[883] Ibid., To Lyons, Nov. 2, 1861. The same ideas are officially expressed by Russell to Lyons, March 7, 1861, and May 1, 1862. (F.O., Am., Vol. 818, No. 104, Draft; and Ibid., Vol. 819, No. 197, Draft.).
[884] See ante, p. 81.
[885] U.S. Messages and Documents, 1862-3, Pt. I, p. 65.
[886] Ashley, Palmerston, II, p. 227. Palmerston to Russell, Aug. 13, 1862.
[887] Garrison, Garrison, IV, p. 66. Many distinguished names were on the roster of the Society--Mill, Bright, Cobden, Lord Houghton, Samuel Lucas, Forster, Goldwin Smith, Justin McCarthy, Thomas Hughes, Cairns, Herbert Spencer, Francis Newman, the Rev. Newman Hall, and others. Frederick W. Chesson was secretary, and very active in the work.
[888] Schurz, Speeches and Correspondence, I, 190.
[889] Schurz, Reminiscences, II, 309.
[890] Gasparin, The Uprising of a Great People, 1861.
[891] Gasparin, America before Europe, Pt. V, Ch. III. The preface is dated March 4, 1862, and the work went through three American editions in 1862.
[892] Pierce, Sumner, IV, p. 63. No exact date, but Spring of 1862.