he said he favored john quincy adams for the presidency. clay always feared the napoleons of the world. he feared they would use a tremendous text to take over and become a dictator like napoleon had in his lifetime. then he accepted the offer of secretary of state from john quincy adams. that stunned the presidency. half of the people said he should do it. half theed advisers said he shouldn't. >> andrew jackson was his nemesis. what was his position on slavery? >> much more hostile than probably one of the first presidents. he marched into florida mainly to clear out what he considered a threat from florida. he's one of the major campaigns into florida was the issue of free blacks with british support living in florida, along with native americans who were raiding into american territories. so he's very hostile towards any idea of freedom and much more so than our president is. ne next telephone call from boston. >> caller: hello. i went to high school in east port, maine, which is on moose island. very close to canada. and we all knew in

before he even left kentucky, before he left ashland, he had said he favored john quincy adams for the presidency. adams had the same viewpoints. at that time, jackson he called a mere general. clay always fear eed the napoles of the world. so clay really went to washington knowing he was going to support adams. his mistake was not supporting ada adams. in fact, that may have been his best compromise. adams didn't carry but nine states. 13 before needed. clay did that. adams was elected. then clay made his big mistake. he accepted the offer of secretary of the state from john quincy adams. that was the steppingstone of the presidency. half of the people said he should do it. half said he shouldn't. but he couldn't turn it down. that was then used against him as a corrupt bargain. >> andrew jackson was his great nemesis. what was jackson's position on slavery? >> much more hostile than probably one of the first presidents. he marched into florida mainly to clear out what he considered a threat from florida. one of his major campaigns into florida was the issue of free blacks with britis

john quincy adams, henry clay, three other people of importance there. and it draws out and takes a long time to come about that they -- given the fact they didn't have a lot to work with, come in with a strong treaty for america. it was held that way, too. interest didn't hurt and andrew jackson won the battle of new orleans after the treaty had been signed. there's almost like would things came at the same time. looked like we won the war. even though the treaty had been signed before the battle. >> avery, you have the guest jacket. can you tell us about it and its significance. >> yes. we have the jacket here. this is the diplomatic issue jacket henry clay would have been given to go against and negotiate peace. this jacket is very significant it is one of the few pieces in the collection we have that belong to henry clay. this jacket also served a as an artifact during the time the kentucky a&m was here. they used this jacket as an artifact then as well. >> we are going back to telephone calls. michael? >> caller: good evening. my family and i grew u

this is -- john quincy adams. henry clay is a very different kind of a person. and they -- they constantly talked to each other and didn't like each know a lot of ways. but they respected each other. when clay makes john quincy adams president of the united states, 1825, everybody pecksed they would fight and would break away from each other. clay is a very loyal secretary of state. and adams gave more respect to clay and clay has more respect for adams. they may not -- may not be friends but certainly respectful of each other the rest of their lives. >> we are reaching back from the -- into material part of henry clay's career. this is a good time to look at one of ashland's prized -- most prized possessions. will you tell us about it? >> yes. we do have the washington goblet here. and this was the item of greatest patriotic inspiration in henry clay's home. you can see that it is chipped or broken and this is how henry clay received it. and he wrote about how he had received this from the elderly laidy was gift. it had belonged to george washington through mos

when clay makes john quincy adams president of the united states in 1825, everybody expected they would fight and would break away from each other. clay is a very loyal secretary of state. adams gains more respect for clay. clay gains more respect for adams. they may have never been friends, but they were certainly great respectful of each other for the rest of their lives. >> avery, we're reaching back into the later part of henry clay's career. this is the time for a look at the washington goblet. tell us about that. >> we have the washington goblet here. this was the item of greatest patriotic inspiration in henry clay's home. you can see that it's chipped or broken. this is how henry clay received it. he wrote about how he had received this from an elderly lady as a gift and it had belonged to george washington through most of the revolutionary war. he used this like an artifact in his house and really used it to connect us to our early nationhood and as an object to venerate george washington. he felt washington, as many throughout the country did it, was a great inspiration to our

