I take this
method to break that silence which hath prevailed
for a length of time between us And also to
make a request of you of an important nature
The following reasons are some among the many that
promps me to this course. When I was a stranger in a
strange land Advocating principles of the fulness of the–
everlasting Gospels of the Son of God Although as true as
any principle that ever emenated from the tr^h^rone of Jehovah
yet the most of all Doctrins unpopular with that
class whose minds are limited to the sectarial notions
& traditions of the present generation instead of expending
to receive the revelations of Jesus Christ which doctrine freequetly
subjected me with my friends to unfair opposstion persecution
warrents &c It was in the midst of this order of things that
I found Col Solomon Copeland among the first to step forth
as a Gentleman, friend & Republican to assist us in maint-
aning our rights & ^you^ not ownly treated me & my friends
with common civility & sociability But all of our
wants were bountifuly supplyed under your hospitable
roof. This Sir was not all I discovered that whenever any
principle was presented that was high, Noble, & glorious that
when carried out would have a tendency to ennoble
man & exhalt him to the highest grade ^degree^ of usefulness,
I take this
method to break that silence which hath prevailed
for a length of time between us And also to
make a request of you of an important nature
The following reasons are some among the many that
promps me to this course. When I was a stranger in a
strange land Advocating principles of the fulness of the–
everlasting Gospels of the Son of God Although as true as
any principle that ever emenated from the throne of Jehovah
yet the most of all Doctrins unpopular with that
class whose minds are limited to the sectarial notions
& traditions of the present generation instead of expending
to receive the revelations of Jesus Christ which doctrine freequetly
subjected me with my friends to unfair opposstion persecution
warrents &c It was in the midst of this order of things that
I found Col Solomon Copeland among the first to step forth
as a Gentleman, friend & Republican to assist us in maintaning our rights & you not ownly treated me & my friends
with common civility & sociability But all of our
wants were bountifuly supplyed under your hospitable
roof. This Sir was not all I discovered that whenever any
principle was presented that was high, Noble, & glorious that
when carried out would have a tendency to ennoble
man & exhalt him to the highest degree of usefulness,