January 17.
Mr. Sumner suggests that in my note to Forbes I might have
been “less sharp;” but the character of F.’s epistles convinces me that, if I erred
at all, it was on the side of gentleness. I have since received a letter from
Forbes himself, in which he goes over the same charges and insinuations with “damnable
iteration” This I have also answered, explaining more fully my position in the
matter. Forbes threatens terrible things, — meaning, as I conjecture, to give
notice at the South of Brown's position and designs. Should he do this, he
would deserve nil the suffering which his own carelessness has brought on his
family; but their suffering troubles me, and I am trying to do something to
relieve it, and also to find out from Brown the true condition of affairs.
Yours affectionately,
F. B. Sanborn.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 428
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