniel webster. and very many young men of learning. the madison's niece wrote that jennings sighed for freedom was enamored with freedom. well, you bet. those young men of learning, they would rhapsodize about spending one evening listening to the father of the constitution old fart. jennings, like part of the wallpaper, was present for hundreds of such discourses. and in the book id felt the thesis that jennings was able to absorb the theoretical underpinning that would support his inmate yearning for freedom and allow him to identify it as a natural right of man. late february 1837, jennings prepared the madison sitting house in washington for future use by the widow, dolley madison. paul jennings had returned to lafayette square for the first time in 20 years. james madison died the previous summer, and dolley decided she would make use of her sitting house in washington and sent jennings ahead to ready the dwelling. it was still february but in anticipation of the new admini

were the giants of the senates who came before us, the daniel websters, henry clays, robert tafts, the hubert humphreys, were they any less a senator because they were not defined by a de facto 60-vote supermajority requirement? mr. president, i believe the senate should embrace george washington's vision of this body if that story is true about him and jefferson and the saucer and the tea. the senate was set up to slow things down, to ensure proper debate and deliberation. that is what the founders intended. that's what we've advocated and that's what i advocate. we will not become the house. as one author has noted, however, the increasing use of the filibuster has converted the senate from the saucer george washington intended into a deep freeze and a dead weight. at the heart of this debate is the central question: do we believe in democracy? republicans and sadly many of my colleagues in my own caucus repeatedly warn about advancing these reforms because democrats will find themselves in the minority one day and may want to stop something. well, i'm sorry, i don't fear democracy.

of notables in that room from thomas jefferson to and are shocked and, henry clay, daniel webster very many gunmen of learning that matter since nice wrote that jennings sighed for freedom was enamored with freedom. well, you bet. those young men of learning would wracks the guys about spending one evening listening to the father of the constitution holds for us. jennings, the part of the wallpaper was present for hundreds of such discourse is and then the book, i developed it these days that jennings was able to absorb the theoretical underpinnings that would support his innate yearning for freedom and allow him to identify as a natural right of man. late february, 1837, jennings prepared the madison city has been washing 10 for future use by the widow, dolly madison. paul jennings had returned to lafayette square for the first time in 20 years. james madison died the previous summer and mrs. dolly decided she would make use of her city has been washing 10 and send jennings ahead to ready the dwelling. it was still february, but in anticipation of new administration, already the time

calhoun and hung henry clay. (laughter) so people like a fighter.r. people liked it when f.d.r. said -- as michael just said, i welcome their hatred. they like people who go out there and try to sell it. but one point about the broader culture particularly at inauguration time to go to bob caro's point absolutely lyndon johnson with the help of richard goodwin found the way to articulate the aspiration and finish the work, the unfinished work in the founting of the civil war in terms of race. lyndon johnson was doing that as a lawmaker and law giver after martin luther king and -- let a movement in birmingham and montgomery and other places. he passed the voting rights act after jose ya williams and john lewis were almost beaten to death at the pettis bridge. presidents who react to events with the spirit of leadership are going to be the most success so i don't think -- we can't isolate presidential leadership from what will be going on in the country. >> all true. and we honor president johnson because after the violence at selma he used the momen

which henry clay correctly defined as a art of consensus.ame to the senate in 1985, as a member of a hopeful and hard charging class of freshman. paul simon, tom harkin, al gore, phil graham, jay rockefeller, and i all have at least three things in common. we were all sworn in as senators at the same time, we each explored running or ran for the white house, and none of us made it there. [laughter] the last remaining member of that class, senator mitch mcconnell has now again been elevated by his peers as the republican leader. i see a lot of the very similar aspiration we felt when i came here in 1985 and today's freshman and soft more. many came to the senate that it's broken beyond repair. i encourage each and every one of them to reject that premise in order to restore the props of the senate. the senate cannot break unless we let it. after all the value of institution like any instrument of power is how you use it. we can't ignore the fact that today treaties that only a few years ago would have passed 100-0 don't pass at all. people wh

of notables in that room from thomas jefferson to and are shocked and, henry clay, daniel webster very many gunmen of learning that matter since nice wrote that jennings sighed for freedom was enamored with freedom. well, you bet. those young men of learning would wracks the guys about spending one evening listening to the father of the constitution holds for us. jennings, the part of the wallpaper was present for hundreds of such discourse is and then the book, i developed it these days that jennings was able to absorb the theoretical underpinnings that would support his innate yearning for freedom and allow him to identify as a natural right of man. late february, 1837, jennings prepared the madison city has been washing 10 for future use by the widow, dolly madison. paul jennings had returned to lafayette square for the first time in 20 years. james madison died the previous summer and mrs. dolly decided she would make use of her city has been washing 10 and send jennings ahead to ready the dwelling. it was still february, but in anticipation of new administration, already the time

. >> don't say that about henry clay from kentucky. >> but the weight of them is that the room was veryidential statues and then as you saw that wonderful shot up into the dome, that is the pathiosis of george washington or george washington in heaven and it's a combination of mythical and real figures so it has, for instance, robert moros, the great financier of the revolution delivering the money to george washington but with mercury helping him, so it is quite a combination. it was done by constant steen bermidi, the great artist of the capitol, who there it is, it's really quite -- george washington is in the purple dress over there and bermidi was an italian who was very much in love with american democracy and he signed his work constantine, american citizen. that's the appropriate word for the day because that was his great pride was being an american citizen. painting that mural he fell and never really recovered. a lot he didn't die there but he didn't recover. a lot of the work of the artistry of the capitol since then was taken up by an artist named alan cox so they are corri

but only senators, one by one in their own hearts, can change the approach to legislating which henry clay correctly defined as the art of consensus. i came to the senate in 1985 as a member of a hopeful and hard-charging class of freshmen. paul simon, tom harkin, al gore, phil gramm, jay rockefeller and i all have at least three things in common. we were all sworn in as senators at the same time. we each explored running or ran for the white house. and none of us made it there. the last remaining member of that class, senator mitch mcconnell, has now again been elevated by his peers as the republican leader. i see a lot of a very similar aspiration to what we felt when i came here in 1985 in today's freshmen and sophomores. many came to the senate running on the premise that it's broken beyond repair. i encourage each and every one of them to reject that premise in order to restore the promise of the senate. the senate cannot break unless we let it. after all, the value of this institution, like any instrument of power, is how you use it, but we can't ignore the fact that today treaties t