Letter

As to Mr. Whipples letter he
read it to me before he sent it and asked
me if I agree to it. I answered that
I supposed the facts were as he had got them
down, but as I did not intend to sign any
thing of the sort I did not trouble myself
about the language. You will see that I
was careful to head it “Letter from Mr. Whipple”
when it was published in the papers, which heading
I put on to it.

This storm today has been a
grand thing for the cause of law & order. I
begin to think that your view of what they call
the Algerine law is the right one, that is that it
was impolitic, although at the time of its passage
I thought differently.

The calling out of the militia has
operated against us. At Mumford Mills it was
a complete farce.

Mat. Waite is furious for
prosecuting. He is a grand hand at
drumming folks together to tormenting but
he will ruin any party that he has anything
to do with governing.

If I hear any thing before closing I will add
it to this