Great Britain and the American Civil War

by Ephraim Douglass Adams

FOOTNOTES:

[127] Sir George Cornewall Lewis was better informed in the early stages of the American conflict than any of his ministerial colleagues. He was an occasional contributor to the reviews and his unsigned article in the Edinburgh, April, 1861, on "The Election of President Lincoln and its Consequences," was the first analysis of real merit in any of the reviews.

[128] In his Memoirs of an Ex-Minister, Malmesbury makes but three important references to the Civil War in America.

[129] Adams, Charles Francis Adams, p. 165.

[130] Dodd, Jefferson Davis, pp. 227-8.

[131] Ibid.

[132] It was generally whispered in Southern political circles that Davis sent Yancey abroad to get rid of him, fearing his interference at home. If true, this is further evidence of Davis' neglect of foreign policy.

[133] Du Bose, Yancey, p. 604.

[134] Adams, Charles Francis Adams, pp. 149-51.

[135] Possibly the best concise statement of the effect on the North is given in Carl Schurz, Reminiscences, Vol. II, p. 223. Or see my citation of this in The Power of Ideals in American History, ch. I, "Nationality."