As a Man Thinketh
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[Footnote 48: _Edinburgh Review_, Vol. 112, p. 545.]
[Footnote 49: Lyons Papers.]
[Footnote 50: Russell, _My Diary North and South_, Boston, 1863, p. 134.
"Then cropped out again the expression of regret for the rebellion of
1776, and the desire that if it came to the worst, England would receive
back her erring children, or give them a prince under whom they could
secure a monarchical form of government. There is no doubt about the
earnestness with which these things are said." Russell's _Diary_ is
largely a condensation of his letters to the _Times_. In the letter of
April 30, 1861 (published May 28), he dilates to the extent of a column
on the yearning of South Carolina for a restoration of colonial
relations. But Consul Bunch on December 14, 1860, reported a Charleston
sentiment very different from that of the Jockey Club in February. He
wrote to Lyons:
"The church bells are ringing like mad in celebration of a
newly revived festival, called 'Evacuation Day,' being the
_nefastus ille dies_ in which the bloody Britishers left
Charleston 78 years ago. It has fallen into utter disuse for
about 50 years, but is now suddenly resuscitated apropos _de_
nothing at all."
In this same letter Bunch described a Southern patriotic demonstration.
Returning to his home one evening, he met a military company, which from
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