Manchester, 12 May 1862 

Dear Moor, 

Herewith in all haste £10 (O/A 40602, Manchester, 24 Jan. 
1862), with which to set the butcher’s mind at rest. Since I arrive 
in London at 5 o’clock tomorrow morning and have to leave again 
at 7 in the morning, I shall not, alas, be able to meet you. 

4 ‘The Censorship of the Press’, New-York Daily Tribune, No. 6541, 22 March 
1862. - > A play on words meaning (here) decisive clash. - © men of straw ~ 4 Hence 
these tears (Terence, Andria, I, i, 99). - © See this volume, pp. 354, 359. 

15558 

What makes me lose confidence in any success where the 
Yankees are concerned isn’t so much the military situation as such, 
which is what it is only as a result of the indolence and 
indifference apparent throughout the North. Where, amongst the 
people, is there any sign of revolutionary vigour? They allow 
themselves to be thrashed and are downright proud of the 
lambasting they get. Where, throughout the North, is there the 
slightest indication that people are in real earnest about anything? 
I’ve never encountered the like of it before, not even in Germany 
at the worst of times. On the contrary, what the Yankees would 
already seem to relish above all else is the prospect of doing down 
their government creditors. 

Aw revoir. 
Your 
F, E.