CHULA P. O., May 15, 1885. MY DEAR SIR: I regret that I am unable to give you the information you wish. Your honored father, my friend, an...

NEW ORLEANS, March 7, 1849. MY DEAR SIR,—I received your last letter, transmitting one which is returned. Many thanks are due to you for v...

SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AUGUST 29, 1850. MR. BROWN said he designed to make a few remarks only in reply to the gentleman f...

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

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. 21, 1850. S. DOWNER, Esq. MY DEAR SIR,—The only question on which the sincere friends of freedom here have any doubt is t...

Aug. 15. The House is engaged in an earnest debate on the subject of the President's message about Texas; the North generally defending ...

Washington, August 10, 1850. MY DEAR SIR,—So many things have occupied my attention of late, that I have neglected those I love most, and ...

(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...

OUR IMMEDIATE ANTISLAVERY DUTIES. SPEECH AT A FREE-SOIL MEETING AT FANEUIL HALL, NOVEMBER 6, 1850. MR. CHAIRMAN, AND YOU, MY FELLOW-CITIZE...