Always notably courteous in his treatment of opponents, he showed no bitterness toward either John Quincy Adams or Henry Clay, and he voted for Clay's confirmation as Secretary of State, notwithstanding Jackson's " corrupt bargain " charge.

Clay's plan for distributing among the states the proceeds from the sale of lands in the public domain was intended to serve the nation by providing the states with funds for building roads and canals, which would stimulate growth and knit the sections together.

His Jacksonian opponents, however, distrusted the federal government and opposed all federal aid for internal improvements and they again frustrated Clay's plan.

However, Clay's specific proposals for achieving a compromise, including his idea for Texas ' boundary, were not adopted in a single bill.

In contrast to many of his predecessors, Clay participated in several debates, and used his influence to procure the passage of measures he supported — for instance, the declaration of the War of 1812, and various laws relating to Clay's " American System ".

After Clay was employed as Wythe's amanuensis for four years, the chancellor took an active interest in Clay's future ; he arranged a position for him with the Virginia attorney general, Robert Brooke.

Clay's most notable client was Aaron Burr in 1806, after the US District Attorney Joseph Hamilton Daviess indicted him for planning an expedition into Spanish Territory west of the Mississippi River.

Clay used his political clout to secure the victory for Adams, who he felt would be both more sympathetic to Clay's political views and more likely to appoint Clay to a cabinet position.

He may have been freed or " given his time " by one of Clay's sons, as Dupuy continued to work at Ashland, for pay.

Ashland, named for the many ash trees on the property, was Clay's plantation and mansion for many years.

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Moore had been Clay's trainer for a time, but Clay became dissatisfied and left Moore because of Moore's attempts to change his style and his insistence that Clay do dishes and help clean gym floors.

A part of Clay's American System, the bill would have allowed for federal funding of a project to construct a road linking Lexington and the Ohio River, the entirety of which would be in the state of Kentucky.

Clay's policies called for a high tariff to support internal improvements such as road-building, and a national bank to encourage productive enterprise and to form a national currency as Hamilton had advocated as Secretary of the Treasury.

He supported Henry Clay's plan for distributing proceeds from the sale of public lands among the states, and also joined Clay in opposing the administration-backed Second Seminole War.

This was the last time Clay would be nominated for president, and many Whigs believed that, following Clay's defeat, Crittenden was the new leader of their party.

Partially, he declined out of respect for Clay's feelings and partially he felt it would be viewed in the same way as Clay and Adams ' " corrupt bargain " in 1825.

Three weeks before Clay's death in 1852, he sent for Crittenden, and the two were reconciled ; Critteden delivered a eulogy for Clay in September 1852, publicly dispelling the feud.

He was attacked by the followers of Jackson, who accused him of being a partner to a " corrupt bargain " to obtain Clay's support in the election and then appoint him Secretary of State.

Clay's political ultimatum to Jackson – with Biddle's financial and political support – sparked the Bank War and placed the fate of the BUS at center of the 1832 presidential election.

Clay's strategy failed and he lost to Jackson in November despite significant financial support from the Bank.

Adams defeated Andrew Jackson, who had support from the Quids, in 1824 and in a few years two successor parties had emerged, the Democratic Party, which formulated Jacksonian democracy and which still exists ; and Henry Clay's Whig Party.

Wickliffe bucked Clay's advice to vote for him and instead voted for Andrew Jackson, who was the choice of the Kentucky legislature.

Sergeant was Henry Clay's running mate on the National Republican ticket in 1832 but lost to Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren in a landslide and again retreated from public life.

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Clay's own high tariff schedule of 1832 further disturbed them, as did his stubborn defense of high duties as necessary to his " American System ".

The Whigs celebrated Clay's vision of the " American System " that promoted rapid economic and industrial growth in the United States.

Clay's American System ran into strong opposition from President Jackson's administration.

* A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787 – 1825 For Henry Clay's election results.

Its platform was Clay's American System of nationally financed internal improvements and a protective tariff, which would promote faster economic development.

Poinsett, like many opponents of Clay's American system, opposed the Tariff of 1824.

Out of this system came the Whig Party and Henry Clay's American System.

Restrictions on touring American bands after 1928, resulting from the forced departure of the visiting African-American band Sonny Clay's Plantation Orchestra meant that Australian dance musician usually had to learn about jazz from recorded or written sources.

As the Evening Journals editor, proof reader, political manager and main reporter, he was a vocal advocate for economic development, supporting new banking measures, internal improvements such as roads and railroads, and the rest of Henry Clay's American System.

Abraham Lincoln, who called himself a " Henry Clay tariff Whig " during his early years, would later make the principles outlined in the " Report " and furthered by Clay's " American System " program cornerstones, together with opposition to the institution and expansion of slavery, of the fledgling Republican Party.

Examples of this include Henry Clay's American System, French Dirigisme, Japan's use of MITI to " pick winners and losers ", Malaysia's imposition of currency controls in the wake of the 1997 currency crisis, China's controlled exchange of the yuan, Argentina's economic policy of tariffs and devaluation in the wake of the 2001 financial crisis and the United States ' use of tariffs to protect domestic steel production.

DiLorenzo also argues that Lincoln instigated the American Civil War not over slavery but rather to centralize power and to enforce the strongly protectionist Morrill Tariff ; similarly, he criticizes Lincoln for his strong support of Henry Clay's American System.

Sergeant was a strong backer of Henry Clay's American System and the Second Bank of the United States in Congress, and even traveled to Europe to negotiate loans to the Bank.

He supported Clay's " National System " and the interests of Massachusetts ' propertied class.

Clay's support proved to be the deciding factor in the House and Adams was elected President.

Calhoun resolved to thwart Adams and Clay's nationalist program.

Clay's plan became the leading tenet of the National Republican Party of John Quincy Adams and the Whig Party of himself and Daniel Webster.

None of the traditional campaign issues — Tyler's " executive usurpation ", Clay's " corrupt bargain " with John Quincy Adams, or the protective tariff — seemed to excite the electorate.

In return for Clay's support, which won him the presidency, John Quincy Adams appointed Clay as secretary of state in what Jacksonians denounced as The Corrupt Bargain.

Note that all of Clay's states voted for Adams.