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Page 1[seal] Wesson Miss. Oct. 4. 1866 To His Excellency Dr Sir, Knowing you to be brave, honest, Inteligent and Discreet, I address you frankly and freely. I feel that the day is dark and gloomy, something must be done to save the Presidents head; and therefore I take the liberty of give you my views, I think it is well to consult our best interest in connection with the dangers that Surround us; In the first place then I want to take from the Radicals the only just pretext that they have for complaint; and that is the basis of representation; their proposition of making the voting population the basis of representation is certainly fair, and they can always beat us upon that plea, then I say in order to disarm them of their strongest weapon, that you recommend to the Legislature the adoption of that policy; and also the enfranchising of all negros that ^can^ read & write and own a free hold of Forty Acres of Land or Five Hundred Dollars worth of Town property. So far as to vote for State Senators, I deem it unnecessa-ry to elaborate these positions to you, they have no doubt suggested themselves to you before. If the legislature fail to adopt your views it will still have a good effect, the good men of the State and the South generally will sustain you. | Page 1[seal] Wesson Miss. Oct. 4. 1866 To His Excellency Dr Sir, Knowing you to be brave, honest, Inteligent and Discreet, I address you frankly and freely. I feel that the day is dark and gloomy, something must be done to save the Presidents head; and therefore I take the liberty of give you my views, I think it is well to consult our best interest in connection with the dangers that Surround us; In the first place then I want to take from the Radicals the only just pretext that they have for complaint; and that is the basis of representation; their proposition of making the voting population the basis of representation is certainly fair, and they can always beat us upon that plea, then I say in order to disarm them of their strongest weapon, that you recommend to the Legislature the adoption of that policy; and also the enfranchising of all negros that ^can^ read & write and own a free hold of Forty Acres of Land or Five Hundred Dollars worth of Town property. So far as to vote for State Senators, I deem it unnecessa-ry to elaborate these positions to you, they have no doubt suggested themselves to you before. If the legislature fail to adopt your views it will still have a good effect, the good men of the State and the South generally will sustain you. |
