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Excerpt from White, Red, Black, Vol. 1 of 2: Sketches of American Society in the United States During the Visit of Their Guests
In regard to graver matters, I do not evade any question, though slavery, for instance, is a point on which it is dificult to write without giving offence on one or the other side of the Atlantic. The English are so proud that already nearly a whole score of years back they have ceased to be slave - holders, that they overlook the difficulties with which this question is connected in the Union, whilst the Americans in the south are so touchy in regard to the sovereignty of their States, that they call even the modest publi cations of a tourist a foreign intervention Into their domestic concerns, and by the very fact excite the resentment of those who feel no sympathy with their peculiar institution. I give my opinion openly, without seeking to ingratiate myself with any party. In the same way I attempted to describe the large con tending political parties and their subdivisions, and the different aspect of society in the four great portions of the Union, faith fully and conscientiously. We met friends amongst all the sec tions of the United States. I was convinced of the earnestness and sincerity of all the parties, and I give their principles without attempting to decide which of them is more conducive to the weal of the country. As far as I venture to form an opinion, it is, that the extinction of either of these great parties would be a national calamity.
Though I accompanied Kossuth on his journey though the different States of the Union, he is in no way and in no point responsible for any of the views which I take. His views on America have been expressed in his speeches.
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