LETTERS
On the Extension of Slavery Into California and New Mexico; and on the Duty of Congress To Provide The Trial by Jury for alleged Fugitive Slaves.
Hon. Horace Mann;
Dear Sir,—Having learned that you are spending a few days at home, and approving the course you have pursued in Congress, in maintaining so ably the sentiments and convictions which we maintain and cherish on the great national questions of the day, we respectfully request you, before returning to Washington, to give your constituents an opportunity of hearing somewhat more at length than the hour rule would allow, your views and opinions upon the question of the immediate admission of California, and other questions now before Congress, arising out of the acquisition of territory by the treaty with Mexico.
Should you comply with our request, please name some day which will be convenient for you, that we may give seasonable notice through your district.
Dedham.
- James Richardson,
- I. Cleveland,
- John Gardner.
Roxbury.
- David A. Simmons,
- G. R. Russell,
- Joseph H. Billings,
- L. M. Sargent,
- John J. Clarke,
- Jos. N. Brewer,
- Wm. A. Crafts,
- Wm. Capen,
- Francis Hilliard,
- Daniel Jackson,
- J. B. Kettell.
Brookline.
- Charles Wild,
- Marshall Stearns,
- Wm. Dearborn,
- G. Griggs,
- David Wilder, Jr.,
- G. F. Homer.
Dorchester.
- E. Sharpe,
- N. F. Safford,
- J. G. Nazro.
- Brighton, J. Breck.
- Foxboro’, A. Hodges.
- Walpole, A. Bigelow.
- Randolph, J. Wales.
- Quincy, L. Richards.
- Franklin, L. Harding.
- Stoughton, J. Smith.
- Milton, J. Reed.
- Cohasset, Geo. Beal.
Newton.
- E. C. Dyer,
- R. E. Patterson,
- W. S. Whitwell.
Hingham.
- C. W. Cushing.
April 23d, 1850.