what we have said several times before, that we
have not had the most distant idea of doing any-
thing, in any form, to hurt his influence, to deprive
him of any credit, or to, in any manner, curtail him
in any of his legitimate labors. It would have been
a great pleasure to us to have seen him take such a
course in our transactions that we could have spoken
with unqualified praise concerning his labors, and given
him every credit to which he could be in the least
degree entitled. If we fail in making him believe
that these are our feelings, then we do not think we
are to blame, though we are sorry to be so unfortun-
ate, for these are our genuine feelings and they
have been in all that we have said and done. But
we have felt that while we were willing to accord
him all this, he should also respect us in our
place sufficiently to communicate to us the purposes
for which he wished to obtain money and also
the directions in which he intended to operate, not
for any personal gratification to us, or to yield
what we have said several times before, that we
have not had the most distant idea of doing anything, in any form, to hurt his influence, to deprive
him of any credit, or to, in any manner, curtail him
in any of his legitimate labors. It would have been
a great pleasure to us to have seen him take such a
course in our transactions that we could have spoken
with unqualified praise concerning his labors, and given
him every credit to which he could be in the least
degree entitled. If we fail in making him believe
that these are our feelings, then we do not think we
are to blame, though we are sorry to be so unfortunate, for these are our genuine feelings and they
have been in all that we have said and done. But
we have felt that while we were willing to accord
him all this, he should also respect us in our
place sufficiently to communicate to us the purposes
for which he wished to obtain money and also
the directions in which he intended to operate, not
for any personal gratification to us, or to yield