MY DEAR SIR,—I
verily believe our prospects brighten. It is certainly now the opinion at the
White House, that the bill will pass. There is one difficulty yet to be got
over, namely, the amount to be given to Texas. I hope, however, we shall agree
on something.
It keeps us hard at
work. We are obliged to have frequent conferences and agreements, and then we
have something to do in debate; and then again, as you will see, I have become
like an old school-book called the "Complete Letter-Writer."
The Senate adjourns
from Thursday to Monday. I believe I shall try to get a little air in the
mountains, or go to some cool place, down the river. My health is good,
uncommonly good, and I feel pretty able to fight through this contest. When the
bill shall be put on its passage, if it shall ever reach that step, I must make
a speech as good as I can.
P. S. I have no time
to write to our good friend Harvey. Please show him this.
SOURCE: Fletcher
Webster, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster, Vol.
2, p. 374-5
No comments:
Post a Comment