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cide that, in so far as our nations capital is con-
cerned, they will respect the convictions of the
north?

The very absence of important matters of adverse
criticism, which the wisdom of your administration
has secured, will induce a partisan press to make
the most of an appeal to the but half-forgotten
prejudices of the past. Will it not be a claim to
renown worth seeking, that you, while perhaps sym-
pathizing with the feeling of the south, were, by your
large conception of the deity of a chief magistrate able to
carry out a geuerous policy which prevented all sec-
tional bitterness?

The utmost pains has been taken to prevent
outside knowledge of this letter, so that whatever
action you may take may have its full weight as
coming from yourself.

Very respectfully,
Cyrus Northrop
Reverend [?] Hillis
James M. Buckly
[?]

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