In England the stronghold of democracy is in the large towns, and aristocracy has its strongest supporters in the country.

In America the ultra-democrat and leveller is the western farmer, and the aristocratic tendency is most visible amongst the manufacturers and merchants of the eastern cities." (p.

181.)] [Footnote 1328: Monypenny, _Disraeli_, IV, pp.

293-4, states a Tory offer to support Palmerston on these lines.] [Footnote 1329: Dodd, _Jefferson Davis_, p.

217.] [Footnote 1330: March, 30, 1861.] [Footnote 1331: March 16, 1861.] [Footnote 1332: To John Bigelow, April 14, 1861.