Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part I

[Extract.]

Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward.

No. 386.]

Legation of the United States, London, April 23, 1863.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit a copy of a note of Lord Russell, dated yesterday, in answer to mine of the 6th instant, a copy of which accompanied my despatch No. 369, of the 9th of April. * * * * * *

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, &c.

Lord Russell to Mr. Adams.

Foreign Office, April 22, 1863.

Sir: In acknowledging the receipt of the further letter which you did me the honor to address to me, on the 6th instant, on the subject of the intercepted correspondence, I will merely add that, while entirely assenting to the principles laid down in the authorities to which you refer, I am still unable to perceive their application to any facts which have occurred in this country within the cognizance of her Majesty’s government.

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant.

RUSSELL.

Charles Francis Adams, Esq.