| Summary: | In the letter King discusses his business and the settlement of his father's estate, and he gives his views on the activities of the "fire eaters": "I addressed the people at Cahawba last week, and I think I succeeded in opening the eyes of many worthy men, who had been misled by bold assertion, and exagerated [sic] statements in which these self constituted defenders of Southern rights have so constantly indulged. But much as I disapprove of the course these men have taken, I may find myself before many months standing with them shoulder to shoulder in defense of our constitutional rights; if indeed they are found to be as brave when the evil day actually arrives, as they now profess to be when they know it is distant, and may never come at all. The preservation of the Union is in the hands of the North. They have already filled the cup of forbearance, another drop will cause it to overflow, and this great, free and prosperous government of ours will be swept away by the flood, leaving nothing but wrecks behind. God grant that we may be saved from such a melancholy fate."
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