They are Englishmen; they are not the scum and refuse of Europe.

(The Mayor of Manchester: 'Don't say that; don't say that.') (Cheers and disapprobation.) I know what I am saying.

They are Englishmen, and we must make them our friends."] [Footnote 739: All American histories treat this incident at much length.

The historian who has most thoroughly discussed it is C.F.
Adams, with changing interpretation as new facts came to light.

See his _Life of C.F.Adams_, Ch.