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Henry Clay's Decision


The pale light of a July morning filtered through Henry Clay's windows. “Damn Texas” he thought as he crossed out another sentence. Ever since the the Texians had sent Santa Anna crawling back to Mexico with his tail between his legs slave owners had been advocating for its annexation. Didn't they realize that annexing Texas would tear the nation apart? Yet Clay owned slaves and he knew that if he didn't moderate his position on Texas his already fragile support in the South could collapse. Clay realized that he wouldn't be able to get any more work done without some sleep. As he stood up to go to bed he came to a frightening realization: if he did moderate his position northern Whigs might accuse him of bending to slave power. He couldn't let that happen. He quickly grabbed his pen and drew a big X through the letter. The letter would never see the light of day.​

(On an unrelated note does anyone know how to make an electoral map, preferably one that could add states that don't exist IOTL)
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