Is there any reason that will satisfactorily account for His Lordship's abandonment of this ideal relation of friendship between the two countries except that he saw a speedier way of adding to the power of England by conniving at the destruction of the Union?
Blaine questions the motivations behind Lord Palmerston's actions regarding the United States during the Civil War.
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In all the revolted states, upon the testimony of your ablest generals, there is no safety to the property or lives of loyal men.
Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
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I believe that if it should pass it will receive the sanction of nineteen-twentieths of the loyal people of the country.
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