Fort Hill 9th Nov 1847
DEAR SIR, I received
by the last mail your note, with the Message from Mr Cameron; and will thank
you to say to him, that I am obliged to him for his proposed arrangement, but
that I had previously made another arrangement for the session.
I foresee a session
of great distraction and confusion. The old party organization cannot much
longer hold together. The want of sincerity and honesty on the part of both
parties has confounded the country and the Government, and caused a state of
things, from which it will be difficult to extricate ourselves. I confess, I do
not see the end. My own course is clear and easy; to do my duty, without regard
to consequences personal to myself. If our institutions are destined to be
overthrown, I am resolved, that no share of the responsibility shall rest on
me.
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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,
pp. 739-40
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