WASHINGTON, June 10, 1852.
There is no duty,
sir, that I more readily perform than that of making atonement frankly and
voluntarily for any impropriety or fault of mine which may have done wrong or
given offense to others.
I am sensible that
yesterday I was betrayed into the impropriety of addressing you in a manner and
with a degree of excitement wanting in proper courtesy and respect.
I regret it, sir,
and I hope that this will be received as a satisfactory atonement, and that you
will properly understand the motive which prompts it.
I am very
respectfully yours,
J. J. CRITTENDEN.
Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER.
SOURCE: Ann Mary
Butler Crittenden Coleman, Editor, The Life of John J. Crittenden: With
Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches, Vol. 2, p. 37
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