At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise That Saved the Union [Written by Robert Vincent Remini]

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise That Saved the Union Author: Robert Vincent Remini Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 11, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: It has been said that if Henry Clay had been alive in 1860, there would have been no Civil War. Based on his performance in 1850, it may well be true. In that year, the United States faced one of the most dangerous crises in its history, having just acquired a huge parcel of land from the war with Mexico. Northern and Southern politicians fought over whether slavery should be legal on the new American soil. After a Northern congressman introduced a proviso to forbid slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico, Southerners threatened to secede from the Union. Only Henry Clay, America’s great compromiser, could keep the Union together, saving it from dissolution for ten crucial years. In this masterful contribution to American history, Remini explores Henry Clay’s final and most important act of bipartisanship.