Letter from Almon Whiting Babbitt, 14 March 1850
Washington
Dear Sir
Your favior of the ninth Inst
now duly Received. I was very happy to hear
from you & though from friends Heywood & Woolley
I have been in Philadelphia for some days
past. had a very interesting vuisit among
the Saints there. Some 80 are ready to go
out this Spring. friend Gibibson at this Head
I find no matereal change here as yet
many denounce the Calhoons Speech as
tending to desolution ameaditly. Wheele
while it is a fact that more truth was
told in his (Calhoons) speech there are
the rest put together (namely) that It
was useless to cry union; union;; union;;;
when the Spirit of the Union had left
the Peoplele & prooved the same by fact
that there has been no attempt to contro-
vert. Mr. Erastus Snow is with us
& we expect Mr. Taylor & Lorenz Snow
Every day. I shall leav for Illinois
some time next week. I leave to tbe as
usual at the Corthage court on the 12 of
April the Doct will tarry here for he
seems to be inclined to domestic life
& would not I presume obgect if I was
