Mr. Seward to Mr. Dix
Sir: Your despatch No. 62 has been received. I am especially pleased with the attention you have shown in giving an extract from a recent speech of Mr. Rouher, in which he forecasts a political future of nations and continents, which no one of us is destined to see, and which, nevertheless, is apparently certain. It is pleasant to observe that statesmen in the two hemispheres are coming to an agreement upon the principle that the right to exercise influence by the direct intervention in the affairs of foreign States has its limitation in the exactions prescribed by a real necessity for self defence.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
John A. Dix, Esq., &c., &c., &c.