Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams.
Sir: Your despatch of the 10th of June, No. 715, has been received, together with copies of Earl Russell’s notes addressed to you of the 7th of May and the 1st of June. I observe that orators in Parliament complain that the legislature and people of Great Britain are left by the ministry in ignorance of the state of the question which is under debate in the European conference now sitting in London.
If the British people form an opinion concerning enlistments in England in violation of the neutrality laws from the debates in the House of Lords, they must come to the conclusion that it is not Great Britain that is injuring the United States, but the United States that are invading the sovereignty of Great Britain in that way. They will of course be undeceived when the correspondence of the two governments shall come to light. I give you, herewith, a copy of a resolution of the Senate on that subject, and of the President’s answer to the Senate.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.