75/94 26, 1862.] [Footnote 924: Gladstone Papers. British agents still residing in the South believed the proclamation would have little practical effect, but added that if actually carried out the cultivation of cotton "would be as completely arrested as if an edict were pronounced against its future growth," and pictured the unfortunate results for the world at large. 846, No.34.Cridland to Russell, Oct. 29, 1862.)] [Footnote 925: See Rhodes, IV, 344, _notes_.] [Footnote 926: October 6, 1862. The _Times_ had used the "last card" phrase as early as Dec. |