for if the State of calls out her military against us we will leave here and go and put our women and children where they will be safe, and then we will turn round and wipe them out of existance. If this mission succeed it will not be more than one year before we need shipping to go from the Eastern shores and also from to , and they will necessarily want ballast, and we can ship our Cannon for ballast. We can send to and get good swords for a dollar and a half, such as we have to pay five dollars for here. In regard to he wants the council to agitate the subject and come to some conclusion whether it is not best for to go to work and make fifteen shooters. [p. [170]]