FROM EX-GOVERNOR TOUCEY. NEW HAVEN, June 15, 1850. GENTLEMEN-I acknowledge with great pleasure the invitation which you have done me the honor to extend to me, to be present at the public dinner to be given by the Democrats of New York, at Tammany Hall, on Monday, the 17th inst., to their distinguished Senator, the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson. It would be out of place, even for those who have had the best opportunity of knowing intimately and appreciating most fully the extent and value of his services, to speak of them in terms of merited commendation, because they have been performed in the face of the whole country, on its most conspicuous theatre. At the present crisis, full of difficulty and danger-the very crisis which the Father of his Country foresaw and foretold, and, in his farewell address to his countrymen, warned us to beware of—it is a source of the highest gratification to observe the strong "evidences of popular approval" manifested towards those who comprehend the interests of the whole country, and stand firm and faithful amidst all the clamors of faction. I regret that my duties here will necessarily prevent me. from being present on the occasion, and I beg you will accept the time-honored sentiment which I annex. I am, gentlemen, With the highest respect, Your fellow-citizen, ISAAC TOUCEY. The Union of the States-Not formed or upheld by force, but by concession and compromise, and a just regard to the interests of the whole country and every part of it. To GEORGE DOUGLAS, SCHUYLER LIVINGSTON, Esqs., and others, Committee, &c. FROM HON. LOUIS M'LANE. BOHEMIA, NEAR CECILTON, MARYLAND, June 19, 1850. TO GEORGE DOUGLAS, SCHUYLER LIVINGSTON, and others, a Committee to Superintend the Public Dinner given to the Hon. D. S. Dickinson. GENTLEMEN-Having been called by urgent business to Baltimore during the last week, I only received your letter of the 7th inst. on my return home last night. I have cordially approved the course of your distinguished Senator during the present session of Congress, and I fully participate in the admiration entertained by his Democratic fellow-citizens of New York, of the manly ability and unwavering patriotism with which he has assisted in tranquillizing the public mind and arresting an agitation that, if allowed to continue, would prove fatal to the harmony and preservation of our glorious Union. Under other circumstances it would have given me great pleasure to manifest my feelings by uniting with the Democrats of New York in their patriotic support of the constitutional principles involved in the pending issue. I can at present, however, only return you my thanks for the invitation with which you have honored me, and assure you of my earnest hope that in the present crisis the support of the Democracy of New York may be as effective in maintaining the principles of the Constitution and the integrity of the Union as it has been on more than one previous occasion. I have the honor to be, gentlemen, Very respectfully, your fellow-citizen, LOUIS MCLANE. MR. DICKINSON TO MRS. DICKINSON. ANNAPOLIS, June 2, 1850. MY DEAR LYDIA-I spent yesterday and to-day here very pleasantly with Governor Pratt, Senator, who resides here. This is an old town, and the only one that I ever saw that was entirely finished. It is a beautiful, old-fashioned place, of about three thousand inhabitants, and, though a city, is much less than Binghamton. The houses are large and oldfashioned, built of brick brought from England. Mr. Clay, General Foote, Mr. Dawson, and myself make the company. We went to the old State-House where Washington returned his sword to Congress, and were all called out before a large audience and had to make speeches. We, of course, had a fine time. Mr. Clay, I see, says I beat them all. We return to Washington this evening. Love to all. Affectionately, D. S. DICKINSON. MR. DICKINSON TO LYDIA L. DICKINSON. WASHINGTON, June 8, 1850. MY DEAR LYDIA L.-I received your pretty letter this morning, and was very glad to hear from you all. I hope the fine weather and pleasant home will soon improve your health. It is getting too hot here for comfort, and you may be glad to be away. We had a very pleasant time at Annapolis; visited the naval school; saw them shoot cannon-balls and grapeshot out upon the bay, &c., &c. Annapolis is an old place— one of the earliest towns built, and in the old English style. Baltimore has for many years taken away its commerce and prevented its growth, and absorbed its wealth and enterprise. But it has yet the State Capitol, and its old-fashioned grandeur and aristocracy. It is said that, in its glory, at a funeral there were thirty-four private carriages; now there is not one. Governor Pratt's eldest daughter and eldest child is about twelve years old, but quite large and rather beautiful. She has a new album; General Foote told her I could write poetry, and she importuned me until I wrote in it hastily the following lines: TO RACHEL. May thy fair face, like this bright page, And may fond hope, our charmer here, Nor thy young heart be wrung with sorrow. May life's pure current, as it flows, Pass, like the streamlet, to its river, Until it finds that bless'd repose, The bosom of its bounteous Giver. Your affectionate father, D. S. DICKINSON. MR. DICKINSON TO LYDIA L. DICKINSON. WASHINGTON, July 13, 1850. MY DEAR LYDIA L.-I received your mother's of the 8th this morning. I had previously received yours of the 6th. We are waiting for the President's funeral, which is to take place to-morrow, and I suppose on Monday we shall be at work again. I am glad you are so well pleased at Avon, and hope you will stay long enough to profit by it, if it is likely to benefit. you. I should like very much to be at Avon, or somewhere out of this vile heat and dust; but when we are to get away, is more than I know. I gave your cactus into the care of Eliza, but kept the rose myself. When I was gone to New York to the dinner, old Nancy, being lame, &c., let it nearly die: the leaves fell off, and I thought it a dead rose, sure enough. But I nurtured it as did Count de Charney his Picciola in the Castle of Fenestrella, and watered it bountifully as little Mary did her dead geranium, and it is now more beautiful than ever. All the old friends who linger here, including General Jones of Iowa, send many regards to your mother and you. I had a letter from Mr. Merrill to-day. I hope your mother and yourself will enjoy yourselves, and not feel concerned about home. Love to your mother. Affectionately your father, D. S. DICKINSON. MR. DAVIS TO MR. DICKINSON. NORWICH, July 25, 1850. MY DEAR SIR-I have just risen from the perusal of the pamphlet you sent me, giving me an account of the public dinner at Old Tammany; and you may be assured I have had a feast. "I breathe deeper and freer." That occasion opens up the dawn of better days, and in a great measure removes the forebodings of our national dissolution. I rose from the perusal with the exclamation," The confederacy is safe." When the Empire City speaks in such tones and with such unanimity, she will be heard and her influence will be felt. And in relation to yourself, you will allow me to say, the compliment was as well deserved as it was splendid, and I cannot let the opportunity pass without congratulating you upon the occasion. In particular, sir, I wish to manifest my hearty assent to the sentiments of your speech on that occasion as to the only true ground upon which our national identity can be maintained. I have ever been anxious that our Southern brethren should be made sensible of their error at the last election, but think the reproof already administered is abundantly sufficient, and am as ready to shoulder the musket for the rights of the South as for the rights of the North; or, in other words, to maintain the constitution. Your compliment to Mr. Clay was just. What will be the policy of the new Executive? And how can the Whig party avoid the fruits of their doings? It seems to me the question of boundary between Texas and New Mexico may be more quietly settled by commissioners than by any acts of Congress. With sentiments of high regard, believe me Hon. D. S. DICKINSON. Yours truly, JOHN DAVIS. MR. DICKINSON TO MRS. DICKINSON. WASHINGTON, July 29, 1850. MY DEAR LYDIA—I am glad you took the pleasant visit to |