These nearly came to something towards the close of 1862.

It was on October 7th that Gladstone spoke at Newcastle about Jefferson Davis having made a nation.

Yet, after all, England didn't budge, and thus held Napoleon back.

From France in the end the South got neither ships nor recognition, in spite of his deceitful connivance and desire; Napoleon flirted a while with Slidell, but grew cold when he saw no chance of English cooperation.
Besides John Bright and Cobden, we had other English friends of influence and celebrity: John Stuart Mill, Thomas Hughes, Goldwin Smith, Leslie Stephen, Robert Gladstone, Frederic Harrison are some of them.
All from the first supported us.

All from the first worked and spoke for us.