Fort Hill 24th Augt
1849
MY DEAR SIR,
Politically I have nothing good to write. The appearance is, that Taylor's
administration will prove a failure. I fear he is in the hands of the Northern
Whigs, exclusively. In the meane time, the alienation between North and South
is daily progressing. Benton and Clay are both playing for the North. I enclose
in pamphlet form my notice of his1 assault on me. I would have sent
it earlier, but only received it in that form, a few days since. It is, as far
as I have heard regarded as triumphant. It is said, that he will not be able to
sustain himself in Missouri. His colleague, Genl Atchison, says he has no
chance to be reelected.
We are all anxious
about the fate of Hungary, and the future condition of Europe. Write me in your
next fully, what is your impression and the intelligent portion of Europe in
reference to both. If Hungary should be able to maintain herself, the condition
of Russia will become critical. What is to become of Germany and France?
1 Benton's. See the letter of June 23, 1849.
SOURCE: J. Franklin
Jameson, Editor, Annual Report of the American Historical Association
for the Year 1899, Volume II, Calhoun’s Correspondence: Fourth Annual Report of
the Historical Manuscripts Commission, Correspondence of John C. Calhoun, p.
771-2
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