MCCLELLAN is now all-powerful, and refuses to divide the army into corps. Thus much for his brains and for his consistency. The message — ...

A Mr. Venable, of North Carolina, is making a speech against any special efforts to colonize Liberia. He thinks the negro settlements there ...

COLONIZATION ROOMS, WASHINGTON CITY, February 9, 1852. DEAR SIR, —At the recent annual meeting of the American Colonization Society, the f...

MARCH, 1850. To S. DOWNER. MY DEAR FRIEND,—Mr. Webster astonished almost all Northern men here. We are recovering from the shock; but it w...

WASHINGTON, [D. C.], October 1, 1850. DEAR SIR: Will you allow me to remind you of the conversation which we lately had in regard to the e...

RICHMOND, [VA.], November 8th, 1850. MY DEAR SIR: I was absent when your letter of the 9th ult reached the City, and I have delayed an ans...

WASHINGTON, [D. C.], December 19, 1850. MY DEAR SIR: I am very much obliged to you for your kind letter and attention to the subject which...

BOYDTON, [VA.], March 29, 1850. DEAR HUNTER: I write to impose a little labour upon you, or rather I should say, trouble, but not more, th...

Affairs at the South do not improve. The Secession element is becoming vicious and bad in some quarters, and I fear it may be general. At th...

Hon. Eli Thayer’s scheme for colonization by armed men of Southern States meets with much favor by the President, Secretary of war and other...

BATON ROUGE, Feb. 17, 1860. DEAR TOM: . . . I am down here at the legislature log rolling for a bill to the interest of our institution. ...

BALTIMORE,  August  20, 1817. DEAR SIR: Ever since I received your letter of July 11, requesting the communication of such ideas as had...