73/74 He was a gifted public orator and knew how to "handle" his audiences, but the majority in each audience was friendly to him, and there was no such "crisis of opinion" in 1863 as has frequently been stated in order to exalt Beecher's services.] [Footnote 1124: Dodd, _Jefferson Davis_, p.319.The words are Dodd's.] [Footnote 1125: State Department, Eng., Vol. 84, No.557.Adams to Seward, Dec. 17, 1863.] [Footnote 1126: Hotze Correspondence. 1, 1863.] [Footnote 1127: McHenry, _The Cotton Trade_, London, 1863. |