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Waynesboro
Ga 5 Septr Septr 1872
My Dear Wife:
I
enclose this in a letter to Palmer. Will write you but a line or two – I
will try and get you some money up soon. As I wrote you before, money is very scarce now – I have 2 bales maybe 3 cotton, which I will gin,
& ship before long – Our
county convention meets again in December to nominate
candidates
for Co officers – I believe I wrote
you, that J[o] Jones, Shumake & Glisson,
were nom- inated for Legislature. Rodgers was a candidate and received only 10
votes. Jones 70 – Shumake 48, & Glisson
52. This was a poor showing for R who is seeking
the nomination for Congress. We belong to the
Congressional dist, & the
nominating convention will meet at Blackshear, Pierce Co, on the 13 inst to [ ]
work. Jinks Jones is pressing Rodgers to
spite me – but his records is so bad I do not think he can get him nominated. Jones pressed him for nomination
for the Legislature against Glisson: but
you see the result – some friends
worked to nominate me, but I declined – It would cost money & the chances
for
election doubtful. I would like to get the nomination for Congress;
but as Burke has just been put in
with [the] new county & I am
not acquainted with anyone I see no chance – So I shall be quiet. Besides,
honey, politics is hateful &
stirs bad blood – Rodgers said out at Rocky
Creek Church not along when some one
asked if I would want to run for Congress
again that, “the days of small men had
passed
and men of the weight must be
brought to the front.” Soon afterwards, he became a candidate, this showing who he
thinks is a man of weight – I got even with
him in the convention by commenting
severely on
his military record, &
political course – you see now how nasty politics are
& I feel like never having anything to do
with them again – I am quite well &
send love to all –
Your
aff – husband
Fes
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