Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-16
MIR. SEWARD ON UNOFFICIAL INTELLI.
GENCE.
Mr. SEWARD TO MR.. DAYTON.
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MR.. SEWARD ON UNOFFICIAL INTELLI-
...... GENCE.
MR. SEWARD TO MR., DAYTON.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, l I.
WASHINGTON, July 6, 1861. J .
SIR: Your dispatch No. IL, dated on the
- day of Jure, ult., has been received.
The President is highly gIatifed by the dis
position which Mr.. ThouveneI has made of the
application of the agents of the insurrection-
lists for recognition of their pretended reVolu-
tiOn. What you have reported to us in this
respect is happily confirmed in even more EN-.
phatic language by the communication which
Mr.. Mercier has made to us, to day, under in
structions from his Government.
We are pleased that you called Mr.. Thou
yeneps attention to the paragraph in the
Monitear, because it has drawn out renewed
and most satisfactory assurances Of the
friendly feelings and good wishes of the Gov
erpment of France. At the same time, it il
but just to ourselves that you shall now in
form Mr.. Thouvenel that it is our settled
habit never to overhear what the press, or the
ministers, or even the monarch of a foreign
country with which we are in amity, says con-
cerning us, and never 10 ask any explanations
so long as such observations are not dire,tly
communicated by the Government itself to US.
Our Ieas ons for this are, that we kdoW, first,
there are State necessities which do not always
permit, in any country, the practice of entire
frankDess concerning foreign questions; sec .
ondly, that uDguHrdtd and incoDsiderAte ex-
pressiOns, even by persons in high authority,
ought not TO disturb established and hArmoni.
ous relations betWten friendly nations; and,
| thirdly, that we know that the maintenance of
| our rights and character depend, as they ought,
chiefly upon our own fidelity 10 ourselves, and
very little on the favorable opinion of even the
most candid and liberal nations. Friendship
toward. and confidence in, the good will OF
France toward us are settled habits of mind on
the part of the American people. If any thing
is hastily written or spoken on either side that
WoRld seem to indicate different sentiment, il
is wise to let it pass without sensibility, and
cer,Sinly without qusIulous animadversion.
am, Sir, respec fully, your Obedisnt serV'tI
WILLIAM II, SEWARD.
WILLIAM L. DAYTON, Esq &c., 30.
MIR. SEWARD ON THE BULL RUN AFFAIR
NR. sEWARD TO Mr.. DAYTON
tExtract.I
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, July 70, 1861.
SIR: You will receive the aosOunt of de.
| DIorable reverse of our arms at Manassas. Fol
| a week or two that event will elate the friends
| of the insurgents In Europe, rs it oOnfOuuded
and beWildeTed ths friends of the Union here
for two or three days. The shook, however
has passed away, producing no other resultI
| than a resolution stronger and deeper than evel
| TO maintain the Union, and.a prompt and Of
fectiVe augmentation Of the forces for that end
| exceeding what would otherwise have been pos
sible. The heart of the country is sOnnd. tt
temper is now more favorable to the cOunsels o.
deliberation and wisdom. li
lam, sir, respectfully, your osedient servant
stb.r- WEN. H. SEWARD.
| WILLIAM L. DAYTON, ESQ , &c 4, &C., &o.