Baltimore, Sunday morning, April 7, 1850.
MY DEAR SIR,—I came from Washington yesterday morning, to pass the day
here, and dine with the Historical Society of Maryland. I shall return
to-morrow morning. The "letter" was published in The Republic of
Friday, and The Intelligencer of yesterday. It really produced much surprise. It
was supposed before the letter came, that I might perhaps weather the storm in
Massachusetts, but it was still expected that there would be a storm, and a
violent one. The short article in The Courier was very well written; and this
and the letter itself will go through the whole country, and be read
everywhere. The demand for "speeches" still continues; and I suppose
that by the 1st day of May, two hundred thousand will have been distributed
from Washington.
There is a strong majority in both Houses for bringing in California, and
it could be done in ten days, if it were not for the notion, which is
entertained by some, of uniting several measures in one bill. In the end it
will be done; and bills for the government of the territories will pass the
Senate without the proviso.
I propose to go to Boston when the committee leaves Washington with Mr.
Calhoun's remains; as it is not likely any important questions will be taken in
the Senate during their absence. I shall have but a very few days to pass in
Massachusetts, and they must be mainly spent at Marshfield.
SOURCE: Fletcher Webster, Editor, The Private Correspondence of
Daniel Webster, Vol. 2, p. 364-5
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