The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 25, July 1921 - April, 1922 Page: 219
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Bryan-IHayes Correspondence
ing her ultimatum and presenting the alternative of its accept-
ance or Dissolution. Then all the patriotism, the conservatism
and the love of interest of the North will be aroused. The North
will say, true, slavery is bad--a blot upon our govt-yet this
govt of ours is the very best that man has ever made. All human
things are imperfect, consequently rather than destroy the glori-
ous work of our fathers and our own prosperity we will do as our
fathers did yield to a necessity and let the curse of slavery rest
upon those who hold the slaves, we have done our duty, and our
skirts are clean.
Rud this is a partial and I think because practical and truth-
ful, a sensible view of the question. You may laugh at it, but
mark my words you will find that I am correct.
My friends are again urging me to run for Congress and if
what they all say be true, I am only to wire-work "a very little"
to secure the nomination of my party over any one who can be
brought before the Convention that meets in May next. I have
never wire-worked in my life and scorn such working. I don't
care a fig for the office, so far as the office merely is concerned
but my noble State and good friends and the glorious South
have a hold on my heart that may induce me to forget my pri-
vate interests and consent to run. Before the people of the Dis-
trict I would not fear to take a tilt with anyone. Conventions
are controlled by management, and I am too honest to suit the
wire-workers. My private interests imperiously demand my at-
tention, and if I fail to attend to them I may lose thousands.
But of this more anon-
Dear Rud, I feel deeply (indeed I do) with you for the loss
of your dear sister. I loved her. She was open frank and
warm-hearted in her intercourse with me. I felt that she was
the sister of my friend. She made me feel that she felt the tie
that bound us together. She is gone. The lovely, the pure and
the good friend the affectionate daughter, sister and wife. Re-
member me to her husband and sweet children.
Write me a long letter. This I have written with an old steel
pen hastily and without any care. Read it over then punctuate
it, and maybe you can make sense out of it.
Regards to your Uncle. Tell him I shall look for a visit from219
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