Box 1A

Scope and Contents From the File: "I am confident that the vast majority of the Republican party will sustain the views laid down in your recent speech. Now that the rebellion is in the condition of that fellow's dog which swallowed the cake containing powder and junk[?], the people will feel desirous of admitting the seceded states as fast as it can safely be done. Your illustration of the egg and the fowl I think was very happy. If you have time to run your eye over the enclosed slip you will perceive that we back you up...