the defeat of
the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution, and the consequent accession of
Kansas and all the Territories to the free States, He said Walker and
Stanton had no right to reject the Oxford and McGee returns, although
they were forged. And now, dear Mrs. Stowe, if you would only change, as
we all have here, and write, as you only can, a great novel to prove the
beauties of slavery, its circulation here would be enormous, and we
would make you a duchess. Adieu until my next.

P.S.--I have invested all my United States stock in Confederate bonds.

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The style of the foregoing letter would point to the Duchess of
Sutherland as the author, but such a change would be miraculous. Was the
copy of the letter found in an intercepted despatch from Mr. Mason to
Jefferson Davis?

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THE

CONTINENTAL MONTHLY:

EDITORS:

HON. ROBERT J. WALKER, CHARLES G. LELAND,

HON. FRED. P. STANTON, EDMUND KIRKE.

The readers of the CONTINENTAL are aware of the important
position it has assumed, of the influence which it exerts, and of the
brilliant array of political and literary talent of the highest order
which supports it. No publication of the kind has, in this country, so
successfully combined the energy and freedom of the daily newspaper with
the higher literary tone of the first-class monthly; and it is very
certain that no magazine has given wider range to its contributors, or
preserved itself so completely from the narrow influences of party or of
faction. In times like the present, such a journal is either a power in
the land or it is nothing. That the CONTINENTAL is not the
latter is abundantly evidenced _by what it has done_--by the reflection
of its counsels in many important public events, and in the character
and power of those who are its staunchest supporters.

By the accession of HON. ROBERT J. WALKER and HON. F. P.
STANTON to its editorial corps, the CONTINENTAL acquires a
strength and a political significance which, to those who are aware of
the ability and experience of these gentlemen, must elevate it to a
position far above any previously occupied by any publication of the
kind in America. Preserving all "the boldness, vigor, and ability" which
a thousand journals have attributed to it, it will at once greatly
enlarge its circle of action, and discuss, fearlessly and frankly, every
principle involved in the