. Richard Cobden, the international man . bility ofabolishing the prohibitive system, an inquiry actuallyheld. At last the Emperor made an open committalof his intention to ratify the treaty in a letter to theMoniteur. This letter aroused intense anger amongthe ironmasters, cotton-spinners and other protec-tionists, and the danger was continuous, until theactual signature of the treaty on January 29, i860. The following passage from a letter written to hisfriend M. Aries Dufour gives a vivid picture of themost precarious stage of this great affair. Paris, January 27, I had fully expecte
. Richard Cobden, the international man . bility ofabolishing the prohibitive system, an inquiry actuallyheld. At last the Emperor made an open committalof his intention to ratify the treaty in a letter to theMoniteur. This letter aroused intense anger amongthe ironmasters, cotton-spinners and other protec-tionists, and the danger was continuous, until theactual signature of the treaty on January 29, i860. The following passage from a letter written to hisfriend M. Aries Dufour gives a vivid picture of themost precarious stage of this great affair. Paris, January 27, I had fully expected to leave Paris without failto-morrow for Lyons, but a telegraphic despatch fromLondon has again detained me. There are some littleverbal alterations to be made in the treaty which hasbeen returned. And we are to meet Messrs. Barocheand Rouher this afternoon to agree to them. There is nothing which will affect the conclusionof the affaire, which will be effected, and the ratifica-tions exchanged, before next Friday. The prohibition- 252. IS - -^ cu u as - 9 *-. o Q o •a XI oO c ? u 5 ac •5 n c ? •X .i —— J N JS The French Treaty ists have made a Great mistake in resorting; to suchviolent language. They only prove their own impotence,for, as they cannot follow up their big words withbig deeds, they only make themselves will pity them. They are gone back to theirmills and factories, and as everything goes on muchas before, they will learn for the first time that theyare not all France and that the world can go onpleasantly even when they are not satisfied. They havebeen spoilt children so long, with every caprice grati-fied, at the expense of other people, and even sometimesof themselves, that I dare say it is very difficult forthem to bear this contradiction, but it will do themgood notwithstanding. But the signature of the treaty by the Emperor wasvery far from a completion of the transaction. For inthe first place it had to run the g
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