The arrival of Governor Pickens in England just before the
presidential election, and his arrival in New York, and immediate
journey to South Carolina, on the day of that election, may be cited as
one of many coincidences--showing that the spirit of Cobb, Floyd, and
Thompson, if not their doings and plans, were parodied on the other side
of the Atlantic.
2. The British government were not averse to disunion from the outset,
and seized every pretext of tariff, or of inaction respecting the
rebellion, that it might quibble with the United States authority.
3. The tone of the press, ministry and people was early heard, and
echoed by Mr. Dallas to our government. Mr. Seward therefore, at the
outset, knew his position, and most opportunely and dignifiedly
maintained a bearing all the more noble because it proceeded from a
government which had taken arms against a sea of troubles.
4. The British government waited _only_ so long as international decency
technically warranted before proclaiming an acknowledgment of _civil_
war in the United States, and accepting the government of Mr. Davis as
an equal belligerent with that of Mr. Lincoln. This was a matured step,
and a strong link in a chain of ultimate recognition.
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