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Foreign News January 7, 1848

Wilmington Journal

Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina

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Mr. Clay's resolutions and speech from Lexington, transmitted to England via the Caledonia steamer, arrived on November 30 and created a sensation. The London Times praised them as a great moral lesson, contrasting with cold reception in the US.

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Mr. Clay in England.—The famous resolutions at the Lexington meeting, together with the speech, which we received here by electric telegraph, and transmitted to England by the steamer Caledonia, arrived there on the 30th of November last, and created a good deal of sensation among our friends on the other side of the Atlantic.

The coldness, contempt, dislike, and disapprobation with which those resolutions, and the speech of Mr. Clay, were received on this side of the Atlantic, need not disturb the nerves of that distinguished statesman or his particular friends any longer. If they have got few friends and supporters among the rusty republicans and dirty democrats of this land, they are amply rewarded by the applause and the approbation of the English journalists, and particularly of the London Times. That great organ of public sentiment in London, the London Times, has published those resolutions and the speech of Mr. Clay, and called attention to them, as a great moral lesson, before which they fall down and worship.

The remarks of the London Times are inserted in another column, and they will be found interesting, and particularly gratifying to all the friends of Mr. Clay; so that there is some small drop of consolation in the late English news, at any rate. If cotton and corn are down, Mr. Clay is still right and uppermost in the London Times.—N.Y. Herald.

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Political

What keywords are associated?

Mr Clay Speech Lexington Resolutions London Times England Reception Caledonia Steamer

What entities or persons were involved?

Mr. Clay

Where did it happen?

England

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

England

Event Date

30th Of November Last

Key Persons

Mr. Clay

Outcome

created sensation and received applause from english journalists, particularly the london times, which published and praised the resolutions and speech as a great moral lesson.

Event Details

The resolutions from the Lexington meeting and Mr. Clay's speech, transmitted by the steamer Caledonia, arrived in England on the 30th of November last, creating a good deal of sensation. The London Times published them and called attention to them as a great moral lesson.

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