Windom, William, 1827-1891 to Edward R. Parry, Isaac Andrews, Truman Andrews, W. H. Wickoff, and Charles Mansfield
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02799 Author/Creator: Windom, William, 1827-1891 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 December 1859 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 20.2 x 12.8 cm. Order a Copy
Windom, a United States Representative from Minnesota, states that he will attempt to postpone discussion in Senate regarding a proposed treaty with the Mankato (possibly referring to the Mdewakanton Sioux, who inhabited the region surrounding Mankato, Minnesota). Regarding disagreement between Northern and Southern Congressmen, declares "We have a warm time here with the Southern fire eaters ... In the House, so anxious were they to kindle anew the fires of agitation and sectionalism ... making inflamatory, disunion Speeches ... They openly avow their determination (in case of the Election of a Rep. President.) to dissolve the Union ..." Mentions that if Republican John Sherman is elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives, "Some of the leading Democratic papers threaten a dissolution ..."
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