Washington, May 16, 1854.
My Dear Pierce: I enclose to you a brief which has no merit
except simplicity and directness.
Many thanks to you for the pamphlet you sent me. I have not yet had
time to read it, but shall certainly do so. I read your article in support of
Mrs. Peters design with great pleasure, and am gratified you find time for such
good work.
Sumner showed me your letter about E. S. I rejoiced greatly to hear of
his success. That he should have failed of a good and appreciative audience in
Circuit would have been a personal mortification to me.
The Nebraska scheme is on its legs again. Its passage into law is
uncertain; it will be determined by superior tactics. Nous verroux, as
Father Ritchie used to say, when disposed to seem sagacious and to make a
parade of all the French the Revolution of '98 ever permitted him to acquire.
Have you seen Derby about publishing that book? I am sometimes spoken
to on the subject, and would try to furnish you the material if Derby thinks
fit to undertake the publication.
Yours truly.
[SALMON P. CHASE.]
SOURCE: Diary and correspondence of Salmon P. Chase, Annual
Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1902, Vol.
2, p. 260-1
No comments:
Post a Comment