text_original: Ever since the American Civil War relations between Great Britain and the United States had been severely strained. Neither party to the war was satisfied with our attitude. The North regarded our neutrality as rather more than malevolent, the South thought it inadequately benevol  ent.
text_transcription: EVER SINCE THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR RELATIONS BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES HAD BEEN SEVERELY STRAINED NEITHER PARTY TO THE WAR WAS SATISFIED WITH OUR ATTITUDE THE NORTH REGARDED OUR NEUTRALITY AS RATHER MORE THAN MALEVOLENT THE SOUTH THOUGHT IT INADEQUATELY BENEVOLENT
phonemes: ˈɛvɚ sˈɪns ðɪ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən sˈɪvəl wˈɔːɹ ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənz bᵻtwˌiːn ɡɹˈeɪt bɹˈɪtən ænd ðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts hɐdbɪn sᵻvˈɪɹli stɹˈeɪnd. nˈiːðɚ pˈɑːɹɾi tə ðə wˈɔːɹ wʌz sˈæɾɪsfˌaɪd wɪð ˌaʊɚɹ ˈæɾɪtˌuːd. ðə nˈɔːɹθ ɹᵻɡˈɑːɹdᵻd ˌaʊɚ nuːtɹˈælᵻɾi æz ɹˈæðɚ mˈɔːɹ ðɐn məlˈɛvələnt, ðə sˈaʊθ θˈɔːt ɪɾ ɪnˈædɪkwətli bənˈɛvəl ˈɛnt.