Mr. Seward to Mr. Morris.
Sir: I have received and have read with much interest your communication of August 28th, concerning the inhabitants of Crete, I have also received from Mr. Stillman a despatch relating to the same subject, which is accompanied by the address to which you refer.
The sentiments of sympathy which you express for a brave and suffering people are very natural, and I see no impropriety in your consulting with the representatives of other Christian powers at the Porte, with the view, through the use of your good offices, of ameliorating the unhappy condition of the inhabitants of Crete.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
E. Joy Morris, Esq., &c., &c., &c.