Charleston, 10 November, 1860.
* * * I am
surprised that you are so indifferent about returning, as not to have fixed any
time yet. It is not a pleasant place to return to; nearly the last hope of
safety is cut off by the last news from Georgia, implying the consent of the
majority to follow Carolina. We shall be envied by posterity for the privilege
that we have enjoyed of living under the benign rule of the United States. The
Constitution is only two months older than I. My life will probably be
prolonged till I am older than it is. I must write briefly, and have actually
just turned a gentleman out of the office, because his business was not important
enough to justify interruption. I saw little Addy Wednesday was a week, when I
snatched a brief interval with our Cherry Hill and George Street friends in the
car. Adieu.
Your Parent.
SOURCE: James Petigru Carson, Life, Letters and
Speeches of James Louis Petigru: The Union Man of South Carolina, p. 361
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