ST. LOUIS, April 13, 1886. Dear Brother: Your letter was duly received, and the quotation from Corwin's speech will be all I want. I ...

SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AUGUST 8, 1850, ON PRESIDENT FILLMORE'S MESSAGE CONCERNING THE TEXAN BOUNDARY. MR. BROWN said:...

SEPT. 6. I had no letter from you last night, nor eke this morning. I am so sure that you never fail, that I always convict the railroads ...

SEPT. 8, 1850. Texas has not a particle of rightful claim to all the north-western region this bill contends for; but she has passed a law...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 1850. MY DEAR DOWNER,—I wrote you nothing about affairs; and how could I? The atmosphere is full of treachery. If wh...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 1850. MY DEAR DOWNER, I received yours of the 26th to-day. We are at last at the hand-to-hand encounter. The Texas Bo...

AUG. 29. The first question about the Boundary Bill was, "Shall it be rejected?" This was decided in the negative by a very larg...

SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JULY 19, 1850, ON THE ADMISSION OF THE DELEGATE FROM NEW MEXICO IN ADVANCE OF HER TERRITORIAL ORGANI...

(PRIVATE.) Washington, September 12, 1850. MY DEAR SIR,—I use the confidential hand of another to write you a short letter, my eyes holding ...

JUNE 18, 1850. Yesterday Mr. Webster made his last and special declaration. A motion was pending, that it should be no objection to the ad...

WASHINGTON, June 28, 1850. S. DOWNER, Esq. DEAR SIR,—The fate of the Compromise Bill is still doubtful in the Senate, though public opinio...

July 12. To-day the city is dressed in mourning. No one as yet seems to know what will be the policy of the new President, whether it will b...

FELLOW-CITIZENS: I feel impelled, by a strong sense of duty, to address to you this communication. If it shall seem to you more appropriate ...