The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-12

| q partnership which any OF the partners can
| dissolve at will then the Union 10 not worth
having We must do the best we can without
II. and II Missouri would prosper che should
stay with us. II peace is wanted. the reasona-
| BILE proposition. No moro territory to be ac-
auired without q majority OF two-thirds Of the
States,' would give 1t. With that you may do
| what you like. or. rather. what you can. In the
present Territories. No more OF the continent
| is worth having either for North or South.
| Ny fighting days are over any way have had
the misfortune to lose the end OF my left thumb
by an accident Just at the base OF the nail"
II Is we'll known with how much difficulty
Missouri was kept In the Union. In letter
written to the same correspondent Novem-
Der. 1861. we find Or. Gray referring to the
matter: Il think very little OF Unionists who
have been made secessionists' by anything.
What matter whether you have one-flfth. one
tenth. or four-1fths Unionists: IL they will not
fight to put down secessionists. they might as
well bo secessionists out and out. Maryland
and Missouri will not and must not be allowed
to secede, or to do seceders' work. cost what
it will. And 1t Is great blessing to
them that We restrain them. The Union
must be preserved: suffering is very
small matter in comparison; all must take
their part. and the rebels must suffer hard till
they give IN. We are only beginning to fight.
II Missouri wanted security she should have
put down her secessionists herself with
strong hand at the beginning. So OF Ken
lucky. But she has been forced to find out and
feel her duty and her honor. and to act" Be-
fore taking up the letters to Darwin we would
find space for ono more extract from the cor
respondence with Engelmann: this Is from
letter dated Feb. 20. 1862: Bravo for Illinois.
to which victory at Fort Donelson Is due. and
bravo for Tennessee and Alabama. full OF
Union men Does not your old Union blood rise?
Pray. now. drop all your let-treason- alone.
do-nothing. disorganizng notions. and go in
for tho country. the whole country. Reinstate
it first. and then we will all go in and make it
what it should be. The ungenerous conduct
OF England shows what n condition We should
DO in as fraction and she playing Off one por-
tion against tho other and bullying both.
pray Congress to put on taxes. five per cent.
direct on property and income. and heavy in
direct besides. What is property / would
fight till every cent is gone. and would offer
my own life freely: so do not value the lives
or property OF rebels above my own"
Nv.
The first of the lettcrs to Darwin here re-
produced latter the letter previously quoted
is misdat ed Oct. 10. 1860 though 1t is obvious
from tho text that it was written after the
Wilkes affair. "Iimagine." Gray writes. 1T is
now universally felt here that. II we do not do
it q. O.. carry on the iiGhting. We shall have to
eat much dirt: that the establishment OF
rival power on our long Southern line OF the
free States. to be played off against us. is not
to be submitted to. IL it can DO prevented at
any sacrifice. God help us. indeed. IL our hon
orabe exist ence il to have no better safeguard
than the generosity or sense OF justice OF more
powerful nations AS to slavery. the course OF
things is getting to meet your view. as it is
clear must be. il the South continues obsti-
nate. II they give up war. they may save
their institution in their own States. to have
the chance of abolishinE it themselves
in the only safe and easy way. with time. and
the gradual competition Of white labor. But
obstinate resistance will surely bring on wide
sweeping manumission. You see that we are
not going to have war with England at pres
cnt. And it appears that the decision OF our
Government will he as unitedly and thoroughly
sustained by the whole people as If it had been
the other way: contrary to Mr.. Russe!rs pre-
diction. and TO -FOUR dear friend DR.. BOOTS. who
writes about our mob in a way he would not
If he were here to see. Look at an English
mob. urging w their Government. so that
they felt obliged to back up their de-
mands with a menacinG force on our bar
ders.a and making such peremptory demnnd.as
you Justly say. entirely on Wilkcs's acting MS
ludGc:' II matter which our Government would
as promptly concede as yours could ask. sea-
man wrote mo that the general belief at the
clubs and in the city was that our Government
wanted to get into war with England for an
excuse to give up the South. A pretty idea
they must have OF our wisdom ard discretion.
Dear Boot is firmly convinced that VIC have
al! along been trying to quarrel with England.
Tho belief here is nearly universal the other
way and those who like England best and
perhaps the coolest and best informed men.
have been more and more dissatisfied as time
wont on"
DR.. Gray goes on to inquire. What has
caused this lamentable state Of things. this
complete misunderstanding? Plainly this:
Tho secessionists in England have niroitly
managed the matter and led pubic opinion in
various lines. but all in one direction inmical
to US. and they did not think it too great n
stretch to make John Bull believe that we were
insane enough to want an English quarrel. In
this they have been ably seconded by n few
papers here. mainly by those whose loyalty Is
deeply suspected. and whose influence is as
nothing: which are nearly as scurrilous as the
Saturday Ierieir. with no redeeming ability.
Will the evidence that this mail car
rios satisfy the English that We want to
live in peace with them? AS to good
feeling. | am afraid 1t is too late
to expect that. We were hurt at first by your
putting our rebels on the same footing as q
Government with which yours was in most
amcablc relations: andby the general assump-
ton at once that we were gone mast redemp-
ton BY the failure to see that the power had
gone from the hands OF those who were always
making trouble with your Government in
some petty way or other; till think it is gen.
orally believed that the governing influence
in England desires to have us weak and
divided people, and will do good deal
to secure It, / am sorry to say that this
is the general feeling: and this Is now very
much intensified. The feelings OF many
are very hostile. and they would like to
be strong that they might show 1t.
Those Of others who have been exceedingly
fond Of England. always defending her when
possible, and these arc mine. are that we must
be strong to he secure and rcspected-natural
selection quickly brushes out weak nations:
that We have tried long enough to have init
mate relations between tho Governments or