Interesting post-war letter from the former Vice President of the Confederate States of America to a northern congressman who has recently visited his state. Stephens regrets not meeting Rice when he was in Georgia, as he would like to share his opinions on the southern state of mind, and he offers some in the letter: "...spend some days with me at my quiet home in this place. Be assured you will receive a most cordial welcome... Now that slavery has been forever abolished they are looking to this union and constitution of their fathers as the surest if not only hope of continued public liberty on this continent. They...desire good government - constitutional liberty , and this they sincerely believe can be best secured under the Federalist System established by the Constitution of the United States..."