NEW ORLEANS, March 13, 1849.
MY DEAR SIR,—I
received your favor of the 3d instant. I concluded not to attend the Call
Session, which I could not have done without much personal discomfort.
The Cabinet of
General Taylor was not, it seems, exactly as you supposed. Some of the
appointments excited surprise. I think that he might have made one of greater
strength. I am truly concerned that Letcher was overlooked. I had strong hopes
that he would have been appointed, and I thought I had reason for them.
I think it quite
likely that you may be right in supposing that neither I nor my friends will
find much favor at Court. As to myself, having given no just cause for its
frowns, I can bear them without difficulty; but the President will be unwise if
he neglects or proscribes my friends. Without them, he never could have been
elected.
While I have no
desire to go into the Convention, I shall make no decision until my return. I
leave this city on the 17th instant, and stopping on the river at one or two
places, I hope to reach home about the last of the month.
SOURCE: Calvin
Colton, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, p. 586
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