William L. Leacock Biographical Files

but only tell me, that yr. views have been [canvessed?] ^endorsed^ by unimpassioned, [right]-thinking, Christian men, & I shall be satisfied, til I see you. I tell you seriously and affectionately, I am afraid of the Polkism of your nature. You are right, inasmuch as you violate no law-but is it [expedient?]? If it is, then surely our cause is hazardous. Write - for I, tell you, you have shaken me to the very core of my being.

I shall not attend this meeting, for reasons that I cannot now mention. [?] is it necessary, for the object, for [ur? it may] called, being a recorgnition of our dismemberment is now a fact, recognized by the whole Confederacy-or is at [] but a preliminary Your affectionately, W.L. Leacock