Ree. April 10 

 Ans. May 2k 



Dyck March ?, 1856 



l&ur Wellborn' 



becalmed me through your letter of January 28 ( which I T reeei- 



ved toward the end of February) ) about your wellbeeing and the conti- 



nuation of your work.„You live in such stöagitated country, that the 



most unheard of happenings remain always possible, and f that ih a 



few months it will ne unavoidable in the United State» to confess; to 



one or the other of the partieafc .They are not satified any more with 



the most 



arguments-to fight each other, and not far from St. Louis jcomplete 

 anarchy rule^ • While we in Europe work for peace, you, in America,, 

 have enough political men (6r, better said, unpolitical men)}who take 

 no considerationv to ensnare their country into the most* thoughtless 

 war.. These are only political < moves; which, however, are dangerous:: 

 Who knows, if not England; despite the peacefui: oratory of Lord Päl- 

 mertorc,does not wish to paralyze its competitor ? Who knows, if the 

 oportunity would be offered to hinr; it would not be wellcome in the 

 moment, when all preparations for a carapaign against Russia could be 

 used for an other purpose ??If the choice of the future President 

 should be an unhappy one; should american politics remairr arrogant, , 

 and become dangerous to the quiet of Europe, a war would become un - 

 avoidable, and the blame would not be on the side of England. - 



Even much worse are conditions in Mexicoo! and E was lead intoc 

 this political digression through the disturbance of all botanical 

 ties f with America,, 



I always admire the wealth of cacti, whichf is accumulated 1 in 

 the north-western part of Mexico,, which the United States have 

 acquired. It is rieh and stränge in other plants too, of which cer- 

 tainly the Sequoia takes first place:: but, let us stick to the cacti.. 

 You will perhaps reeeive from there a new addition,, which will arrive 

 still at the right time to be used. - Ii understand, that you des — 





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