I thank you for your watchful friendship. Had I imagined the impatience of friends, I would have anticipated their most sanguine desires. Bu...

NEW YORK, June, 1848. MY DEAR MR. CLAY, — I write to you in the fullness of my heart, not to condole with you, for though I feel all the p...

The policy of enlisting negroes renders it harder for prisoners. So does the emancipation proclamation. The government having enlisted negro...

Soldiers and negroes are rebuilding the fallen wall. Prisoners stand at a distance often shouting: "That is good for you, Rebs"; ...

Fort Hill 8th July 1847 MY DEAR SIR, There is not much to be added about politicks to what I wrote you last. The difference between North ...

Fine pleasant day. The Event here has been the passage of the Bill by the House abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia. It had passe...

HAUTEVILLE HOUSE, Dec. 2, 1859. SIR: When one thinks of the United States of America, a majestic figure rises to the mind—Washington. Now,...

PARIS, 6th July, 1851. MADAME: I have scarcely any thing to add to your letter. I would cheerfully sign every line of it. Pursue your holy...

MR. BROWN said: I do not intend to detain the House by anything like an elaborate speech upon the subject of the public printing. In the few...

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...