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

Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward.

Washington, March 13, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to enclose for your consideration a copy of a letter which I have received from the governor general of Canada, transmitting a copy of a letter addressed to his excellency by Mr. White, an extensive breeder of cattle, requesting that the United States government, will so far relax the order against the exportation of live stock as to enable him to take into Canada a bull lately purchased by him in the United States.

I venture to express a hope that the governor general’s request in favor of Mr. White may be taken into favorable consideration.

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

LYONS.

Hon. William H. Seward, &c., &c., &c.

Viscount Monck to Lord Lyons.

Quebec, March 8, 1864.

My Lord: I have the honor to enclose a letter addressed to me by Mr. White, member of the provincial parliament, requesting me to endeavor, through your excellency, to obtain from the government of the United States a relaxation of the order against the exportation of live stock so as to enable him to bring into this province a bull which he has lately purchased in the United States.

Mr. White is an extensive breeder of valuable cattle, and the bull which is the subject of the present application is sought to be imported for the purpose of improving the blood of Mr. White’s herd.

Under these circumstances, I trust that the United States government will not object to the relaxation of the rule in the present instance.

I have, &c.,

MONCK.

Lord Lyons, G. C. B., &c., &c., &c.

Mr. White to his Excellency the Governor General of Canada.

Quebec, March 5, 1864.

My Lord: I purchased a bull from James O. Sheldon, esq., of Geneva, United States, for the purpose of improving my stock of short-horns, and find, by an order issued to the collectors on the Niagara frontier, that they have received imperative instructions from the authorities at Washington, restraining the exportation of live stock as contraband of war.

My object in addressing you is for the purpose of procuring a relaxation of that order so far as relates to the animal purchased from Mr. Sheldon. I have, &c.,

JOHN WHITE.

His Excellency the Governor General, &c., &c., &c.