New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-04
Letter From Richard Golden
From The Citizen.

We have been favored with the following ex-
tract from letter written in MAY, ~ ny.joman no
Richard Golden OF England 10 Ien e the late Re
siding in Switzerland upon the Su9Jec1 u ~. 20. Nv,
beminn. and ss everything from the pen OF that emil
nent pnbicist and friend OF tbe NoIth iiuss "o ,o
sure interest our readers ana 81 ioe' u, ~, a. ,h
49,, 90 Ia,ing il before the pU5ic calnDg sptelnl AZ
tention 10 that portion relating 20 rance anu 1ehe
ny ofier OF public nature eoR1eeted with our 0regh
Felauohs' LONDON, May 49, 1904.
NJ, Dp.R-: In your las, letter you speek unfa-
bIv of the prospects Of the Northern party in Amer
ica You do not know that country Travelled through
the nted States in 1885, and again IN leJ9, ana nave
been very careful student OF all that has been passing
there | ought 10 know that country as wen as any
body Nothing in INV mlnd is more certain IN the III
ur than that the North will destroy slavery run tne
slave owners and hold possession OF the South Inc
mistake that people fail into in Europe, when they TX
pect the success of the South is that they lose slg Vi
the inherent weakness OF saye'oNnlng communlt!
owing to the want Of that mechanical deVelopiheAl
which constitutes the great power OF modern society az
comm red with former ages Georgia or Mississippi or
Alabama, not modern oommunitis IN thelr orRunh"
ton and resources They succession OF plantu'
tons ON which slaves do all the work and containing
within themselves all the different occupations Sue a.,
carpenters smiths and cOopers, and when FORM
trades in free civilized States In fact Georgih anu
Mississippi in the same state as western EuioPp
was in the 18th century. Georgia ana MISSISSIPPI enN
nearly as large as England. contain each Ony naI
million of white inhabitants, being less popuious IMAM
England In the time oil the ShAuhH' -
Those whites are surrounded by nearly ON eqnal mum
her of slaves who are ready 10 run away IRON ther
masters whenever the Federal armies approach mus
added 10 the want Of mechanical resources ana the hO'
seuce of accumulated wealth and population III o"ns
tho Sonth sees tie negro whom II depends Tor the
rude cultivation Of tie soil deserving lts W
enlist in the ranks Of the invading army. US tIuV
that the Southern whites fight well They are proud
naughty community no have a contempt .or Northern
ndustry and for Northern men just as all arstoeIn's
have despised working men, they are more recsIeSs
4 Il .Ia anfQ
that Southern dash and fire which make them almost
irresistible for time But nothing can compensate ior
| the disadvantages under which they labor; NothihB
can make a community. living Ike the ieudal commu
nifty of tbe IAN Century match for the New England
population of the 18th Century. Inc NoIth VIII rum
the South not by any one or han dozen decisive pac
bu hy its persistence and by the irresistible weight oil
IFS resources And should not be surprised 10 see te
South collapse very suddenly; for having no socai
forces at its back when once II is fairly beaten IN te
field il has nothing 10 fall back upon III INC Norm
shoud realize ny expectations II viii present itseli DC
fore the Old World in a new and moh fotmldapie a'l
tede for II III have proved itself Ms great IN war as 10
peace IL is the only country IN the world vhich'whe
IL is first class naval power Uor ITS mercantile tuh
mage il equal 10 own can keep 200 OOO men III the
field Has your Emperor thought OF all this IN c0nnec'
| ton with his Mexican expedition / confess saw
with amazement well az regret the course winch ne
took In tending army 10 interfere in the internal al
fairs of that wretched country. IL reminded me- IN s
impolicy, OF the expedition OF the hrst Napoleon from
BsyOnne into Spain.
No human being can restore Mexico 20 order. or con
fer on it the blessings of civilized progress IL requires
the hand Of God hmselft effect such change IN mat
degraded population Of balfca-tes Bot does the EN-
peror know how deeply the public sentiment oi tne
United States is outraged and Inundated by TINS AZ
tempt of n foreign power 10 set up an empire nj ther
door without consultation with them How WouIu
| you Frenchmen like to see the Yankees sending an
army to establish a republic in Belgium without con
sultng you Z Seeing the American newspapers fegu.
larly gather from them that the resentment against
You for the Mexican intervention s ready to burst orh
the moment the Rebellion is in a sure way of defeat
The Americans will have some serious eonroverse'
with England but they Of nature 70 keep and u
employ the ingenuity Of diplomatsts But look for
peremptory demand from Washington for explanations
from the Tuleries. which will lead to war or humila
ton. i sincerely wish the Emperor would withdraw
every French soldier immediately.
RICHARD Golden.