Note 52 — SPEECH.

The eminent Judge Story, who was then in Washington, mentions these conditions in a private letter, under date of February 27, 1820, as follows: "There is a great deal of heat and irritation, but most probably a compromise will take place, admitting Missouri into the Union without the restriction, and imposing it on all the other Territories."—Letter to Stephen White, Esq.: Life and Letters of Story, Vol. I. pp. 362, 363.