AUGUSTIN CXXÎHIN, AUTHOE OF ‘‘RESULT8 OF EMANCIPATION

25 Eue St. Guillaume, Paris, May 22, 1864.

Sir : I am very proud at having been included among those friends of the United States, to whom your patriotic association sent the pnpers, coUected iinder the name of the “ Rébellion Record.” I do not deserve this honor by the splendor of any services I hâve rendered your cause. I do deem myself worthy of it by the strenglh and con- Btancy of my loyal sympathy with it. It was an excellent idea to oollect these papers, and so préparé raaterials for the true history of your bloody and gigantic struggle. In Europe, we dérivé the impressions, by which public opinion is formed, only from English newspapers and Southern correspondencc. It is important to your cause to put your friends in possession “f facts, answers, the sequence of evonts, the text of legi.slative enaetments, ail of them then will be able to make use of them for the establishment of the truth and the vindication of right.

At this very moment, wc are waiting for news of the battle of the 9th and lOth of May, with the most painful anxiety. May tlie Sovereign Disposer regard the e.xpiation which he bas exacteil from your country, as suflicient, and vouchsafe victory to those who arc defending with

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the intenjity of their country, the freedom of tliose of human form like their own.

IMeaSe reçoive, air, and présent to your association, niy sincero thanks, and assure them of my feclinga of respect.

AcorsTiN C(x:iiiN.

I reccived prcciaely the volumes mentioned in the letter that accompanied them.