Monday, October 23, 2023

Congressman Horace Mann, July 20, 1850

WASHINGTON, July 20, 1850.

I suppose the Cabinet work is done, and that Mr. Webster is to be Secretary of State. This is to be regretted for a thousand reasons; but there are some aspects of the case in which it may argue well for a settlement of the hostile questions which now agitate the country. Mr. Webster will be very acceptable to the South for the very reason that he has made himself offensive to the North. I only hope it will eventuate for the good of the country.

SOURCE: Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, Life of Horace Mann, p. 308

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