Your letter of the 19^th was received last night–2 I will cheerfully pay the little sum you desire whenever M^r Webb calls for it– You need do nothing about it till you hear from me again– As one of my votes on the origin of the Mexican war, and my speech on the subject, had been the subject ^object^ of loco foco assault, tell Judge Logan I am much obliged to him for his vindication of me– No fair-minded, sensable man, can take any other view of the matter–3

I have been making an internal improvement speech, of which I will send you a copy when it shall be printed– I do not expect it will interest the people much, in the midst of ^the^ political excitement, immediately preceding a presidential election– but, the subject, being one of great and permanent interest, particularly to our district, I felt it a duty to say something about it– I shall seek an oppertunity to make one political—Taylor— speech before the end of the session; and that will be about the close of my congressional career–4 The short session of next winter will be too tame, to admit of any thing