Paris, October 18, 1861.
My Dearest Mother:
. . . I have not had an opportunity of
seeing the emperor, as he is at Compiegne. I saw the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, M. Thouvenel, the other day, and had a long talk. So far as words go,
he is satisfactory enough.
You are annoyed with the English press, nevertheless it is
right to discriminate. The press is not the government, and the present English
government has thus far given us no just cause of offense. Moreover, although
we have many bitter haters in England, we have many warm friends. I sent you by
the last steamer a speech of my friend Mr. Forster to his constituents. No man
in England more thoroughly understands American politics than he does. There
are few like him. . . .
Good-by, and God bless you, my dear mother.
Ever your
affectionate son,
J. L. M
SOURCE: George William Curtis, editor, The
Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley in Two Volumes, Library Edition,
Volume 2, p. 207
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