Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-04-13
THE AUTHOR OF THE HULsMANN
LETTER

THE AUTHOR OF TIE HULSMANN
LETTER.
The New Y ork Ereming Post. few days
ago, contained letter from Boston cor
respondent which stated that Mr.. Edward
Everett, during late visI! to tina. city,
claimed, in note addressed to Mr.. Fletcher
Webster, the authorship of the fIulsemann
letter. Mr.. Everett. it is said, wrote it a,
MIR. Webster's request, who was indIsposed
at the time. A second letter in The Post
from the same correspondent. says:
"Since ! wrote you yesterday, | have
learned the interesting denoumemt Of Mr..
Everetl's and Mr.. Fletcher Webs,er's cor
respondence. As told you, the other ex-
ecu'ors, and such of the old friends of Dan
lel Webster as were informed of Mr.. Ever
etts application, were very much excited :;
but when they learned that he ordered a
thousand copies Of the draft for general cir
culation, they were alarmed, and, after put
ting their heads together while resolved
that it must be stopped. They went to
Mr. Everett, and, between arguments and
threats, made him tear up the draft letter
and abandon his professions forever"
The Boston POSI-, however, states tina,
The story published by lis namesake in
New York is an old one, and intnates that
there has been no correspondence between
Mr.. Everett and Fletcher Webster on the
subject. 1t adds, however, that 'he history
OF The Hulsemann spondence, is curl
Gus. and the publication Off should be verv
interesting. 1t may be given to the world
one Of these days"
despatch from Boston says The disclos-
ures made by the Post have created no ex-
element in that city, nor any i'll feeling be-
tween the friends Of Mr. Webster and Mr.
Everett. OF the Hulsemann letter The des-
patch says:
''The original draft of the letter was re-
turned to Mr.. Everett, more than year ago
by Mr.. Webster's literary Executors, and
a printed copy taken, which, with The orr
ginal, will be preserved among Mr.. Everel,'s
papers. He does not contemplate any pub
LEGATION.
The New York Day Book understands
from reliable sources that the truth in reg ard
to the authorship Of The Hulsemann letter is
nearly as follows:
"When Mr.. Webster was at The North in
the summer Of 1851, recruiting his health,
he sent for Mr.. Everett and gave him the
heads or points Of the argumen. be de-
sired TO use ia an answer TO the Austrian
letter to the President; knowing that Mr.
Everett was better able 10 comprehend and
write gu, his ideas than any other man liv-
ing, he requested him TO make draft of
paper and submit it to him. Mr.. Everett
kindly gave himself up to the task, and in
a few days handed Mr.. Webster the Hubs
mann letter. Mr.. Everell's friends and Mr..
Webser's friends knew all about it at the
time, and no one then attempted or thought
of giving Mr.. Everett The credit of doing any
thing more than embodying Mr.. Websler's
ideas, in form so as to be acceptable to
him.
Mr.. Webster, himself, at the banquet Civ
en- to Kossulb, in Washington, on the 7lb
of January, made a speach, in which he thus
referred TO the Hulssemann letter:
"May ] be so egois.ical as to say that
have nothing now To say upon the subject
of Hungary. Genll men, in the autumn of
year before last, out Of health, and retired
TO my paterna home among the mountains
OF New Hampshire, was, by reason of my
ysical condition, confined to my house
but was among the mountains, whose ma
tive air ! was bound 10 inspire. N Nothing
sslu,ed my senses, nothing sauled my mind
or my sentiments, bu, freedom, full and en-
tire, applause and there, gentlemen, near
The grave of my ancestors ] wrote a letter
which most of you have seen, addressed TO
the Austrian Charge de Afsires. ! can
say nothing Of the ability displayed in that
letter, but as to its principles, while the sun
and moon endure stand by lhem.''