Mr. Adams to Mr.
Seward.
No. 445.]
Legation of the United States,
London,
July 2, 1863.
Sir: I transmit herewith copies of resolutions
which have been transmitted to me from the town of Bolton, in
Lancashire, and Dolgelly, in North Wales.
I perceive that strenuous efforts are making by associations of
sympathizers at Manchester and Liverpool to create some popular action
in behalf of the rebels. Meetings have been held at Manchester, Preston,
Sheffield, and some other places, probably with an intention to make a
show in support of the movement of Mr. Roebuck in Parliament. Thus far
the results have been quite insignificant. I transmit a form of poster
issued at Manchester, by way of challenge to such proceedings.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward,
Secretary of State.
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Resolutions of Congregational ministers,
&c.
Honored Sir: At the conference of the
annual association of the ministers and deacons of the
Congregationalists of Merionethshire, North Wales, held at
Dolgelley, the 18th day of June, 1863, the Rev. Edward Williams in
the chair, the following resolution was passed:
“That this meeting, deeply sympathizing with the government of the
United States of America in their present troubles, avails itself of
this opportunity to express its utter abhorrence of the accursed
system of slavery, the corner-stone of the Confederate States, and
hopes that the UNION may be firmly established by the total
overthrow of negro slavery.
JAMES JONES, Secretary, of Tanyvron,
Barmouthy Merionethshire
Hon. Charles Francis Adams,
Minister to the United States.
[Untitled]
Copy of
resolutions passed at a meeting of the inhabitants of the
town of Bolton, Lancashire, held in
the Temperance Hall, Monday, June 22,
1862, William Smith,
chairman.
Resolved, 1. That this meeting, while
recording its detestation of slavery, and the attempt of the
Confederate States to form a nation with slavery for its
corner-stone, would at the same time urge upon the government a
continuance of the policy of strict neutrality and non-intervention,
and upon their countrymen the duty of resisting by all
constitutional means the recognition of a government whose basis is
the execrable system of human bondage. Carried.
Resolved, 2. That the chairman of this meeting
forward copies of the above resolution to the secretary of state for
foreign affairs, and also to Charles Francis Adams, esq., United
States ambassador at London, through the medium of Thomas Barnes,
esq., with a request that he would kindly present the same. Carried.
