MY DEAR SIR,—Yours
came to hand yesterday, together with one from Mr. Mills, and one from Mr.
Haven. I yielded to what has been suggested from so many sides, and gave up my
own wishes to the wishes and opinions of my friends. I must leave myself in
their hands. There is work enough before me, and anxious duties in plenty; but
if I can preserve my health, I will toil through a hot summer here, though I
confess it does seem hard, that at my age I cannot enjoy the comforts of my own
home. I was persuaded to think it was my duty, in the present crisis, to accept
a seat in the cabinet,1 but it made my heart ache to think of it.
1 Two days later Webster would become the 19th
United States Secretary of State.
SOURCE: Fletcher Webster, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster, Vol. 2, p. 378
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