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Editorial
March 2, 1813
Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
Editorial from Wilmington Watchman praises Henry Clay's speech for its argumentative strength and patriotism, while harshly criticizing the opposition faction's conduct, particularly Mr. Quincy, and highlights Clay's handling of impressment.
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Wilmington, Watchman office, Feb 17.
SPEECH OF MR. CLAY.
This speech, the first part of which appears in to-day's paper, deserves to be read with attention by every American patriot. While it illustrates the great argumentative powers of the honorable speaker, and his ardent devotion to the liberties and interests of his country, it exposes, in the most glaring light, the variable, preposterous and pestilential course of conduct pursued by the faction chiefs of opposition for years past. We believe that they never received so severe and so efficacious a castigation, from so elevated a source, as that which they have experienced at the hand of Mr. Clay. If Mr. Quincy's cheeks were not, during the delivery of this speech, suffused with shame at his own anti-American and violent conduct, it was because he was dead to every honorable patriotic feeling of the human heart. "The gall'd jade winced!" Toward the sequel of the speech, our readers will find that Mr. Clay has treated the topic of impressment in a masterly and eloquent style.
Balt. Pap.
SPEECH OF MR. CLAY.
This speech, the first part of which appears in to-day's paper, deserves to be read with attention by every American patriot. While it illustrates the great argumentative powers of the honorable speaker, and his ardent devotion to the liberties and interests of his country, it exposes, in the most glaring light, the variable, preposterous and pestilential course of conduct pursued by the faction chiefs of opposition for years past. We believe that they never received so severe and so efficacious a castigation, from so elevated a source, as that which they have experienced at the hand of Mr. Clay. If Mr. Quincy's cheeks were not, during the delivery of this speech, suffused with shame at his own anti-American and violent conduct, it was because he was dead to every honorable patriotic feeling of the human heart. "The gall'd jade winced!" Toward the sequel of the speech, our readers will find that Mr. Clay has treated the topic of impressment in a masterly and eloquent style.
Balt. Pap.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Foreign Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Henry Clay Speech
Opposition Criticism
American Patriotism
Impressment
Political Castigation
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Clay
Mr. Quincy
Faction Chiefs Of Opposition
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Praise For Mr. Clay's Speech Criticizing Opposition
Stance / Tone
Strongly Pro Clay And Anti Opposition
Key Figures
Mr. Clay
Mr. Quincy
Faction Chiefs Of Opposition
Key Arguments
Clay's Speech Demonstrates Great Argumentative Powers And Devotion To American Liberties
Exposes Opposition's Variable, Preposterous, And Pestilential Conduct
Severe Castigation Of Opposition From An Elevated Source
Mr. Quincy's Conduct Is Anti American And Violent
Masterly Treatment Of Impressment Topic