Capitolo 26
export trade interests of Great Britain it became direct
toward States Southern of America. To powerfully add to this was the
cotton dependence British factory on the American provisioning. The
English negotiate attitude, while rising out widely of direct government
contacts, were tied up to have, nevertheless a constant and main point
you influence on government action.
Governmental policy, seeking the power national contradictory work and
you interest industrial, it is the themes of favourite of those historical that
you concern nations as only determined in their relationships from economic
causes--from what has called illuminated personal interest."" But governments,
any matter as arbitrary, and even more if in a measure that he/she remains on
representation, knowingly reacts and unconsciously to a public
opinion evidently founded not on the national or commercial rivalry.
Government runs of attitude completely to sometimes oppose himself/herself/themselves to, indeed,
popular attitude in international business. In such case, the
he/she esteems historical, if it is only based on evidences of government
action, is a forgery and you/he/she can do the great injustice to the main point
the friendliness of a people.
As then it made the British people, of all the classes the respect America before
1860, and in that way that respect struck the British Government?
Here it is necessary to look for British opinion on, and his/her reaction to,
American institutions, ideals and practices. Such public opinion is able
is found in enough quantity to only found a respect in travellers'
books, in revisions and in newspapers of the period. When all these are
brought together you/he/she is found that while there was being almost an universal
The British criticism of American social customs and the habits of the life, because of
that insularity of characteristic of mental attitude of every nation,
making to prefer him/it his/her his/her own customs and criticism those of his/her neighbours,
added above in her "antipathy of sentence of foreigners"--him is found that