Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-04-30
TTF 9 TRENT AFFAIR.
,be incidents Connected
one o. ,he Late UnPleasantness'
, 9 Cox's Three Decades."l

the EsdtS
Cox's Three Decades."l
.,non tbe foreign affairs commit
Beng y House of Representatives wher
tee Of lllt flair occurred, the writer at
the ITen'd dinner given by the secretary al
tended ul,lrl home. This was at a time
his then a m'f Kid their breaths in trepida'
ton tgn,n Ie' might make the Trent matter the
buroPt5 20 TO- eonsummate their recognition
p!re1teA horn % independence. Some feared
o. '5Ii;Ssnarted republic would have to
thai utTf before the jealous encroach-
give wa Wa those who sought to divide our
menIs 81 &C they endeavored to imperial
counIL! q" On the right of Mr.. Seward was
McKee, ,,rlv English heartiness incar-
sea .'I in NIr. Anthony Trollope, the
naleTf His presence was almost sur
nCyei'i;ff, NOT a satire on the occasion, as it
prise, . = AT the other end of the table
conc Iabn 7 Crittenden. He was then
sat JUn,, Of foreign affairs in the House.
Glall lIi+bor was on his right, as he was
Inc ~ bT sympathy to him than others
neaISL y committee. The dinner pro-
on u,S One incident led to another,
gresSSg1Ti, Nv seward, with a brusqueness en-
ulllI i. - ,,ranense upon his part, but sur
tLg Ill., Pt 10 rs. drew the attention of all by
SO" n,@G5aantemen. there is only one man in
a;s country to whom | allowed unre-
g .r.tad communication with Jefferson
S,,.;s since the war. | never asked him
rbot he wrote to Mr.. Davis. / trusted
his honor and loyalty. He is here. l
drink the health of Mr.. Crittenden"
Mr. Crittenden throwing back his
sboDlders. as was his custom when
pleased CT excited, said:
"Mr. Secretary, | never told you what
wrote to jeff Davis. l will tell you
now sir. have two sons in the war
one is 4 Union and the other a Confeder-
ATE general. They are both, of course,
dear TO nv heart. / wrote Mr.. Davis:
For Gods sake, sir, since you have the
callantry OF one OF my boys on your side,
don't send him to or against old Ken
lucky"
This little bv-play sent out a CLEAN of
pleasure that sparkled around the board.
il was intended by Mr.. Seward to placate
Mr. Crittenden for what was to follow,
and it did. Then Mr.. Seward, with his
exquisite diplomatic savoirfaire, said,
looking around the board:
g."I think I must now trust my guests,
as | trusted Mr.. Crittenden. l will di-
vulge to YOU a secret. To-day the order
was issued to release Mason and Slidell."
a. dead pause ensuedl All awaited the
response of the venerable and patriotic
chairman OF foreign affairs. He was
known not to be partial to England. He
was not entirely cordial with the Confed-
crate ambassadors. With a puzzled look
Of anger and chagrin, the great Ken
tuckian hesitated for a moment, He
seemed held back by the hand of courtesy.
He then brought down his dainty glass
Of sherry with a sudden crash upon the
table. The little fragments few about his
glate. The golden contents bejeweled
the writer's investments. Then pausing
another moment, half ironically and half
loosely, he exclaimed.
"a good radiance, sir! You sent them
lway none too soon, sir! They were do
ng much mischief here" and regardless
Of the occasion, a little murky cloud of
EOianity dimmed the atmosphere about
1f table. Never, since the days of
tncle Toby, was emphasis more ex-
Usablp