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upon my defense for securing it, over a private
letter, - a letter readily explained, if an
explanation was desired; - but which after
being discussed by the beneficiaries of my
labor in two continents, was taken into the
State Department with the transparent
design of injuring me, - is not pleasant._

If Dr Smith could have remembered that
charity is a Christian Virtue, and the injunction
of the Master about judging other people, he
would have hesitated before sending a
gentleman's private letter to a lady, into
the State Department.

The iridi is worthless, unless the
firman, which is the evidence of it, issues.
It has not issued; and in view of the silence
regarding it, and the tone of the Boston
press toward this Sultan, it is not probable
that it ever will, until until he can learn