he was admired by presidents from john quincy adams to andrew jackson, and he raised his two sons, edwinohn wilkes, to believe that fame was a marvelous prize. mind or genius, he told these boys. happily belongs to no age, climb, sex or condition. instances, he said, can be quoted when even from the most despised classes, genius develops itself and towers above all the circle of the human race. powerful words to tell adolescent boys, and despised classes were the key words. for junius had an important reason to leave england and come to america. the threat of scandal. he had come here not with his wife, who he left in london, but with his pregnant mistress, and over the next two decades, the couple had ten children, all of them illegitimate, including edwin and john wilkes. and it was when the boys were in their early teenage years that junius' wife came to baltimore from london to hunt her husband's second family down. she pursued edwin, john wilkes and their mother up through the streets of baltimore shouting insults, harlot, scarlet woman, the boys' mother and saying even worse things

here is john quincy adams, the son of a president. one of the most brilliant men in the country. a european diplomat from the time he was eight years old forward. he had every advantage. jackson had no advantage. adams couldn't speak to him. he stood stock still. here is andrew jackson come out of nowhere who simply says, as you can see, mr. adams, i have given my arms to the fair, but i hope you are well served. and he moves on. brilliantly, at this point. he has become the noble loser, and adams becomes somewhat of a sour winter. that would not change until 1828 when jackson won a decisive victory, and endured a remarkable personal tragedy in those intervening months. he had married a 1799 -- he married in 1799 rachel roberts. she was at that point mrs. robards and not ms. donaldson. details, details. [laughter] there was some confusion, as happened in those years. this is not entirely uncommon, about when the divorce was final. jackson mary's rachel. and while it was okay in 1799, it was not so great 30 years later. what had changed, and most important, jackson now had ferociou

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with president andrew jackson at a reception at the white house, sat next to former president john quincy adams at dinner in boston, he was escorted around washington by joel point set, the charleston born botanist and future secretary of war and by edward everett the boston born lawyer and future secretary of state. he met 95-year-old charles carroll, the last surviving signer of the. declaration of independence and the only catholic to sign that document and sam houston the first president of the republic of terms. he attended town meetings in new england, observed slave markets in the south, he visited indian vils in the michigan territory voyaged on steamboats shortly after he disembarks blew up, a highly hazardous dporm of transportation, he traveled by stagecoach, he went to columbia, south carolina. he did not unfortunately for himself make it to charleston. tocqueville was an acris toe crat whose family suffered during the french revolution. they could trace their heritage back to norman times the invasion of william conqueror. his great grandfather malazar a distinguished philosophy an

secretary of state under president john quincy adams. and of course as one of the greatest senators to ever walk through the capitol. he was also honored to receive his party's nomination for president three times in 1824, 1832 and 1844. the essence of legislating in the senate as 100 viewpoints are brought together to create one law is compromised. henry clay became nobody as the great compromiser by forging the compromise that would keep this precious union together. clay did not compromise in the sense of information saking his principle, rather, his skill was to bring together december pir rat ideas and forge consensus among his colleagues. that's a skill we could certainly use more of now. >> during the great debates we just went through this summer over the debt ceiling and the budget, there was so much talk about compromise in washington, whether or not it's a lost art. talk to us in that context about henry clay as the great compromiser and what sort of skills he brought to bear there. >> clay, if he wanted something to happen, w

i agree with john quincy adams, america does not go abroad to search for monsters but the defender of its own. >> john: are you glad we are coming out of afghanistan and iraq? >> i think there was too much effort under the bush and obama administrations in iraq and afghanistan on nation building. i think that did mistake. i don't think we can build other nations any more the government can build the u.s. nation. people have to built it. what we should have been doing more and what we are risking a huge defeat on by not doing more of is the military side of things. not to protect iraq, not to protect afghanistan but to protect ourselves. when we lost sight of that, i think that is when the american people tuned out. >> john: we should say there to protect ourselves? >> yes. we will of necessity bring benefits to the iraqis and of a gangs because of our presence but we're not there to make them a switzerland. we are there to defend american interests. i think we need to raise spending because the nature of the threats we face. some of the things we are doing with more expensive technolo

