ALBANY, March 4,
1850.
DEAR SIR—I thank you
for a pamphlet copy of your speech upon the resolutions of Mr. Clemens. I had
read it with great satisfaction in the newspaper, and am glad to have it in a
form which will permit of its preservation among my bound pamphlets.
Although my place
and pursuits have separated me in a great degree from the political conflicts
of the day, I had occasion long ago to say, that the Wilmot Proviso could do no
good, and might do harm. That opinion remains unchanged; and notwithstanding
all the noise made by politicians, newspapers and legislative Resolves, it will
soon be, if it is not now, the sentiment of the mass of the people. They will
stand by the Union, and by the Constitution.
I am, yours truly,
GREENE C. BRONSON.
SOURCE: John R.
Dickinson, Editor, Speeches,
Correspondence, Etc., of the Late Daniel S. Dickinson of New York, Vol. 2,
p. 425
