The British Consuls in the Confederacy Volume 43, Nos. 1-3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...that the tarring and feathering had occurred before the war broke out, and that though rumor gave this captain an unsavory reputation, the consul had done what he could to protect him.2 Seven weeks later, Mr. Duncombe returned to the charge fortified with a letter dated New York. June 21, 1861, in part as follows: We have several Englishmen here, who have experienced the tender mercy of Southern hospitality, and also the inutility of any appeal to our consuls at Southern ports. Three or four complain most bitterly of their treatment and state that they had to escape concealed in the cargo of steamers, and had appealed in vain to the consuls. "See Reports on British Consular Establishments 1872), pt. iv, 84. 1 Hansard's Debates, Series 3, vol. clxiii, 190 et seq. 138 504 One intelligent young man spent some time in Savannah, and was present at the period of the tarring and feathering of an English captain, and he assures me that he saw there the Consul wearing Secession colors... I understand the British Consul at Savannah in the right of his wife is a slave-holder, and I cease to wonder no proceedings can be taken in defence of Englishmen.1 Lord Russell replied that he had received no complaint against any consul, but on the contrary, this case of tarring and feathering was reported by a consul. As it had occurred before Secession, it had nothing to do with the Confederacy. Mr. Duncombe interrupted to say that it occurred in May; Lord Russell continued to the effect that the consul had done all he could to restrain the mob. The Foreign Office had heard nothing of the consul's wearing Secession colors, which would have been highly improper.' Both gentlemen probably had in mind an event which occurred February 6, 1861, about three weeks after Georgia sec...