I had a long talk with Lord Clarendon on Thursday evening
about American affairs, and found him, I am sorry to say, much less just in his
notions upon them than that nice man, his dead brother-in-law, Cornwall Lewis,
was. I sent him (Lord Clarendon) yesterday morning a fair and accurate account
of the whole origin of the quarrel and present state of the struggle; but if
one of our cabinet ministers has yet to learn anything upon either subject, it is
a shame and a pity! That fellow, ———, the “Times’s” worthy correspondent from
the South, who was a defaulter on the turf here, you know, is a nephew of Lord
's, and connected with our great people; and the wicked trumpery he writes,
both privately and in the “Times,” is a fruitful source of mischief on the
subject. I am happy to say that Lord Clarendon gave the “Times” its deserts for
the mischievous course it has pursued towards America in its devilish “leading
articles.” That paper will lose its influence, if the feeling once gains
ground that it is absolutely dishonest and unprincipled, as well as the
cleverest paper in the world.
Good-by. I am glad you are coming back soon; the sight of
you carries me to Milton Hill, and refreshes my heart and soul.
Always affectionately
yours,
Fanny Kemble.
P. S. Your former friend, formerly captain, now Admiral
Charles Elliot, is brother to my friend of the colonial office, and has just
been made governor of St. Helena.
SOURCE: Sarah Forbes Hughes, Letters and
Recollections of John Murray Forbes, Volume 2, p. 26-7
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