III, repeats the tradition, but in _A Crisis in Downing Street_ he completely refutes his earlier opinion and the entire tradition.

The further narrative in this chapter, especially the letters of Clarendon to Lewis, show that Lewis acted solely on his own initiative.] [Footnote 785: Anonymously, in the _Edinburgh_, for April, 1861, Lewis had written of the Civil War in a pro-Northern sense, and appears never to have accepted fully the theory that it was impossible to reconquer the South.] [Footnote 786: Cited in Adams, _A Crisis in Downing Street_, p.

407.] [Footnote 787: Derby, in conversation with Clarendon, had characterized Gladstone's speech as an offence against tradition and best practice.
Palmerston agreed, but added that the same objection could be made to Lewis' speech.

Maxwell, _Clarendon_, II, 267.

Palmerston to Clarendon, Oct.