WASHINGTON, June 24, 1852. MY DEAR SIR, — I left home on Saturday, stopped over Sunday in New York, and came on on Monday. At Philadelphia...

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

WASHINGTON, June 29, 1852. Mr. Clay is dead: he expired between eleven and twelve o'clock this morning. . . . Probably no public man e...

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

JULY 8, 1852. I see by the telegraphic report, that at a meeting of the Native-American party at Trenton, N. J., this week, Mr. Webster wa...

WASHINGTON, March 27, 1852. C. PIERCE, Esq. DEAR SIR,— . . . I found I was doing no good here, and that it seemed impossible for me to e...

WASHINGTON, April 24, 1852. DR. JARVIS. DEAR SIR,— I have just received your favor of the 19th instant, and the accompanying volumes; fo...

WASHINGTON, May 8, 1852. MY DEAR MR. COMBE,— We are on the verge of a Presidential election. Our political caldron is beginning to seethe ve...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 1852. REV. S. J. MAY. DEAR SIR,—It is now a long time since I have received any copies of your shots at Mr. C. So I supp...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1852. MY DEAR DOWNER, - There is nothing of much moment transpiring here. Cabell of Florida, in the House, a few days...

DANSVILLE, N. Y., 1852. I have seen only the most meagre account of D——'s and R——'s speeches. I do not see how D—— can come out wi...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 13, 1852. C. PIERCE, Esq. MY DEAR SIR,—We heard from you authentically through our common friends, from whom we had a...

NEW YORK, March 1, 1851. I had a call this morning from a man who wishes to get a grant from Government, and so he is civil to me. It gave...

WASHINGTON, April, 1851. MY DEAR SUMNER, —  Laus  Deo! Good, better, best, better yet! By the necessity of the case, you are now to be a pol...

WEST NEWTON, Monday, June 16, 1851. I am very glad to be made acquainted with the existence of your society, and feel highly honored by yo...

WASHINGTON, July 13, 1851. A Virginian told me yesterday that he saw I kept preaching; and, upon my evincing some curiosity to know what h...

WEST NEWTON, Aug. 4, 1851. REV. S. J. MAY, — . . . Webster has debauched the country, not only on the subject of slavery, but of all decen...

WEST NEWTON, Sept. 25, 1851. REV. T. PARKER. MY DEAR SIR, — . . . I wish to find a few of the best authorities, taken from as wide a range a...

WASHINGTON, December, 1851. MY DEAR MR. COMBE, — . . . In this political wrangle, I, who before was, in some respects, very popular, have ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 1851. MY DEAR FRIENDS MR. AND MRS. COMBE, — Politics in this country do not, as they should, mean a science, but a con...