speaker henry clay of kentucky stood and addressed his esteemed guest. lay lauded lafayette as a faithful and fearless champion of freedom who had faced the perils, the sufferings and the sacrifices of the american revolution, and afterward continued his efforts on behalf of what clay called an infant a distant and an alien. people. as congress is foremost champion of american economic development, clay invited lafayette to marvel at a land transformed since independence. clay spoke glowingly of the forests filled the cities built, the canals cut, the highways constructed, and the increase of population. clay turned to lafayette, who followed with his own patriotic reflections on the moment the general declared that, like his dear revolutionary companions, his faith still abided in american principles of liberty, equality and true social order. nodding to clay, he acknowledged the immense improvements and prodigious creations he had beheld during his visit. but he was quick to affirm that what he called the grandeur and prosperity of these happy united st

speaker henry clay of kentucky stood and addressed his esteemed guest. aithful and fearless champion of freedom who had faced the perils, the sufferings, and sacrifices of the american revolution, and afterwards continued his efforts on behalf of what clay called an infant, a distant, and alien people. as congress's foremost champion of economic development, clay invited lafayette to marvel at a land transformed since independence. clay spoke glowingly of the forest, the cities built, the canals cut, the highways constructed and the increase of population. clay turned to lafayette who followed with his own patriotic reflections on the moment. the general declared that like his dear revolutionary companions, his faith still abided in american principles of liberty, equality, and true social order. nodding to clay, he acknowledged the improvements but was quick to affirm that what he called the grandeur and prosperity of these happy united states owed above all to americans enduring commitment to self-government. for lafayette, the country's wealth and prog

mitch mcconnell and henry clay. well, i'm not sure anybody would call senator mcconnell the great compromiser, which is what people called henry clay. that said, senator mcconnell has reached a lot of compromise over time. i interviewed senator angus king of maine and. he said the problem for mitch is, is that his obstructions are notorious and people don't really see his compromises. but even lately in the biden administration, you could see that. you could see that in the infrastructure bill, you could see that in the chips act. you could see that in the gun safety bill. those are all the products of compromise that he put together when he needed to obstruct. what was his mindset when he thought he needed to obstruct? well, that he when after president obama was elected, the republicans were really on their backs. you know, they for a while, the democrats had 60 votes. and so senator mcconnell told his conference, you know, we still have a lot of power here. really, the power they had is the power of no, because i

the compromise of 1850, designed by daniel webster and henry clay. daniel webster of and henry clay, the great compromiser of kentucky. they designed this compromise after gold is discovered in california, which you're allowed to say, huh, huh yes. gold is discovered in california. thousands of people take part in the gold rush. california becomes so populated, so quickly that they skip or almost skip the territory stage and apply for statehood. very, very quickly. 1849, they're applying for statehood. only one problem at the time. there are 30 states in the union already. 50 of them are free. 15 of them are slave. is this balance? california applies for admittance as a free state in the south. very concerned about this. not only is this going to disrupt the balance of power literally in the senate, but it's also going to probably quash the momentum for slavery as the movement west continues. i think the film's probably right about that. and so they demand something in return what they demand is this compromise of 1850. and the biggest element of thi

america's great debate, henry clay, steven douglas and the compromise that preserved the union, washington, the making of american capital. does everybody know george washington distilled whiskey in mount vernon, it's 127 dollars a bottle if you're interested. tonight we'll hear about those books and the first congress and how james madison and george washington and all those extraordinary men, no women, no people of color, no native americans, but men that founded a document, created a nation that is ever growing. he will share the unheralded place of firsts. so i give you a great honor and respect, fergus bordenwich. fergus: good evening, everyone. james baldwin once wrote, history is not the past, sorry, history is not the past, it is the present. we carry our history with us. we are our history. first i want to thank pete and the former members of inviting me to say a few words about "the first congress" and say it here in a wonderful space which as a new yorker i'm familiar with and always admired but this is called federal hall euphemistically because it wasn't federal hall but it's

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