As signs of division turned into warnings and obstinate attitudes increasingly found confrontation during the year before the Civil War, Kentuckians assumed the role of mediator with increasing frequency. Some have interpreted this as a continuation of the legacy of Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser, but, to an equal or

Below is the introductory paragraph by the person who originally submitted this item for publication in the February 1996 issue of the Pike County Historical Review, page 22.  The original article follows. I found this petition in a library at Huntsville, Alabama in 1980.  The title of the book was