Johnson, Richard M., 1780-1850 to Jonathan Roberts
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06575 Author/Creator: Johnson, Richard M., 1780-1850 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 December 1837 Pagination: 2 p. ; 25 x 19.9 cm. Order a Copy
Written as Vice President under Martin Van Buren. Mentions Henry Clay and states that Roberts can discern his feelings toward Clay from their relations. But remarks that he has never broken ties with distinguished men just because of politics. Feels that "We must all act upon our own responsibility & judgment but why feel unkind to others & every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle." Comments on the state of the Union and does not believe that anything can divide the states. "We have always seen disturbing causes vanish like smoke when pushed to an extreme - the times of the alien & sedition laws & the times of the late war. Nullification etc."
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