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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