Henry Clay: Speech on South American Independence - Milestone Documents

Henry Clay: Speech on South American Independence

( 1820 ) Commentary by Barry Alfonso, Independent Scholar, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • “Our Institutions … now make us free; but, how long shall we continue so, if we mould our opinions on those of Europe? Let us break these commercial and political fetters; let us no longer watch the nod of any European politician; let us become real and true Americans, and place ourselves at the head of the American system.” - Speech on South American Independence
  • “This Republic, with the exception of the People of South America, constitute[s] the sole depository of political and religious freedom: and can it be possible … that we can remain passive spectators of the struggle of those People to break the same chains which once bound us?” - Speech on South American Independence
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