When Palmerston read through the entire article with a bystander's perspective, a trace of anger and helplessness emerged on his face.
The article took as a trigger the intelligence received by the Kingdom of Britain on the United States of America's weak attitude, utilizing the nationalist fervor recently ignited by Palmerston, which had not yet fully subsided, to "represent" the British citizens (specifically those who pay taxes) in questioning the British Cabinet.
By questioning why the Kingdom of Britain was compromising with the United States of America, it implied the existence of a lobbying group within Britain that had received US Dollars from the United States of America, satisfying US interests.
(Although Palmerston himself did indeed receive some bribes from the United States of America, he dared to swear that he had not harmed Britain's interests.)
