Poor, dear Miss Dix! Her bill has failed this morning in the House; or, at least, it has been referred to the Committee of the Whole on the ...

Months ago, when we and others urged that Lincoln’s inaugural meant war, we were told by those who have since been “awakened,” that the Pre...

Sept. 14. . . . I do not think Mr. Webster has any chance for the Presidency. The South, having used him, will fling him away. But that he n...

Sept. 15. There has been a very sharp debate in the Senate, in which the Southern men have rode and overrode Mr. Winthrop, and hunted up all...

Boston, November 14, 1850. GENTLEMEN,—I am under great obligations for the letter received from you, expressing your approbation of the se...

Washington 24th Jan 1849 MY DEAR ANNA, I was happy to learn by your letter, that you were all spending your time so agreeably, at the Cane...

Fort Hill 13th April 1849. MY DEAR SIR, I am glad to learn by your letter and from other Sources, that a meeting is to be held next month ...

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

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,           WASHINGTON, D.C., July 8, 1871. Dear Brother: *            *            *            *  ...

(Private.) RICHMOND, [Va.], June 14th [1852]. DEAR SIR: I beg to call your attention, to that portion of Judge Conrad's speech in the ...

Fort Hill 24th July 1849 MY DEAR ANDREW, I sent you a Messenger, containing a copy of my communication in reference to Benton's Speech...

MARCH 13, 1850. The hallucination that seizes the South on the subject of slavery, is, indeed, enough to excite our compassion; but an exc...

FEB 6. I really think, if we insist upon passing the Wilmot Proviso for the Territories, that the South—a part of them — will rebel. But  ...

FEB. 7. Yesterday, Mr. Clay concluded his speech upon his Compromise resolutions. Its close was pathetic. There is hardly another slavehol...

FEB. 18. In the House, this morning, a resolution was offered to direct the Committee on Territories to bring in a bill for the admission ...

FEB. 20. You are mistaken in supposing the great majority of the South would rejoice if slavery were not extended; at least, this is true ...

Fort Hill 5th Nov 1849 MY DEAR SIR, I am very desirous, on every account, to be in the same mess with Martha and yourself. I would prefer ...

Washington 8th Dec 1849 MY DEAR SIR, . . . Congress has been in Session now for four days without being able to elect a speaker. It is unc...

Speech of Jefferson Davis delivered in the House Feb. 6, 1846, on the Oregon question. Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS addressed the committee during ...

EXETER, Nov. 20, 1846. TO REV. JAMES C. BOSWELL, President, and SAMUEL A. HALEY, ESQ., Secretary, &c. Gentlemen:—I have received you...