WASHINGTON, February 1, 1848.
MY DEAR SON, — I
received your letter informing me of the occurrence which has taken H. E. Erwin
to New Orleans. I am deeply concerned about it; but I can not but think that
Mr. Prentiss will not fight him. If he should decline doing so I hope
Henry will let it drop there, without resorting to any measure of violence or
denunciation.
I have some hope of
getting my cause tried next week, although there is not, I regret to say,
entire certainty in regard to it.
I inclose a bill of
lading for a barrel of sperm oil, purchased by Mr. Coffin, which I will thank
you to hand to your mother.
I adhere to my
purpose communicated to you before I left home. I have suspended the execution
of it for the present, in consequence of strong assurances that if I take the
step now it will be ruinous to the Whig party. It places me in a state of
painful embarrassment.
My love to Susan and
the children.
SOURCE: Calvin Colton, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, pp. 553-4
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