Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress

Mr. Pike to Mr. Seward.

[Extract.]

No. 8.]

United States Legation,
The Hague, July 12, 1861.

Sir: I have communicated to Baron de Zuylen, as directed, your high appreciation of the course of his government on our domestic affairs, as manifested and expressed in his reply to my predecessor’s communication of the 8th of April last.

I have the honor to be, with great respect, your most obedient servant,

JAMES S. PIKE.

Hon. William H. Seward,
Secretary of State, Washington.