Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.
Sir: I have read with much interest your despatch of the 17th of June, No. 722, in which you inform me of the postponement of the European conference, of the demonstration of Mr. Lindsay against this country, and of the renewed expectation of her Majesty’s government that they will be allowed to continue in office throughout the legal term of the present Parliament. It is not easy to imagine how any change which could be made now would improve the position of Great Britain in regard to either her domestic affairs or her foreign relations.
If Great Britain could now commit herself to a government that would be just to the United States, and true to the cause of human nature, it seems to me that most of her political embarrassments would disappear, and she would be able to exercise a controlling and beneficent influence in Europe. But she is manifestly prepared for no such ministry as that.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.