DELIVERED AT ELLWOOD SPRINGS, NEAR PORT GIBSON, MISS., NOVEMBER 2, 1850. FELLOW-CITIZENS: I shall speak to you to-day, not as Whigs, not a...

I feel heart-sick here. The Senate is a lone place, with few who are capable of yielding any true sympathy to me. I wish I were in some othe...

Marshfield, April 15, 1851. GENTLEMEN,—I duly received your letter of the 11th of this month, and had fully made up my mind to comply with...

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, 1852. MY DEAR SIR,—Your note of yesterday has given me relief and pleasure. It is certainly true that your remarks at the Pres...

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...

NORFOLK, [VA.], April 13, 1856. DEAR HUNTER: Since my return home I have been so unwell that I have had no opportunity of mixing extensive...

Marshfield, April 15, 1851. MY DEAR SIR,—I was very glad to receive your letter last evening, and to learn that there was nothing occurrin...

Mr. Crittenden, in answer to loud calls from all parts of the hall, rose and said: Mr. PRESIDENT,—I regret that in this company, where the...