Remarks on Mr. Motley´s Letter
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Excerpt from Remarks on Mr. Motley´s Letter: In the London Times on the War in America Mr. Motley, the historian, addressed a letter, a few weeks since, to the London Times, "on the causes of the American civil war." The letter was a great success. It made the writer an ambassador. He is now minister for the United States at the Court of Vienna. The pay followed closely on the service; so closely that there must have been a previous understanding, a contract of purchase and sale, between the clever recruit and the despotism in Washington. No venal pen before has ever been so speedily and amply rewarded. Whether the letter adds anything to the author´s honors as a writer or a man, is much more doubtful. Mr. Motley begins with a gentle appeal ad misericordiam. The people of England, he complains, are in too great haste to believe in the downfall of the "Great Republic." They have been too willing to accept the fact. He seeks comfort in the "Tristia" of Ovid, and quotes, in a tone of tender upbraiding, "the plaintive language of the poet:" "Donnec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos, Tempora cum fuerent nubila, nullus erit." The lines, freely translated, may mean: The Northern States have invaded the South with fire and sword, and England, alas! gives the assailants neither men, money, nor sympathy. Can the people of England do otherwise than accept what everybody has accepted? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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