myself. — With feelings so poignant as mine, the conviction of having divided the son from hisParents, would make me, even with You , themost miserable of Beings. —

It will surely therefore be advisable to de::lay our Union, to delay it till appearances are more promising, till affairs have taken a more favour::able turn. – To aſsist us in such a resolution, Ifeel that absence will be neceſsary. We must notmeet. – Cruel as this sentence may appear, theneceſsity of pronouncing it, which can alone recon::cile it to myself, will be evident to you when you have considered our situation in the light in which I have found myself imperiously obligedto place it. — You may be, you must be wellaſsured that nothing but the strongest convic::viction of Duty, could induce me to wound my own feelings by urging a lengthened separation; &