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Diplomatic: Vanity Fair Remonstrates with the British Lion

Anonymous. "Diplomatic: Vanity Fair Remonstrates with the British Lion." Vanity Fair, June 15, 1861, 276.
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Type
magazine
Genre
commentary
Abstract

In a sealed, official letter to England, the Vanity Fair accuses the country of a feigned, moral erectness. In the Union's time of need, England, for their selfish need of cotton, is inclined to turn away.