us for it, they will see that they are not going to [be] bettered by it and he should not be surprised if we dont sell immediately if they undertake to lay an embargo upon it, and say it ought to go to pay for the losses they have sustained, and circulate false reports to prevent our disposing of our property. Will it not be wisdom to sell as speedily as possible so as to forestall them? There are capitalists in the Eastern cities who are able men, and who have paid large sums of money for cities and localities, not near so valuable as this. They can buy up such a city as this with ease. If there could be something accomplished of this kind, so that we could sell our property and slip away with the effects of it our enemies would be [p. [68]]