i agree with john quincy adams, america does not go abroad to search for monsters but the defender of its own. >> john: are you glad we are coming out of afghanistan and iraq? >> i think there was too much effort under the bush and obama administrations in iraq and afghanistan on nation building. i think that did mistake. i don't think we can build other nations any more the government can build the u.s. nation. people have to built it. what we should have been doing more and what we are risking a huge defeat on by not doing more of is the military side of things. not to protect iraq, not to protect afghanistan but to protect ourselves. when we lost sight of that, i think that is when the american people tuned out. >> john: we should say there to protect ourselves? >> yes. we will of necessity bring benefits to the iraqis and of a gangs because of our presence but we're not there to make them a switzerland. we are there to defend american interests. i think we need to raise spending because the nature of the threats we face. some of the things we are doing with more expensive technolo

john quincy adams, he accused andrew jackson of murder, cockfighting, cannibalism and he called his motherhe was, by the way. i heard a lot of stuff about her from regis. [ laughter ] this is one of the first ever presidential attack ads from early on in the campaign of 1920, i think. >> warren g. harding says he can return america to normalcy. horse feathers. why that's all a bunch of copper-plated hog wash. fact is, he's a goof. he's all wet. this fellow likes to beat his gum. alel sauce. he's so screwy, he even put his pooch on top of his gel apy. time for him to dry up. tell gram him and tell him to scram. vote for james m. cox, a ducky fellow. this november, hot socks, it's cox! paid for by a young rupert murdoch. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. alec baldwin ran into some trouble this morning. he and his fiance were getting their marriage license and there were photographers outside taking their picture and this happened. you can see alec either push or pinch the guy. the photographer claims he was attacked unprovoked. alec baldwin has a different story. either way, no wa

john quincy adams, 1824. rutherford b. hayes, 1876. benjamin harris, 1880. so it's not enough to win the popular vote, you have to win the electoral college. and it's explained in there but i'm not going to go through it here. is stapled -- fabled dewey beats truman election does have similarities that are relevant to today. truman rather famously rant against the do-nothing congress, and president obama is doing the same thing. tom dewey was the former governor of new york, and a progressive. much like mitt romney once was, former governor of massachusetts, and some think mitt romney still this. in any event, julie was not as conservative as the republican-controlled congress and truman successfully tied him to the do-nothing congress. and that gets me to today's politics, because mitt romney is broadly acceptable to the american people, in a way that his party is in. so his challenge is to establish himself as really a centrist conservative. and to keep some distance from his party, particularly the house republicans. the obama campaign's challenge is to m

the very first name is john quincy adams. mr. adams at this point was a former president. he chose to go back to congress after the presidency. the book also contains the names of james polk and john tyler, who were to future presidents. you can see where they are, what state they represented, and general boarding houses. mrs. reid supporting house, brown's hotel, for the gentleman from tennessee. i don't know what happened to the gentleman from missouri, he must be living under a bridge. this is exactly the sort of ephemeral material that i really like. it was designed to be used and thrown away at the time. nobody thought about saving it. now it is here. in scenic wichita, kansas. [laughter] this is an album. a photograph album. in this case, it is a latin term. in this case, it is civil war related. this was presented to frank wayne, who was a lieutenant of the fifth iowa calvary. he was in command of company, well, i don't remember what company offhand. what is nice about it is that yes, it has all the generals and officers. you always find those in these things. this w

