27, 1864, p.

685.) This bitter tone was indulged in even by the Confederate Secretary of State.
Benjamin wrote to Slidell, September 20, 1864, that France was wilfully deceiving the South by professions of friendship.

The President, he stated, "could not escape the painful conviction that the Emperor of the French, knowing that the utmost efforts of this people are engrossed in the defence of their homes against an atrocious warfare waged by greatly superior numbers, has thought the occasion opportune for promoting his own purposes, at no greater cost than a violation of his faith and duty toward us." (Richardson, II, p.

577.)] [Footnote 1235: e.g., Meeting of Glasgow Union and Emancipation Society, Oct.

11, 1864.