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to damn the Republican party-- they have succeeded in completely damning themselves. Time alone will enable us to determine the degree of their success against the Republican Party. unclear Bibb is confined, and so ill that I had to write his acceptance which he subscribed in bed. I am dear sir respectfully your most obt. humble Servt Wm H Crawford PS. It is certainly impossible that the Legislature will give me Spalding or Clark for a colleague. By so doing they would give me a very broad hint that my services were no longer acceptable. W H C