Name/Title
Ribbon, CampaignEntry/Object ID
1988.697Description
Thin cream-colored silk ribbon with image of Henry Clay in the center in a dark square. Large block letters above image read, "TARIFF / DISTRIBUTION OF THE / PUBLIC LANDS. / CLAY / AND / FRELINGHUYSEN. Finer print below image reads, "HENRY CLAY / THE NATION'S CHOICE. / The Great, the Wise the Virtuous, all, They say, / In Time's dread progress, die, and turn to clay! / A dying nation shall the comment give, / She turns to Clay, but turns to Clay to live!" / PUBLISHED BY TURNER & FISHER, N. YORK & PHILA."