Your note about the little paragraph in the Republican, was received yesterday; since when, till now, I have been too unwell to answer it–2 I had not supposed you wrote, or approved it– The whole originated in mistake– You know, by the conversation with me, that I thought the establishment of the paper, unfortunate but I always expected to throw no obstacle in it’s way, and to patronize it to the extent of taking and paying for one copy– When the paper was first brought to my house, my wife said to me “now are you going to take another worthless little paper” I said to her evasively, I had not directed the paper to be left– From this, in my absence she sent the message to the carrier;^–^ This is the whole story