Law Without Education Is A Dead Letter.

As Friends Go It Is Less Important To Live.

You Know I Am Given To Antiquarian And Genealogical Pursuits. An Old Family Letter Is A Delight To My Eyes. I Can Prowl In Old Trunks Of Letters By The Day With Undiminished Zest.

I Too Mean To Be Out Of Politics. The Ratification Of The Fifteenth Amendment Gives Me The Boon Of Equality Before The Law, Terminates My Enlistment, And Discharges Me Cured.

My Ambition For Station Was Always Easily Controlled. If The Place Came To Me It Was Welcome. But It Never Seemed To Me Worth Seeking At The Cost Of Self-respect, Or Independence. My Family Were Not Historic; They Were Well-to-do, Did Not Hold Or Seek Office. It Was Easy For Me To Be Contented In Private Life. An Honor Was No Honor To Me, If Obtained By My Own Seeking.

I Would Honor The Man Who Give To His Country A Good Newspaper.