[December 10, 1855.]
To-day newspapers contain the first reliable information in
regard to the recent difficulties. We are usually obliged to feed on lies for
several days, and so it has been in this case. I do not believe you will have
the United States government against you. But if you should, adhere to your
determination not to allow any circumstances to lead to a resistance. If the
Kansas men are true to the cause of freedom, they will never infringe in the
least degree the constitution and laws of the United States. For the part which
you have taken, I thank you, my dear
sir, from the bottom of my heart, and you will receive the gratitude of all men
who like freedom better than slavery.
SOURCE: William Lawrence, Life of Amos A. Lawrence:
With Extracts from His Diary and Correspondence, p. 103-4
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