4 pp. Unsigned, missing at least 1 page at end. 9¾x7¾. Addressed to "My Dear Friend Hayes."

A letter which discusses the cause of the Civil War. The young man presents his opinion, which at times, seems contary to the recipient's own opinion, discussed in a previous letter. He writes in part, "You certainly will not accuse the great Republican party of the first act lending to disunion. Will you point to the first clause in the Chicago platform that favors, or tends to provoke disunion sentiment?...Wm Lloyd Garisson, Wendell Phillips, Parker Rillsbury who by their inflamable speeches & petty acts have doen much to excite the South. But what can they accomplish that will really injure anyone? This party is as insignificant & powerless as the Union party at the South now is..." He also writes about the abolition of slavery.