42/73 A study of these alone would lead to the judgment that France _had been the first_ to raise the question with England and had heartily supported England. The facts were otherwise, though Mercier, without exact instructions from Thouvenel, aided Lyons in argument with Seward (_Parliamentary Papers_, 1862, _Lords_, Vol.XXV. "Correspondence on Civil War in the United States." No.68.Lyons to Russell, July 20, 1861).] [Footnote 514: _Parliamentary Papers_, 1862, _Lords_, Vol. XXV. 61.] [Footnote 515: Russell Papers. |