to Novr. 20, 1842

 

I hasten to acknowledge <​the recept of​> your very welcome kind letter of the 24th. ultimo.— which renewed most vividly in my mind all the recollactions— of my cordial reception & & interesting visit at your in august Last,— & which I was exceedingly disappinted in not renewing on my return Business to the fatigue of myself & family absolutely preventing.—

To all those noble <​exalted​> feelings <​sentime[n]ts​> of humanity, friendship & Patriotism, manifsted in which shine forth so conspicously in your letter I do most cheerfuly respond a hearty Amen,— & when I meet with those noble souls, either by face or pen, who dare, who glory, in breathing, speaking, thinking, speaking & writing in defenc of— Justice, righteousness, & Equity & the cause of suffering innocence, I feel there there is something yet worth living for;— that there are those whose society we may enjoy— whose kindred spirits, may assist <​aspire​> to bouy us up amid <​their fellows, far above​> the foul calumnies, & bitter aspersions, of a cold unfeeling— world, A of a heartless, fiendish— mobocracy, which has been striving again to deluge— our once peaceful & law abiding republic— in a sea of blood Trouble,— & re-act all the unparalled Sufferings & Deaths of 's <​blood stained​> plains.—

I am happy to inform you that martial force is no longer needed <​required,— to protect us <​​> from the power of the aggressors​>,— The storm has blown over,— and the clear sky appears—. The hurricane has passed by— & those alone who stood within its influence are buried, destroyed,— The whirlwind has borne hard upon our peaceful . <​has passed by—​> <​it​> pressed upon us <​for a season​> with unrelenting fury— & buried buriing the votares of falsehood & treachery— <​beneath its ruins​> & naught is left of these the them <​remembered​> but shame and a everlasting contempt <​forever​>, while the wise, the virtuous & good, stand firm [p. [1]]