Nolan does not know how much he owes. He is enclosing, however, two dollars in currency, which if not satisfactory, more shall be sent upon the return of the first. He agrees with everything contained in the Journal. He was surprised at the appearance of southern letters in the Journal. He comments on the content of these letters. He believes that people of both sections are led away more by popular feeling than by a conviction of the justice of their cause. Southern feelings were controlled by thought, Southerners would be less violent in their accusations of the Journal. He wonders little at this, however, since Northern conduct is not more discreet or enlightened. He is grieved to see democratic "dailies," which were staunch opponents of Northern fanaticism, suddenly join the popular cry of death to slavery. He praises the Freeman's Journal on its adherence to its usual advocacy of what it considers to be right. Through the Journal he has been persuaded that the North is going to war, in reality, to execute the principles of Lincoln's platform. He believes that the party of the North is more fanatical than the party of the South, whose feelings are more ideal. Nolan is for the Union, but he feels that if the South is not justified in asserting her rights, she deserved more merciful treatment than by attempting to silence her cry of distress at the point of a bayonet. He still wants the Journal sent to him. He is a Union man, but he is not a believer of the Abolition bible nor a secessionist. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.