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Clara Vinson Weaver's letters to husband James B. Weaver, 1862-1864

1862-05-20 Page 08

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Keokuk. Yesterday I read Gen Hunter's Proclamation setting all the slaves free in South Carolina Georgia & Florida.  Is it right.  Can he do so constitutionally? The confiscation of the slaves of the rebels would be right, but had he a right to touch or meddle with those of the Union men?  I do not believe he has. But if he has I am glad of it for it is Crushing the fountain of the rebellion.  I have commenced studying & I think it is better for me to finish one book before I commence another for I will have a better more distinct idea of it than if I took two or three together.  I am now reading DeTocqueville, & then I shall take Liches & then any thing you may suggest.  I have to study better than ever.  But after you come home to study with you will be doubly pleasant, & I am getting ready as fast as possible for your return.  Evry thing made as neatly as your fastidious taste could ask.  How I love to please you. Why is (line obscured) toward you this evening.  Is it possible I am to hear sad news of you?  I do not feel as though I would, but you seem so exceedingly, inexpressably dear to me.  All the homage of any other noble heart in the universe would be no temptation. Yours is of all value to me.  O if you were only here to tea with me, & then we would go out & look at our own pritty little home, nestled so closely in the vines & shrubbery, like a sweet babe to its mothers bosom,

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8 Keokuk. Yesterday I read Gen Hunter's Proclamation setting all the slaves free in South Carolina Georgia & Florida. Is it right. Can he do so constitutionally? The confiscation of the slaves of the rebels would be right, but had he a right to touch or meddle with those of the Union men? I do not believe he has. But if he has I am glad of it for it is Crushing the fountain of the rebellion. I have commenced studying & I think it is better for me to finish one book before I commence another for I will have a better more distinct idea of it than if I took two or three together. I am now reading DeTocqueville, & then I shall take Liches & then any thing you may suggest. I have to study better than ever. But after you come home to study with you will be doubly pleasant, & I am getting ready as fast as possible for your return. Evry thing made as neatly as your fastidious taste could ask. How I love to please you. Why is (line obscured) toward you this evening. Is it possible I am to hear sad news of you? I do not feel as though I would, but you seem so exceedingly, inexpressably dear to me. All the homage of any other noble heart in the universe would be no temptation. Yours is of all value to me. O if you were only here to tea with me, & then we would go out & look at our own pritty little home, nestled so closely in the vines & shrubbery, like a sweet babe to its mothers bosom,