WASHINGTON, June 24, 1852. When the Whig Convention nominated Scott, they killed off those who had been most clamorous for slavery, and th...

WASHINGTON, July 1, 1852. MY DEAR MR. COMBE, — . . . My friend Henry Barnard, Esq., who for many years was Secretary of the Board of Educa...

BOSTON, May 13, 1852. MY DEAR MR. CRITTENDEN,—I received a welcome letter from you weeks ago, for which I have often thanked you in spirit...

WASHINGTON, June 19, 1852. DEAR SIR,—Conversing to-day with Mr. Clay, I gave him a brief account of my observations at Baltimore. I told h...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 1852. MY DEAR SIR,—I see the Whigs are to meet in Frankfort on the 24th of this month to select delegates to the natio...