
          understrappers 
 will not do. 


 I feel personally 
 degraded and disgraced 
 by the conduct of 
 our affairs, and by 
 the spirit which 
 animates the administration, 
 in matters both 
 small & great. 


 In patience let 
 us possess our souls,
 as fas as possible &
 wait for better times. 


 In your position, 
 I should feel it my 
 duty, as you do, to 
 keep perfectly aloof
        