The address of the new President[20] exasperates me.

Observe, I am an abolitionist, not to the fanatical degree, because I hold that compensation should be given by the North to the South, as in England.

The States should unite in buying off this national disgrace.
The Americans are very kind and earnest, and I like them all the better for their warm feeling towards you.

Is Longfellow agreeable in his personal relations?
We knew his brother, I think I told you, in Paris.

I suppose Mr.Field has been liberal to Thackeray, and yet Thackeray does not except him in certain observations on American publishers.