No political news of importance. The progress of events has startled and staggered some of our notables, who were laughing secession to scor...

Yesterday morning, Mr. F., a gentleman from my native State, Massachusetts, and who has charge of the Refugee Farm, asked if I would not lik...

The people of Aurora, Indiana had quite an exciting time a few days ago over a couple of slaves who had been seized without warrants by some...

KISSING THE CHAIN! Shall Massachusetts stand erect no longer, But stoop in chains upon her downward way, Thicker to gather on her limb...

ROME, December 24, 1839. What a stormy time you are having in America! Your cradle was rocked in the Revolution, and now in your old age y...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1851. To E. W. CLAP,  Walpole ,  Mass . MY DEAR SIR, — . . . After a week of factious opposition, we have at last, thi...

Rome, November 24, 1859. MY DEAR FRIEND: I see by a recent telegraph which the steamer of November 2d brought from Boston, that the Court ...

[Delivered in the United States Senate, June 27th, 1848.] THERE is a very striking difference between the position on which the slaveholdi...