Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-03-31
From the Jefferson Inquirer, 18th.
A Card from E. C. Davis.

/ WV. H. LUsK, Ese.-Dear Sir: Though
shrinking from the public gaze. like the
sensitive plant at the touch, cannot with
hold an expression Of nv gratitude 10 YOU
whose generous cpmnents on my restora-
ton have tempted the winds Of adversely 10
my shorn conditi0n-at the same time most
cordially affirming your sentiment that the
Executive has done all my most ardent
friends could wish in the premises. Such
kind demonstrations in my behalf minglIng
with the sympathy and affirmed by the to-
kens of unsevered friendship bestowed by
the most honored citizens of Missouri, are
as dews Of mercy % the dropping verdue OI
the sopl, or its beacon lights in dark and
stormy hour on misfortune's angry sea-
The geniaI warmth cf this continued con-
fidence Withdrawn, how deeply should we
sigh with Moore,
':Oh! who would nhabit This bleak world al6ne?''
But 50 generously bestowed upon me in
the tear-stricken hour Of adversely, t touch
es my hcar'--thai Harp OF the human breast
Of 50 many tender chords, but in mine Sc
long dropping upon the willows and atnues
it 10 new Hopes and aspirations in State
whose honors have shared.
Vcu have. my dear sir, the concurrence
of the most distinguished legal authority in
stating that "criminai inteRt" was not an
element in my misfortune. That l ''olfen-
ded against the L ter of the law; its spirsl
never" This trnth, with a conscious rec:
ttude Of purpose, though fatal error Of
judgment on my part, has sustained me in
misfortune 5 darkest hour. 1t brightens
the rays OF Hope now fuiling around ;ne-
has been Tie ">ilrer lining to the cloud OF
my adversely, aud TIE anchor 10 my integ-
rily. both sure and stesdlast" Gould |
believe that that integrity had been moved
/ from lis mocringS, by the ordeal through
which have passed, I would invoke Heav-
ems wrath upon my head, sooner than ask
to be restored TO privileges and immunities
TO which the wabiding are alone entitled.
| As principle Of moral action, crime is
TO be hated per Se-not through fear of PEN
al consequences; and in the sequel 10 my
own misfortune have practically set seal
upon this inborn sentiment of my bosom
Aud ifmy error should have incied any |, o
enbitter the chalice l have quafied to lis
dregs, can but hope, with Tasso, by ''good
for evil" 'fo deprive all such OF their i'll
Wills
In obedience rests every blessing, both
spiritual and temporal, and virtue is born Of
suffering and subduing, and not of depair
ing and succumbing. Affections, too, are
to the soul what the plOw is 10 the fallOw
ground, TIE pruning knife 10 the Fine, and
the furnace to The gold. Then shall not
be proiiled by the ordeal through which |
have passed? May not the prostrate trunk
Of the lalen oak still be put 10 useful pur-
poses?
Oriental Literature has embalme6 the
beautiful lesenI:-"That the spices of In
dia sprang up where the tears OF Adam fell
upon the earth as lie bewailed his expulsion
from Paradise"
May not mine, shed in the e loom of hu-
initiation, bedew a soil fruitful Of countless
blessinsS-io me al least? ..-
'.Alas by some degree OF woe
We every bliss must gain;
The heart can ne'er transport know
That never feels PAIN"
Thus inoraIizinG, encouraged by tie good,
and braced by the friendship of every party
in interest, TO whom / owe life Of gratitude
and duty as sacred as Holy Oracles, ! as
surae privileges and immunities again, no.
ping, under the smiles of Heaven, TO re-
trieve all that was l5st.
Again thanking you, my dear sir, and
with gratitude to those in whose keeping
my condition hes been ameliorated TO the
full extent permitted by faithful discharge
OF duty, am,
Mos, truly. yours,