Remember me very kindly to my children and grandchildren, and do not let them forget me. The property belonging to Pa's estate, I mean the real estate is yet undisposed of. Yours of the 29th is received tonight. I will devote the lonely hour in noting you. You speak of individual hardships endured on your account.
Unpleasant things are incident to war.
I am not defending the wrongs done by our own party, but when you fully appreciated the condition to which the body of Union men in Missouri have been reduced, you will then understand why the reaction sometimes, perhaps. I am not for confiscation nor abolition, but my dear Doc, your or my opinion will have little to do in controlling the fiats of Jehovah. Yet, it appears to me that Negro Slavery is doomed, and every event which is taken to prevent it, like a miscalculation in chess, but hastens the checkmate. I endeavor to look upon this war, even with its horrors, as the naturalist upon the earthquake, a thing necessary to the well being and advancement of man. Aristocracy is an evil and contains its own correction.