File No. 763.72112/2605
The Third Assistant Secretary of State ( Phillips ) to the Acting Secretary of State .
Dear Mr. Polk : In conversation this morning the British Ambassador referred to our next note to Great Britain on the blockade, which he says he has been given to understand will soon be dispatched. He says that he hopes we fully appreciate the popular sentiment for the blockade in England and France, which is now controlling the parliamentary situation in England; and that the present government has no power to resist the overwhelming sentiment in favor of the blockade.
Sincerely,