He was not at home when McMaster's letter of Nov. 6th arrived or else he would have visited him at once. At present he cannot leave home for some weeks. He is anxious to learn more of the subject matter of McMaster's letter. He has yielded his own views on party policy to those of his more moderate brethren. They made a splendid contest in the State and were only defeated by the vote of the soldiers sent from the Army. Fairly treated, they would have carried the State. The soldiers' vote far outnumbers Canlin's majority, as conceded by the Abolition presses. His purpose in visiting New York and Albany was to secure cooperation with the democracy of all the states, to determine upon some common standpoint. The effort was not so successful as it should have been. His only knowledge of the mode of operation McMaster proposes is what he infers from the columns of his paper and he has no doubt it is consistent with the welfare of the country and the honor of the Democratic Party. He shall visit New York as soon as possible, and asks McMaster to send him his views by letter and Bigler shall treat them as strictly confidential whether he agrees with them or not. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.