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relative to apply can always get judgement from me. The unity of families must be maintained. 

I make that acknowledgement in good faith, as I do everything else, of course I would not decree in favour of a brothel, or a prostitute, or a felon, but where there is no objection except the very plausible but false one of inability it is a rule without an exception. There is no word in the language that causes my gorge to rise equal to that of conciliation. You might as well try to conciliate a pack of hyenas by throwing one of your children to them with the hope of saving the rest. No flinching now, nor do not let the Presidents policy cow you. Raymond & Johnson, if successful will split the Union. You can safely note that down as a fact. The Bureau must be continued, on it rests the unity of the states, do not let the humble source from which those assertions come make you doubt or disbelieve them. Tis a problem plain as an in Euclid, and I can demonstrate it. Were I present in Congress, and could I get myself listened to, I could carry the Bureau Bill against forty vetoes, 

When my estimates reaches you I will ask your sympathy and support. I have footed all expenses as yet, and will continue to do so, until I find I will be unfairly dealt with, which I do not all anticipate. With them I will send you a private note explanatory of them. This or anything else you get from me you can publish or show to whom you please. I can always make