[D] Ibid., vol. ii. p. 275.
[E] See the Edinburgh Review for January, 1874, p. 196.
[F] Morley’s “Life of Cobden,” vol. i. note on p. 82.
[G] “Memoir of Right Hon. John Charles Herries,” by his son, Edward Herries, C.B.; with an introduction by Sir Charles Herries, K.C.B.; published 1880.
[H] When we read Mr. Kinglake’s picturesque account of the manner in which the Coup d’Etat was prepared, we find it hard to understand that Lord Palmerston should have believed as he did. It is odd that two honest men should have entertained opinions so different. Lord Palmerston, no doubt, spoke immediately after the event, and the historian did not give his account till ten years later. But in the meantime the Emperor had been generally “approved of” in England, and the question arises whether the approval had been deserved. There were many here in England who never thought so, and to them the assent of Lord Palmerston has always been distressing.
[I] I think it should be remembered,—though I cannot give absolute proof for such an opinion,—that Palmerston, previous to the Coup d’Etat, had expressed his opinion in favour of an Empire for France; and it is probable that this opinion had previously reached Napoleon’s ears. Guided by what he had seen of a former Republic, he did not believe in a new Republic for France. There might have been an idea, on the part of the Crown, that in expressing this opinion, even in private speech or in public writing, he had gone too far. His personal feeling for the Emperor was, no doubt, friendly and strong, till subsequently Nice and Savoy had, as he felt treacherously, been taken from Italy and added to France. At that date Palmerston’s personal friendship for the Emperor is supposed to have ceased.
[J] The words were;—“If you should be of opinion that recent legislation, in contributing, with other causes, to this happy result, has at the same time inflicted unavoidable injury on certain important interests, I recommend you dispassionately to consider how it may be practicable equitably to mitigate that injury, and to enable the industry of the country to meet successfully that unrestricted competition to which Parliament, in its wisdom, has decided that it should be subjected.”
[K] “Life of Prince Consort,” vol. ii. p. 525.
[L] “Invasion of the Crimea,” vol. i. p. 374.
[M] “Invasion of the Crimea,” vol. i. p. 378.