, 1862-01-10

MEssRs. EDITORS: By the Last mail from
England received letter from q man whose
friendship to me has been almost as that Of
David to jonathan, ,eTer since Was boy. Ny
friend was born In queer old Yorkshire vii
lage, near where Poet Fairfax made the first
and still the best translation Of Tasso, as far
back as the time Of the good Queen Bess, and
where soldier Fairfax first began to use those
wonderful arms, Of which there is still ira
dition in the neighborhood, that when he
stood up square, the palm Of the hand fitted
exaetly on the cap Of tbceeknee, and which, by
the wny, were found none too long in the
deadly struggle between democracy and des-
potism, when he stood blythe people against
Charles, {saint and martyr,) and assisted, Us /
think Carlyle says, in the solution of the
problem whether kings have joint il their
neck.
Born poor beyond what can be understood in
this plentiful 1and-put to work at an age ne
deem almost too soon to send our children to
school-where books twenty years ago were
wofully unplentiful, and the peasants there
hardly advanced beyond their forehthers be-
fore the Reformatlon-my friend has gradually
forced his way through obstacles before which
Burns broke down, and perhaps johnson got
permanently soured, until he has attained q good
personal Independence, and is one Of the best
Informed, best read men to be found in the ranks
of self educated Englishmen. Entirely alive to
and at home in questions Of public interest,
shrewd, clear sighted, and accurate, I regard
some words he writes me On this headlong
and SIdeu brol, of such interest Us
tn ask S0T tn rive them n e1r0er
in your paper NY friend says: "Dur-
ing the summer have often thought Of you
and of your national troubles. I ID assure
you, that whatever the New York Herald, and
tie N5Fth lad the most H Hhsalt; syn: ~:
pic of this country. How could it
be otherwise? Tou we're fl ghting the battle
Of freedom, though your ofIlcials at times
made use Of obscure words. No doubt there
Of our aristoc1ats and your shareholders. They
sail in the same boat or would do so if our
side cou1d get in. It was with deep dispIcas-
ure that the West Riding read what
their representative, Sir John Ramsden,
rebellion; namely, that tic great bubble Of
reIubl;caDism had burst. We know the Sc
eret Of their hostility well they hate thu very
thought OF the people having political power,
and your example WIS dangerous, because
lney leiI IL mtgnt pc contagious. Ali .1jS is
entirely transparent to the rejecting, and We
were therefore quite prepared to hear
them at once call out for war as soon as the
Trent afiair transpired. But I tell yn the
great bulk Of the people in this country look
with upmitigated horror upon the very idea of
war between US and yoa. We Know such
questions as this will arise, and very naturally
too, but there is surely enough Of the power
| Of Christian civilization, With al its humaniz-
ing influences, to prevent war between
countries SO related as England and
| America. The feeling in the masses here is
| one Of intense sorrow: a war between broth
| ers O, it is worse than madness The only
| two countries in the world having established
1ihssties rushing TO mutual murder How
feax u]ly NC should put back the shadow Of
time and bring on resurrection of barbarlties
| Whifal good men have hoped and even
| suing were dead and buried beyond the
power to rise. You do not suppose ]
wantto fight you, my friend. Wen you maY
depend upon it the people Of England want to
| fight no more than VIC two do. They know
| it would be practically fighting the battles Of
| the slaseocracy, and Of ali the dirty holes our
| dag was ever dragged through, this would be
the worst. This would be tile lower deep
with vengeance" So oeloquently and urgently
| writes my Old friend from over the se;.
| Respectfully,
| RoBFRT CorryrR