From David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.
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Single leaf folded to [4] pp, in De Saussure's neat ink manuscript. Each page 7-3/4" x 9-3/4." All text is complete, but large number of early tape repairs. Docketed on page [4]. Good. A leading citizen and lawyer, the author [1822-1886] held many trusted offices in his State: Brigadier General, Adjutant General, and Inspector General of the Militia; Colonel in the Confederate Army at the occupation of Forts Moultrie and Sumter; member of the General Assembly; and South Carolina Secretary of the Treasury. De Saussure encloses the original of a Letter [not included here] concerning Pickens' conflicts with the Executive Council. Complaints about Pickens's leadership resulted in the South Carolina Convention's creation of a five-member council to exercise executive authority. Obviously an antagonistic relationship developed between Pickens and his perceived usurpers. "By a perusal you will perceive that you were almost prophetic in foretelling the angry feeling which would arise from the course pursued by the Convention relative to the Executive Department. If my memory serves me right, in my reply to this letter I expressed the opinion that the then silence of the State and of which you speak, was no evidence of acquiescence upon the part of the Citizens, but was rather the silence which preceded a storm: the answer is doubtless among your papers. May I ask that when you have made such use of the letter sent you as you may see proper, you will return it to me. It is from letters such as this that true history is written, and the vindication which one who filled so prominent a historical position as yourself is to be found in the expressions by such actor in his private letters. I desire therefore to keep the original as truly expressing your views, and of the patriotic spirit by which you were actuated when submitted to what you believed so great a violation of the Executive. The fierce temper arising from the creation of the Executive Council, of which you saw the indications in the speeches and actions of both Branches of the General Assembly, has not abated. Whenever the action of the Council is spoken of, it leads to an exhibition of this temper.". Seller Inventory # 39193
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