[Extract.]

Mr. Seward to Mr. Clay.

No. 18.]

Sir: Your despatch of May 19 (No. 4) has been submitted to the President. You will have learned from a previous communication of mine the sentiments which his government has thought proper to express concerning the condition of affairs in Poland.

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I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Cassius M. Clay, &c., &c., &c.