. Retrospections of an active life. his apologists tothink seriously of trying to enrol it among those of the electwho labored to put clown the slave-trade. A. DUDLEY MANN TO BENJAMIN 40 Albemarle Street, London, January 29,1864. Sir: Herewith I transmit the prospectus of the Southern IndependenceAssociation of London. British subjects undoubtedly have the rightto do and say what they choose, as relates to any influence which ourcountry can exercise over their doings and sayings; but it is lamen-table to perceive that our professed, and. as I am inclined to believe,well-disposed friends have c
. Retrospections of an active life. his apologists tothink seriously of trying to enrol it among those of the electwho labored to put clown the slave-trade. A. DUDLEY MANN TO BENJAMIN 40 Albemarle Street, London, January 29,1864. Sir: Herewith I transmit the prospectus of the Southern IndependenceAssociation of London. British subjects undoubtedly have the rightto do and say what they choose, as relates to any influence which ourcountry can exercise over their doings and sayings; but it is lamen-table to perceive that our professed, and. as I am inclined to believe,well-disposed friends have committed themselves to the keeping up ofan agitation against the cherished institution of the States composingour Confederacy, even after our recognition. Exeter Hall itself coulddo nothing more hurtful to our general interest. ^Ve have no con-ditions to make with Englishmen or with England as respects theactive management by ourselves of our own internal affairs. Romerequired nothing whatever in this regard. My explanations to the. Edwin M. StantonPresident Lincolns Secretary of Wai MANN HAS A HORROR OF SPENCB 141 Supreme Pontiff upon the subject were satisfactory to him, and hedid not, in the slightest manner, allude to the matter in the letterwhich in virtue of his eminent position he wrote to the President. It is supposed, but whether correctly or not I cannot undertaketo say, that Mr. James Spence is the author of the offensive paragraph;the same gentleman who has the reputation of being, par excellence,the British champion of our cause. Personally, I do not know thisindividual—who is represented as one of high worth of character-but I have always had a horror of would-be champions of publiccauses. Their zeal for success, often for their own selfish glorification,is most frequently unsustained by the prudence of sound commonsense. In the cast of the Committee there are very elevated (and to myselfseveral truly dear) names; but I would be willing to endure the painof seve
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