To Norman B. Judd1Jump to section
Dear Judd: Herewith is the letter of our old whig friends,2Jump to section and my answer, sent as you requested. I showed both to Dubois,3Jump to section and he feared the clause about leave to publish, in the answer, would not be quite satisfactory to you. I hope it will be satisfactory; as I would rather not seem to come before the public as a volunteer; still if, after considering this, you still deem it important, you may, substitute the inclosed slip, by pasting it down over the original clause.4Jump to section
I find some of our friends here, attach more consequence to getting the National convention into our State than I did, or do. Some of them made me promise to say so to you. As to the time, it must certainly be after the Charleston fandango; and I think, within bounds of reason, the later the better.
As to that matter about the Committee, in relation to appointing delegates by general convention, or by Districts, I shall attend to it as well as I know how, which, G-d knows, will not be very well.
Write me, if you can find any thing to write. Yours as ever
A. LINCOLN