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of that form of magnanimity and
true greatness of soul, that lifted
you far above the herd of politicians,
and made you one whom all clas-
ses of your fellow citizens, irrespective
of any party ties, might truly have
and respect --

You can imagine then with what dis-
gust I have observed effort of
a bold, coarse, and bad man, to
belittle and besmirch you, as was
lately done by a certain magnate,
one of yr former friends and asso-
ciates.

I desire to say that I do not beleive think
that a decent man in the State
believes, that you ever descended to
do a dishonest act, to get to the