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The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], The late debate in the British Parliament. (search)
I know the noble Lord is an older man than I am; but still, older as he is, he will not take me in that way. [A laugh.] I wish to make a few observations before I put the question to the noble Lord. The question relates to the conduct of Admiral Wilkes. Sir, when the American war broke out I may say the large majority of the English people felt a shock of opinion in regard to the quarrel between the various States of America. [Hear, hear.] I may say for myself that shock was of a very strountry will no longer be subject to the sneering insolence of an upstart race. [Cheers.] The question I have to ask the noble Lord is, whether the Government of which he is the head have formed any determination with regard to the conduct of Admiral Wilkes; whether they have addressed any remonstrance to the American Government, and whether he is prepared now to state the course the Government have determined to pursue? [Hear, hear] Lord Palmerston said the House would at once understand,