, 1861-08-29
AN KNGLxSH OPINION.


We are permitted to print the following ex.
tract Of 1etter from IN Engli&h gsntlslnaz,
prominent In the fnaneEa, world, to a friend
in this city:
1oHDoK, August 10, 1851.
MI DEAR SIR II duly received your oblie,
ing letter Of the 18th ultimo, since which
events have occurred which quite upset one's
equanimity. I cannot shut my eyes to The
state Of general feeling here, which il aggra.
waiting to dega ee, dare say, to you ali, aud
confess am equally surprised and dlsgusted
with it. There is, both in the press Nhe Times
par excellence and in ordinary remarks eve.
rywhere, mean sort Of chuck1ing about this
recent disaster, while little or no allowance Ia
made for the plain facts that you had to ex.
temporize in two months an army, fraw ma.
terial and oddcera,) while the South, to g GER
tain extent, had for years back bern preparing
for this war, and robbing the United States Of
everything they could Lay their hands upon,
II the American nation is again to face the
world as nation, this must all be retrieved,
cost what it may; and from our point Of view,
Jour first and readiest road to this is to find
AAiA.at
necessary power-poWer, if need be, aboye
even the Constitution itself. Such man
should be deal alike to the clamo1s OF indi-
viduals and the PRESS, and it matters little
what title you bestow upon him, whether
General or Dictator. II you have not suffi.
cient professionally trained officers, send for
them where they can be got. It Ia no fault Of
yours that the Southerne1s stole all your good
men and would buy the services OF officers,
under the circumstances, just as I would buy
powder and shot, ii had not any made.
We at distance think ne see very plainly
that if the South has gained CT is yet to gain
the day sgainst you, it is and will be almost
entirely from Davis and Bsauregard having
taken uncontrolled power, and made up their
minds to keep it so long as their army holds
togethe1-forming their OWE combinations,
and keeping their own counsel. You may
laugh to hear me lay down the law in this ab-
surd way, but I am violently affected to see
the state Of matters in your country, or at all
events as they are reported to rs, and COM
mented on here. # the free North ever con-
eedes Southern republic, then the North
must for generations play second fiddle in the
eyes Of Europe, to an aristocratic and supe-
rior nejghbor and enemy, living in idleness
and wealth, by the labor Of the blacks, while
the Northern mar Is sweating like negro to
get q poor living by the labor Of bis own hands
and head.
I trust in God you win coon give friends
and well Tishers here an opportunity Of turn
ing the tables on the many sympathizers with
the South who are so loudly growing over the
superiority manifested by the ssgentlemen II
Of the South over the "rabblen OF the other
side. have quoted, often enough, Cromwell
and his "common men," who, in the end,
rode down and utterly destroyed the long.
haired ancestors Of these very Southern cayal-
iers whom folks here are so proud OF, and if
you can find a Cromwell, have small fear but
he will find the men to repeat the lesson. DR..
Russell ought to have his ears cropped for
eome OF his fippant statements.
Why not now proclaim the end Of slavery
On the continent Of America? The South has
given you good precedent for violating the
Constitution in this respect. Make the slaves
70 longer chattels to be sold, but for so many
generations serfs, IS in Russia, adscriptus
g1eoae only, with a proportion Of their daily
labor valued and credited to them, whereby
at price fixed to purchase their entire eman
cipation. ANY bold throwing off OF this &C.
cursed stain on your professions as liberty
loving race would enlist for you, all over the
world. en- amount Of respect and sympathy
which would immediately strengthen you be-
yond measure, and make you feel free Of an
incubus which You all know must either Kill
you Or be destroyed By you in due process Of
time.