Abraham Lincoln : a history : the full and authorized record of his private life and public career . , ^ ^Mm. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. EUROPEAN NEUTRALITY 273 ceedings will [be borne] pass [unnoticed] unquestioned by chap. United States in this case. Hitherto recognition has been moved only on theassumption that the so-called Confederate States are defacto a self-sustaining power. Now after long forbear-ance, designed to soothe discontent and avert the needof civil war, the land and naval forces of the UnitedStates have been put in motion to repress the insurrec-tion. The true character o
Abraham Lincoln : a history : the full and authorized record of his private life and public career . , ^ ^Mm. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. EUROPEAN NEUTRALITY 273 ceedings will [be borne] pass [unnoticed] unquestioned by chap. United States in this case. Hitherto recognition has been moved only on theassumption that the so-called Confederate States are defacto a self-sustaining power. Now after long forbear-ance, designed to soothe discontent and avert the needof civil war, the land and naval forces of the UnitedStates have been put in motion to repress the insurrec-tion. The true character of the pretended new State isat once revealed. It is seen to be a Power existing inpronunciamento only. It has never won a field. It hasobtained no forts that were not virtually betrayed intoits hands or seized in breach of trust. It commands nota single port on the coast nor any highway out from itspretended Capital by land. Under these circumstancesGreat Britain is called upon to intervene and give itbody and independence by resisting our measures of sup-pression. British recognition would be British in
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