at satisfaction, she was captured the next morning.

There were greedy contractors in the South who cared just as much for
"the cause" as did their fellow-contractors in the North for the Union.
They were full of patriotism--of their kind. Months after the "Merrimac"
sailed from Bermuda, one of the negotiators of the sale asked me if I
would sign duplicates of the warrants I had issued. My reply was: "Does
the Bank of England issue duplicate notes?" "You don't mean to say you
will not give us duplicates!" "I certainly do." And then I explained to
him that _at the time_, I might have been willing to sign warrants in
duplicate. But the war had reached a critical stage; the Confederate
army was hard pressed on every side. Moreover, the contract system had
begun to produce results. Instead of all cotton sent out being for army
or navy account, only a portion of the army cotton was turned into army
supplies. The contractors, English and Confederate, were taking the
rest.

I believe that not one of those cotton warrants which bought the
"Merrimac" was ever presented in Richmond, and that vessel, with her
cargo, cost the Confederate Government literally nothing. It is a
curious fact that these same cotton warrants, which as it proved were
really not worth the cost of printing them, at one time sold at a
premium in London.

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