March17th. I have heard Wirt in another great case,
opposed by Clay and Harper. Wirt rises with the occasion and the opposing
force. The bill for putting the choice of the electors of New York to the
people has been rejected by the Senate, so that it cannot now be foreseen how
New York will be. The majority of the Senate for Crawford, the majority of the
House of Representatives against him. Mr. Clay's prospects there, feeble as they
were, are gone. We may now begin to settle down between Jackson and
Adams. I can have no hesitation; my voice is for Jackson.
Monroe is here, our Tom, and is charged with a
speech. I have no mission in view; I expect to be a pleader of causes as long as
I am able to follow the profession. I had not, in coming here, any other motive
or prospect. This day week I expect to be off to Kentucky.
Yours, as ever,
George M. Bibb.
SOURCE: Mrs. Chapman Coleman, The Life of John J.
Crittenden, Volume 1, p. 61-2
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