Was on his way back to the Confederacy when he learned that the war had been lost; decided that further assistance would be useless, so decided to confess; wrote a letter which made its way to the government; sees among the wreckage of the South, the materials necessary to build the Mexican Empire; many people are willing to the South, and they can make Mexico what the South once was; slaveholders who have not already emancipated their slaves should do so; the former owners should take the former slaves with them to Mexico as apprentices; after a period of perhaps 7 years; the apprentices would be able to make homes for themselves; people have accussed him of wanting to renew the African slave trade, but he does not want to; agriculture in Mexico is not very sophisticated; Southern farmers would be able to improve the amount of crops being produced in Mexico; the Emperor and Empress approve of the idea of immigration; they want the Empire to succeed; Southerners can help Mexico be strong. 3pp. Tcy of ALS