AUG. 7, 1850.
The President's
message, yesterday, on the subject of the Texan boundary, gives general
satisfaction. The extreme Southern men, who are for the doctrine of States
Rights, or nullification, or secession, of course denounce it. But the
Constitution men from all parts of the country will, I think, uphold it. . . .
Mr. Webster's letter to Gov. Bell is deprecatory in its tone, — a letter
coaxing or fearful or timid. The prospect now is that there will be a
settlement of the most exciting and alarming topics before Congress, and that
the country will have peace out of the commotion in which it is now involved.
It may postpone the close of the session for a few days, or even weeks; but
this we must bear for the general good.
SOURCE: Mary Tyler
Peabody Mann, Life of Horace Mann, p. 311-2
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