18, 1861.] [Footnote 429: _Ibid._, p.254.Clarendon to Duchess of Manchester, Dec.
17, 1861.] [Footnote 430: Palmerston MS.] [Footnote 431: _Ibid._, Russell to Palmerston, Dec.

20, 1861.] [Footnote 432: Many citations from the _Times_ are given in Harris, _The Trent Affair_, to show a violent, not to say scurrilous, anti-Americanism.

Unfortunately dates are not cited, and an examination of the files of the paper shows that Harris' references are frequently to communications, not to editorials.

Also his citations give but one side of these communications even, for as many argued caution and fair treatment as expressed violence.

Harris apparently did not consult the _Times_ itself, but used quotations appearing in American papers.
Naturally these would print, in the height of American anti-British feeling, the bits exhibiting a peevish and unjust British temper.