one campaign i talk about is the andrew jackson/john quincy adams campaign jackson was accused of cannibalism. his wife was described as a bigamist, his mother as a prostitute, and those were the nice things that were said and that was in the early part of the 19th century. and people say obama is going negative so early. both george w. bush and bill clinton in their second campaigns began earlier than obama did. they began in march and april. obama didn't begin until may. and so this kind of squeamishness, is it amnesia, is it -- i don't get it. >> i would understand why the beltway, which i think sort of leans conservative, that's my take on it, but the beltway leans conservative and the republican establishment would say tut, tut, tut, don't you dare go negative. i don't understand why democrats would say that. cory booker is a friend of mine. i believe he legitimately and passionately wants obama to win. i think ed rendell feels the same way. they're loyal democrats and strategic guys. why do they say no? >> some of this is tied up with what is thought of as the obama brand, hope and chan

andrew jackson v john quincy adams in 1888. adams was accused of murder, drunkenness, dock fighting, slave trading and canalism. and also said jackson's wife and mother were both whores. >> bigamists, yeah. everyone says this is a horrible modern development in american campaigns. it's always kbn there. that was the early part of the 19th semplry. and by the way, jackson won, in spite of -- >> even though he got called a cannibal, murderer, dock fighter, slave trader, he ended up winning the election. >> appealed to the base. >> how effective is a very strong negative campaign? i mean, historically, since the second world war, say, is there evidence to say that when you go really negative against a vulnerable opponent perhaps, you'll win? >> it's not determine tif, but they cement a trend that's going. and they're essential for that reason. the daisy ad sf johnson versus goldwater. the problem now is that they've become so ubiquitous, you've got to have the creativity that the daisy ad showed. >> let's see the daisy ad. it rema

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you'll see the very first name is john quincy adams. mr.dams is, at this point, a former president who after leaving the presidency chose to go back to congress and continue to serve there. the book also contains the names of james k. polk and john tyler who were two future presidents. you can see that it shows where they are, what state they represented and where they were living. these were generally boarding houses, mrs. reid's boarding house, mrs. cummings' boarding house or brown's hotel for the gentleman from tennessee. apparently, he couldn't get boarding house. i don't know what happened to the gentleman from missouri, he's not living -- he's living under a bridge. this is exactly the sort of ephemeral material that i really like. it was designed to be used, to be thrown away at the time, nobody thought about saving it, and now it's here. in scenic wichita, kansas. [laughter] this is an album, a photograph album. in this case it is of cdvs, what are called cdvs. you're going to have to bear with me, it stands for -- [speaking in nat

rule 21 has its or-ins in 1824, when john quincy adams, the only president of the united states to come back and serve in the house of representatives, decide the appropriations process was bogging down and we should have rule 21 to prohibit authorizing on appropriations bill. it was designed to keep the appropriators from poaching on the territory of the authorizing committees. we don't have that here. the chairman of the authorizing committee was just here, mr. ba cause, he -- mr. baucus, he didn't have a problem with this. the only person who has a problem with this is the distinguished subcommittee chair of the appropriations committee. that's my first argument on equity. second, because i had some spare time today, i looked at the precedents of the house. i would suggest to the chair that this is a matter of first impression. the last time this came to the floor, the -- to the attention of the parliamentarian was in 2006. sadly, there's a big problem with tpwhegget congressional record online but we did get the previous one, which was in 1995, when the gentlelady from missouri at t

. >> guest: well, they are important be days, and i so admire john quincy adams who believed after he was president that god was calling him to bring an end to slavery in america the way william wilbur was doing in england. i agree with those hell fire and brimstone speeches he made on the house floor, that how can we expect god to keep blessing america when we were putting brothers and sisters in chains and bondage? i think it is a blight on our history -- >> host: so do you support that plan, senator hutchison's idea? >> guest: she's a good friend, i just need to look at the bill. i don't commit to anything before i read it. but i think it is important to observe days. you know, in fact, some people say, you know, martin luther king jr. actually did a great thing for african-americans when -- they're missing the point. for little white children like me as a christian, he did a great thing for me. he insured that as i got older i didn't i didn't have to do like past generations of christians. i could treat people of color as my brothers and sisters as they are. so he didn't just do a