SPEECH AT LEWISBURG, VIRGINIA, AUGUST 30, 1826.

[IN the following remarks at a public dinner given him by

citizens of Lewisburg and its vicinity, while he was secretary

of state, under president Adams, Mr. Clay explains the motives

which influenced him in voting for that gentleman for the office

of president, and afterwards accepting a seat in his cabinet. He

also alludes to some of the measures of the administration, of

which he was then a member, in a manner which will be found to

possess great interest.]

_Lewisburg, August 23d, 1826._