42/63 For the next six months this was to be the note harped upon in society, by organizations, and in the friendly press. 7, 1863.] [Footnote 1132: _The Index_, Dec. 518.] [Footnote 1133: The success of pro-Northern meetings in London was ignored. Lord Bryce once wrote to C.F.Adams, "My recollection is that while many public meetings were held all over Great Britain by those who favoured the cause which promised the extinction of Slavery, no open (i.e., non-ticket) meeting ever expressed itself on behalf of the South, much as its splendid courage was admired." (Letter, Dec. |