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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1883. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. Official dispositions of Holland, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, France, and Great Britain to the Confederate States.--The position assumed by Mr. Seward at the beginning of the Civil War.--The policy of the British Government.--English feeling in favour of the North.--Facts about slavery in America.--English sympathy transferred to the South--Lack of courtesy and dignity in United States representatives.--The Alabama Claims.--Synopsis of the negotiations respecting those claims.--Position of the British Government in regard to them.--The three rules of the Treaty of Washington.--A possible application of them to the United States. There was one result of the Confederate naval operations in Europe which Mr. Davis and his Cabinet could not have foreseen, and to which they had no purpose to contribute when it was determined to attack the enemy's commerce from across the sea. It doubtless often occurred to them, as it did to many others, that questions of belligerent rights and neutral duties would arise, and that the United States would become involved in complicated discussions with foreign Powers, which might in some way or other be helpful to the cause of the South. As the war progressed, and they beheld the arrogant pretensions of Mr. Seward, and the haughty offensive and dictatorial tone in which he urged them, it was thought that he would very probably draw upon himself and upon his country something more than diplomatic reproofs. Perhaps some even thought that Europe would tire of the long contest, and the harassing interruption of trade with the Southern States, and would intervene, either by force or persuasion, to stop the war and restore the normal conditions of commerce. But among all the various hopes or surmises which may have been discussed at ...
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- PublisherBurt Franklin
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0833745557
- ISBN 13 9780833745552
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages918
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Burt Franklin Publisher, 1972, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1972
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2 volume set. Vol 1 is 460 pages. Vol 2 is 438 pages. Both are blue/silver printing. Green slip case with plate on both f & b. End has original description and price. Both are in excellent condition. These two volumes are a report of Bulloch, Confederate secret service agent, to manage and d irect naval affairs in Europe, his duties including the purchase and construction of vessels, their equipage and dispatchment. Seller Inventory # 002278
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