and thus give me some insight in your existence, I would receive it with the 

 wärmest sympathy Your civil war has in Germany weakened the respect for 

 republican custom and ideas. And although in theory everyone is against slavery 

 we do not find a thousand year tradition so easily thrown out through the window. 

 We are all here to work. The same rights through which horse and steer have 

 been given us for use also apply to humanity and its divisions; species origin 

 which has given the world so much trouble plays a role in this too and when the 

 South after three years has not had any problem with its own slaves something 

 must be right in the nature of the venerable Institution. Neither legislators nor 

 military leaders have made much of name for themselves and when a whole 

 republic plans to secede from the Union then the opinion that the same rights 

 also belongs to the pari not organicaJIy attached to the whole. Enough about 

 these sad affairs; I only write you so that you will know of the prevailing opinion. 

 Rather de Botanicis! 



I note with pleasure your success in the exploration ofthe Rocky Mountains and 

 actually in 



. BOTANICAL 



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