On returning to his home from this visit he did not attempt to disguise his disappointment.

Clay's speech was written and read; it lacked entirely the fire and eloquence which Lincoln had anticipated.

At the close of the meeting Lincoln secured an introduction to the great orator and as Clay knew what a friend Lincoln had been to him, he invited his admirer and partisan to Ashland.

No invitation could have delighted Lincoln more.

But the result of his private intercourse with Clay was no more satisfactory than that which followed the speech.