NORWICH, July 25, 1850.
MY DEAR SIR—I have just risen from the perusal of the pamphlet you sent
me, giving me an account of the public dinner at Old Tammany; and you may be
assured I have had a feast. "I breathe deeper and freer." That
occasion opens up the dawn of better days, and in a great measure removes the
forebodings of our national dissolution. I rose from the perusal with the
exclamation, "The confederacy is safe." When the Empire City speaks
in such tones and with such unanimity, she will be heard and her influence will
be felt. And in relation to yourself, you will allow me to say, the compliment
was as well deserved as it was splendid, and I cannot let the opportunity pass
without congratulating you upon the occasion. In particular, sir, I wish to
manifest my hearty assent to the sentiments of your speech on that occasion as
to the only true ground upon which our national identity can be maintained. I
have ever been anxious that our Southern brethren should be made sensible of
their error at the last election, but think the reproof already administered is
abundantly sufficient, and am as ready to shoulder the musket for the rights of
the South as for the rights of the North; or, in other words, to maintain the
constitution. Your compliment to Mr. Clay was just.
What will be the policy of the new Executive? And how can the Whig party
avoid the fruits of their doings? It seems to me the question of boundary
between Texas and New Mexico may be more quietly settled by commissioners than
by any acts of Congress.
With sentiments of high regard, believe me
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