Crawfordville, Ga., 26, Sep. 1848.
Dear Sir: I
reached home a few days ago and found your kind letter, for which I felt truly
obliged to you. You have doubtless heard of the occurrence1 which put
me out of the canvass in this [state] for three weeks past and upwards. I am
now recovering slowly. My right hand is still in bad condition and I fear I
shall never be able to use it as formerly. I now can only scribble with my left
hand — but enough of this. Our election for Congress comes off next Monday and
trust we shall send you a good report. The Democrats however are making a most
desperate fight. But I think you may rely on Georgia for Taylor. It is true I
can't form so satisfactory an opinion as if I had been in the field for the
last few weeks. But I know we were gaining fast when I was amongst them. The
whole campaign since then has rested entirely upon the shoulders of Mr. Toombs,
and I assure you he has done gallant service. The real Clay men here as
elsewhere I believe are doing nothing for Taylor, while many of them are openly
in opposition; but I think we shall triumph notwithstanding.
We were greatly rejoiced to hear of your great triumph in
Kentucky. The Locos in Congress were making extravagant brags just before the
election but I would not permit myself even to feel apprehension. Remember me
kindly to Mrs. Crittenden. I cannot say more now and I fear that you cannot
read what I have said.
_______________
* United States Senator from Kentucky, Attorney-General,
etc.
1 Assault upon Stephens by F. H. Cone at Atlanta,
Ga., Sept. 3, in which Stephens's right band was severely injured.
SOURCE: Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, Editor, The Annual
Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1911, Volume 2: The
Correspondence of Robert Toombs, Alexander H. Stephens, and Howell Cobb, p.
127
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