ributions. How such a policy could have been sustained so long
was beyond my comprehension. Our policy of respect and toleration
for all religious sects, but taxes for none, is a better one.

Our party, still consisting of Judge Harris and family, Mr. Platt
and wife, and Mrs. Sherman and myself, visited several of the
central counties and towns of England, chiefly the towns of Warwick,
Stratford, Kenilworth and Leamington. This is well trodden ground
for tourists, and I need not repeat the many descriptions of
interesting places and the historic names and events attached to
them.

When we returned to London, I visited the courts of law, Westminster
Abbey, and the new Parliament House. I had no difficulty in gaining
free access to the gallery of the House of Commons by stating that
I was a Member of the House of Representatives. Though I had
letters of introduction to members of Parliament I did not present
them. Judge Harris was greatly interested in the proceedings of
the courts of London, while I wandered through every part of the
great city. We attended, by invitation, a dinner given by the
Goldsmith's Guild, and accepted some invitations, among them that
of Mr. Morgan, the leading American banker in London.

Our congenial party then separated with mutual regret, Judge Harris
going to the Rhine and Mrs. Sherman and I to Paris. Here we remained
some time. Senator Sumner, not yet recovered from the blows of
Brooks, had been some time in Paris and accompanied us to many of
the noted places in that city--among them I remember the grave of
Lafayette.

Our visit was during the Franco-Italian-Austrian War. I was anxious
to reach the seat of war. On the way we made hurried visits to
Geneva, and Lake Leman. After traversing this lake we took the
coach over the Alps, on the road to Milan, stopping several times
on the way. We passed over the battle field at Magenta but a few
days after the battle was fought. We saw there the signs of
destructive war. The killed had been buried and the wounded were
in hospitals, but the smell of dead horses poisoned the air, and
the marks of the battle were on almost every house. We pushed on
to Milan and were comfortably quartered. The city was full of
soldiers on the way to the army to the eastward. It was then known
that a battle was about to be fought at Solferino. I was very
anxious to witness a battle. General Crittenden, of the United
States army, was attached a