Washington, D.
C., Feb.
11, 1845.
Dear Thomas, Let me know what you think of my speech upon
Texas and what the Whigs of Hancock think of my vote upon the same. From the
Chronicle and Sentinel1 I infer that they do not sustain it; but
certainly they forget the true position of the Whigs of Georgia last year upon
that subject. I haven't time to say more. No news here. Benton it is thought
will defeat the measure in the Senate. He wishes it kept open. Polk has not got
here yet, and nobody knows who will be in his cabinet.
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1 The Chronicle and Sentinel of Augusta was a leading Whig organ in
Georgia.
SOURCE: Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, Editor, The Annual Report of
the American Historical Association for the Year 1911, Volume 2: The
Correspondence of Robert Toombs, Alexander H. Stephens, and Howell Cobb, p.
62
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