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in the first instance, having obtained that all the rest follow as a matter of course. this however has not been the only cause of delay. This I will explain hereafter. I am aware of the impression the delay has made against me, and my friends may have some idea of what the state of my feeling have been & but an idea, by their own but I cannot believe that any unprejudiced man will retain those impressions when the truth is presented to his view, and that the truth will be told & published and that shortly, you cannot doubt neither will you doubt, I hope, that the truth will exonerate me. nothing but a consceincious conviction of this fact could have born me up so long; otherwise it is more than probable, I should have committed some desperate act, which might have ruined me for ever. I wrote you a letter some time in March, the receipt of which you have not acknowledged, and it is possible you may not have received it. such is the state of things here, that no letter is safe. it is probable a fact will soon be disclosed, if the party is not bought off, respecting the opening of letter which will astonish every one who is not previously acquainted with the disposition & character of a