...Palmerston was a great statesman, but we cannot forget that he said, in an interview, " We don't like slavery , but we want cotton, and we dislike very much your Morrill tariff." It was at this time, when the best blood of the North and of the South was flowing in defense of great...

...government's action and the sentiment of the public. " We do not like slavery," Palmerston said, " but we want cotton, and we dislike very much your Morrill tariff." ' Adams was convinced that the deOf state-rights Russell said, in his letter from Savannah, May 1 :...

...government's action and the sentiment of the public. " We do not like slavery," Palmerston said, " but we want cotton, and we dislike very much your Morrill tariff." ' Adams was convinced that the deOf state-rights Russell said, in his letter from Savannah, May 1 :...

...support, the Prime Minister summed up the attitude of his government in this remark : " We do not like slavery, but we want cotton, and we dislike very much your Morrill tariff." 2 Lord John Russell, the 1 Dip. Cor. 1861, p. 84. » Belmont's Letters and Speeches, July 30, 1861....

...intercourse with the South. Palmerston, in July, 1861, said to August Belmont of New York, " We do not like slavery but we want cotton and we dislike very much your Morrill tariff." There was a strong party in England led by Bright, Cobden and Forster, who had pronounced sympathies...

...London, July 30, 1861, to William H. Seward wrote that Lord Palmerston had told him : ' ' We do not like slavery but we want cotton, and we dislike very much your Morrill tariff." England and France agreed to act in common. Senate Ex. Doc. No. i, 37lh Congress, 2d Session, pages...

...them. " We do not like slavery," said Lord Palmerston, the British Premier, to an American in London, " but we want cotton, and we dislike very much your Morrill tariff." 2 While refraining from recognizing the South as a nation, the British government seemed to be preparing...

...Union broken up. southern As the prime minister said to a northern man, " We do not independence. like slavery, but we want cotton and we dislike very much your Morrill tariff." Although recognition of the Con- Foster, Amer. federacy was desired by both Great Britain and France,...

...Palmerston perceived a divided duty saying with cynical frankness to an American, " We do not like slavery but we want cotton and we dislike very much your Morrill tariff." 3 This tariff, enacted after the secession of the Southern senators, was regarded in England as a measure...

...Palmerston perceived a divided duty saying with cynical frankness to an American, "\We do not like slavery but we want cotton and we dislike very much your Morrill tariff.'}3 This tariff, enacted after the secession of the Southern senators, was regarded in England...