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The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], A British opinion of the Confederate President — a contrast. (search)
A British opinion of the Confederate President — a contrast.
The London Standard contains a long review of the conduct of President Davis since he became the head of the Confederate Government.
I think he is "the first man beyond all comparison in American, and one of the foremost men in the world" It thus contrasts the head heard of — to be treated with universal ridicule and contempt.
The leaders of the Southern Confederacy are men who would rank high in any country; and Mr. Jefferson Davis, if he had been born a British subject might fairly have aspired to the highest place that a subject can hold.
Well might such men as those, and such a natIs it not a sad and humbling thought that to such a people England, as represented by Government, gives neither aid nor sympathy nor even-handed justice; that President Davis is compelled to draw a distinction between the two great European Powers disadvantageous to that country to which the blood and feelings of the Southern peopl