Chapter 15

UNITED ITALY AND THE DIS-UNITED STATES

1861-1865

Lord John at the Foreign Office--Austria and Italy--Victor Emmanuel and Mazzini--Cavour and Napoleon III.--Lord John's energetic protest--His sympathy with Garibaldi and the struggle for freedom--The gratitude of the Italians--Death of the Prince Consort--The 'Trent' affair--Lord John's remonstrance--The 'Alabama' difficulty--Lord Selborne's statement--The Cotton Famine 299