WASHINGTON, February 2, 1850.
MY DEAR SIR,—I received your favor, and I am very glad to find that my movement to compromise the Slavery question is approved. The timid from the North hesitate, and the violent from the South may oppose it, but I entertain hopes of its success.
From another quarter (the Administration) there may be a gentle breeze of approbation.
I shall need, therefore, popular support. Large public meetings (one at New York especially), indorsing my plan substantially, would do much good. Perhaps the last of next week or the week after may be early enough.
SOURCE: Calvin Colton, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay,
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