The Silence of the Speaker

In the winter of 1812, a fearless young lawyer from Kentucky threw opened the doors of Congress and, like Hercules at the Augean Stables, began to cleanse it of corruption and barbarism, preserving and strengthening the Union, and turning the American House of Representatives into the greatest stage for popular democracy in the history of man. Exercising what Abraham Lincoln called described as “power and influence which belonged to no other statesman of his age and times,” Speaker Henry Clay—the youngest speaker in history--bound Americans together under an American System--a nation-spanning network of roads, bridges, and canals to link every state and territory with each other. That network needs repair, and the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, remains strangely silent. Speak out, Mr. Speaker! Find your voice in “Henry Clay: America’s Greatest Statesman,” available with a click on harlowgilesunger.com