Fort Hill 13th Novr 1847
MY DEAR SIR, I have
received your last. It is my intention to be at Washington by the commencement
of the session. The position of the country is very critical. Great caution and
great firmness combined are necessary to extricate it from its present
difficulties; and you will have to exercise them in an eminent degree to make
your paper effective and successful. With them it may do much. Look to the
country exclusively, avoid as much as possible personalities, either of praise
or censure, and limit yourself to statements of facts, and calm and impartial
discussion. I hope you have not taken a step, which will involve you in any
pecuniary difficulties.
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* Original lent by Mr. R. P. Maynard.
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.
740
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