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

Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.

No. 893.]

Department of State, Washington, April 4, 1864.

Sir: Your despatch of March 18, No. 620, has been received. While this government finds no just cause for objection to the proceedings against the persons who attempted to enlist on board the Kearsarge at Cork, in violation of the wishes and the policy of the United States, it is entitled to claim that the pending prosecutions against British subjects who are engaged in forming naval expeditions against our country from British ports shall be conducted with energy and decision.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

C. F. Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.