I have received your favor of the 31st ult. inviting me, in behalf of the Committee of arrangement, to be present at a democratic "harvest home" celebration in Westchester County on the 16th inst.- and I beg you to accept for them and yourself my thanks for the kind expressions of ^confidence and^... Continue Reading
I found at Albany on my arrival there your letter upon the subject of the appointment of Genl Cameron was duly recd. ^as Gov of Michigan^ The vacancy death of Gov Wolf Porter has <drawn> forth a crowd of applicants for the vacant Chair & several applicants personal & otherwise ^of ... Continue Reading
For the mutual accommodation of the public officers and creditors in your neighborhood, and of yourself and the Treasury Department, I propose hereafter to direct warrants in their favor to yourself, for payment, when desired by them.
It will be in your power, also, before a warrant is obtained by... Continue Reading
I have now been here several days and have seen persons from almost every part of the state, and have no doubt, that our success is as certain as any future event, that is dependent upon the voice of the people, can possibly be. The adversary is suffering under the pangs of anticipated defeat, ... Continue Reading
I reached home on the evening of the 5th. worn down with bad health, hot weather & intolerable roads found my family in good health except Sarah who has just recovered & has now the promise of health. I found on my whole journey every thing to cheer us, prosperity every where, and all... Continue Reading
I transmit a copy of a letter from Mr. José Cecilia Gonzales to Mr. Cyrus Sibley, which tends to corroborate the proof in your possession relative to the outrage at Tabasco on the brig Industry, together with a copy of a letter from Thomas P. Downer, the mate of the Industry, to Mr. Sibley,... Continue Reading
As you know I am a bad correspondent. Since I have been at home company & impaired health has prevented me from writing to any one unless on public business.
I am just returned from Nashville where I was invited to meet my friends, by a committee of the citizens of Nashville & its vicinity... Continue Reading
Our elections for the State Legislature are over & altho’ I cannot say victory is certainly ours-we at least are not beaten. The returns are not all in. The opposition of course claim the majority. My calculation is that of 200 members we have certain 100-that there are some 10 or 20 doubtful ... Continue Reading
In a circular from this Department of the 20th April last, you were informed that the recent accession of her Most Catholic Majesty being deemed a favorable opportunity for renewing the friendly efforts of the President towards effecting a recognition, by Spain, of the independence of her former... Continue Reading
I enclosed a letter from the gentleman who introduced Mr. <illegible> to you last winter. A few days since I received a letter from <illegible>, in which he complained that he thought himself "insulted" by the way in which he had been treated in not receiving funds to set up his paper... Continue Reading
Your despatches to No. 74, inclusive, excepting Nos. 58, 54, 53, 52, 23, 16, have been received.
An extract of that part of your [despatch] No. 72, which suggests the propriety of your being allowed leave of absence, or to retire from the mission to Mexico, has been forwarded to the President, who... Continue Reading
A good deal of indisposition since my return has delayed my writing to you as I intended. I have not however much more to say than you will see in the newspapers; but what I have is generally good. I am half disposed to enclose a number of letters sent me from various parts of the state, so... Continue Reading
I think it important that the within article of Green’s should be answered by showing the whole case. The people of Ohio Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee; indeed of the whole west are peculiarly <illegible> upon the subject of fair suffrage. Leigh in one of his convention Speeches makes new York... Continue Reading
Through the medium of your paper, I propose, with your permission, to address a series of letters, to the Hon. Martin Van Buren, Vice President of the U. States. It is my wish to bring before the American people, a true history of this gentleman’s career. I shall commence with his early days, and... Continue Reading
you are styled “the Magician.” You are flattered and pleased with the appellation. It is a misnomer. It has tended, however, to increase your influence with the unprincipled office seeker. It has drawn around you a band of mercenaries, who have ministered to your vanity, and pampered an “... Continue Reading
Her Majesty the Queen Regent, to whom I had the honor of reading the note which your excellency was pleased to address to me under date of the 8th of August last, has been much gratified by learning the amicable dispositions of the President of the United States, and the interest taken by him in... Continue Reading
Before proceeding to notice your official acts, I shall, very briefly, recur to two incidents which may be considered indicative of the cast of your mind. You well know, sir, that for a time you was employed in the office of the late Judge William P. Van Ness. You may remember, and if you do not,... Continue Reading
Although the accounts are not quite ^so^ explicit as we could desire, I think I cannot deceive myself in believing, that the administration has succeeded in your elections; and if so, the re-appointment of one who has been so able, so useful, and so disinterested a supporter of it must, I am sure,... Continue Reading
It is not proposed to discuss the merits or demerits of either the friends or the opponents of the late war. So far, however, at the incidents connected with that contest have became a part of the history of our country; and so far as their notice is deemed necessary to a true develpment of your... Continue Reading
The approach of our regular election of a Governor and Lieutenant Governor and the established usages of the Republican Party, have again brought together the delegates of your choice, to discharge the important and responsible duty of selecting and presenting to the public suitable candidates for... Continue Reading