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Henry Clay
In Defense of the American System

February 2, 3, and 6,

From the nation's earliest days, Congress has struggled with the fundamental issue of the national government's proper role in fostering economic development. Henry Clay's "American System," devised in the burst of nationalism that followed the War of , remains one of the most historically significant examples of a government-sponsored program to harmonize and balance the nation's agriculture, commerce, and industry. This "System" consisted of three mutually reinforcing parts: a tariff to protect and promote American industry; a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other "internal improvements" to develop profitable markets for agriculture. Funds for these subsidies would be obtained from tariffs and sales of public lands. Clay argued that a vigorously maintained system of sectional economic interdependence would eliminate the chance of renewed subservience to the free

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Henry Clay

American politician (–)

For other people named Henry Clay, see Henry Clay (disambiguation).

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In office March 4, &#;– March 4,
President	John Quincy Adams
Preceded by	John Quincy Adams
Succeeded by	Martin Van Buren
In office March 4, &#;– June 29,
Preceded by	Thomas Metcalfe
Succeeded by	David Meriwether
In office November 10, &#;– March 31,
Preceded by	John Rowan
Succeeded by	John J. Crittenden
In office January 4, &#;– March 3,
Appointed by	Charles Scott
Preceded by	Buckner Thruston
Succeeded by	George M. Bibb
In office December 29, &#;– March 3,
Preceded by	John Adair
Succeeded by	John Pope
In office December 1, &#;– March 3,
Preceded by	Philip P. Barbour
Succeeded by	John Taylor
In office December 4, &#;– October 28,
Preceded by	Langdon Cheves
Succeeded by	John Taylor
In office November 4, &#;–&# • Access Type Online tillgång to this book fryst vatten only available to eligible users. Files Download Download Full ord ( MB) Description Though he was best known as a politician, Henry Clay () maintained an active legal practice for more than fifty years. He was a leading contributor both to the early development of the U.S. legal struktur and to the interaction between lag and politics in pre-Civil War America. During the years of Clay's practice, modern American lag was taking shape, building on the English experience but working out the new rules and precedents that a changing and growing gemenskap required. Clay specialized in property lag, a natural choice at a time of entangled land claims, ill-defined boundaries, and inadequate state and federal procedures. He argued many precedent-setting cases, some of them before the U.S. Supreme Court. Maurice Baxter contends that Clay's extensive legal work in this area greatly influenced his political stances on various land poli