Portland, September 12, 1860.
My Dear Sir:
All yours received. We are covered all over with glory. I congratulate you and
Fred, and everybody else in general and particular.
I was anxious about Fred's election on many accounts. The
intelligence I received was not flattering, particularly from Hancock. His
nomination was said to be not satisfactory in Bucksport and vicinity, on
account of some local feeling, and as they pressed me very strongly to come
down and see if I could allay it, I took boat Friday night, and spoke there on
Saturday, doing what I could outside by coaxing and swearing. Tuck writes me
to-day, giving the vote, and says that I did them good service in various ways.
At any rate, the vote is satisfactory. Fred leads, I see, instead of falling
behind.
I went to Bangor on Sunday, was taken sick, and had to send
for a doctor, but got home on Monday in season to vote, and then went to bed,
where I lay until this morning. I am up to-day, and hope to be out again
to-morrow, if the weather will allow.
The truth is, I was not in a condition to take any part in
the campaign, but nobody would believe it. Our great success must cure me,
however, if there is a spark of vitality left.
Now, let other States do their duty, and the rascals are
wiped out.
Yours, as always,
W. P. Fessenden.
J. S. Pike,
Esq.
SOURCE: James Shepherd Pike, First Blows of the
Civil War: The Ten Years of Preliminary Conflict in the United States from 1850
to 1860, p. 525-6
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