Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.
Sir: Your despatch of the 22d of September, No. 786, has been received. I must doubt whether the full effect of recent propitious events here has yet been felt in Europe, if indeed the friends of disunion there are still continuing their agitation to distract America by their disingenuous counsels of peace. However that may be, there has not heretofore been a time when such sinister efforts would meet with more patriotic disdain among our countrymen than they will encounter at this moment. It is to be regretted, for the sake of a good and friendly understanding between the two countries, that the British nation does not understand how steadily all such efforts tend to wear away the good will of the American people.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.