| Description | Depression of his spirits, apologies for neglect of correspondence with lady friends, "I would not, could not do a dishonourable thing, no not to possess the world's great mass of vanity, I repeat I have twice as much in America as I am worth, who then in such precarious circumstances would think of matrimony?", this country enjoys the most perfect repose and were it not for the newspapers the people would hardly know there was a civil war in America, the administration are making tremendous proposals for next summer's campaign, which doubtless will be carried out unless America makes some concession |