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[408] It was from such a nation that the earliest words of sympathy and confidence came when our first domestic troubles began; and it was not forgotten by the American people when that tempest swept by. We see new storms gathering over Europe, and our aid may be invoked against Russia, and invoked in vain. Statesmen know that while individuals may forgive, nations never do.
United States Publishing Company, 1874.
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