To his mother, March 16, 1862.] [Footnote 735: _Ibid._, p.81.Aug.18, 1862.] [Footnote 736: _The Index_ first appeared on May 1, 1862.

Nominally a purely British weekly it was soon recognized as the mouthpiece of the Confederacy.] [Footnote 737: _The Index_, May 15, 29, June 19 and July 31, 1862.] [Footnote 738: e.g., the issue of Aug.

14, 1862, contained a long report of a banquet in Sheffield attended by Palmerston and Roebuck.

In his speech Roebuck asserted: "A divided America will be a benefit to England." He appealed to Palmerston to consider whether the time had not come to recognize the South.

"The North will never be our friends.
(Cheers.) Of the South you can make friends.