The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-11
Prese ntation OF Sir Edwerd Thornton
the New British Minister.

The presentation to the President Of Sir Ed
ward Thornton, the new British Minister, took
place at the Executive Mansion on: Friday morn
ing, at half-past II o'clock, in the blue room,
no one being present except the President,
Secretary Seward, and Francis Clare Ford, who
has been Charge d'Affairs of Great Britain
since the death Of Sir Frederick Bruce. MIR.
Thornton, upon being presented by Secretary
Seward to The President, said:
s1R have the honor to deliver into your
Excellency's hands letter. addressed to you
by her Majesty, Queen Victoria, accrediting me
as her Maiesty's minister to your Excellency.
have also received her Majesty's orders to as
sure your Excellency of her sincere friendship,
and Of the deep interest she has taken In the
welfare and prosperity the nation over Wnlch
| you so worthily preside. Her Majesty's gov
ernment and the English nation are deeply
grateful for the warm sympathy shown py the
peorle of the United States on the occasion OF
| the death of my lamented predecessor. Allow
mo to assure YOUR EXcellency that shall do
INV best to take his place in their affections.
| and to strengthen tho relations OF CORDIAL
| friendship which happily subsist, and which 1t
| is our earnest desire and our duty, as kinsmen,
| to maintain between the two countries In this
pleasing task am confident that may count
upon the support and assistance OF your Excel
iency. as we'll as of the distinguished statesmen
who compose your Cabinet and the Legislature
of this great nation.
The President replied as follows:
MR.. THORNTON: Your Queen enjoys more
| highly than any other. sovereign the respect
| and sympathy of the American people. The
people Of the United States will believe that
| she is entirely sincere in the kindly message
which, under her command, you have delivered
to me: and this belief will encourage them tc
| hope for speedy and anicable adjustment Of
| all matters IN difference between Her Majesty's
Government and the Government Of the Uni
| ted States Your late predecessor, Sir Freder.
ick Bruce, without any. disobedience to In
| structions, or any want of regard to British
interests, won the respect and esteem of this
government and nation. Sir Frcderick's sud.
den death revealed to ourselves the fact thai
The friendship we cherished for him had ev- i
ACQUIRED the intensity of fraternal affection
It will be pleasing duty for mo to extend tt
| you the same consideration and confidence
which he 80 eminently enjoyed. In regard t(
the political relations Of the United Statos ant
Great Britain only one thing seems to bt
necessary, which is. that the statesmen ant
people Of the two countries may carefully ant
constantly study and conform their measures
to the political logic which in every region
where the English language IS spoken so dis
tinctly manifests itself in the increasing love o
constitutional freedom and the rapid march 0
common, irresistible and indivisible civlliza
ton.
MIR, Thornton was then introduced to th
ladies of the Executive Mansion, who were il
the adjoining parlor, and, after passing fey
minutes in conversation with them, withdrew