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must be avoided when both were present. The
bitterness still remaining is so great that the
precaution is quite necessary. I heard each side
separately in the course of separate conversations.
It would carry me too far away from Norway
to give even a short abstract of these conversations,
but one or two matters may be stated. Speaking of
the Alabama claims, General G—— laughed at
the simplicity of our politicians who were
humbugged by the bullying demands of the North,
and feared a war between England and the States.
He assured me that the South would do all in its
power to bring about such a war, but the
Northerners understand their own position too well to
be caught in such a trap. “If a war were
commenced,” said he, “we should all declare for Queen
Victoria forthwith. I could and would myself collect
a force of a few thousand young men, all gentlemen
volunteers, asking for no pay, but eager for the
privilege of fighting against the North under the
British flag, and every other general officer of the
South could and would do the same. These would
not be raw recruits, but most of them well-trained
soldiers, burning to avenge the ruin which has
fallen upon their once wealthy families. We are
quiet now, because we know that when we did all
that was possible, we were licked, and of course
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