Clay angered many people in the North because he softened his opposition to Texas.Some of these began supporting the Liberty Party candidate, James Birney.

• 克莱激怒了北方的许多人，因为他在德克萨斯问题上的立场软化了，有些人开始转而支持自由党的总统候选人詹姆士.；伯尼。