Mr. Seward to Mr. Johnson
Sir: Your dispatch No. 112, of the 17th ultimo, relative to the protocol and convention recently signed by you on behalf of this government, has this day been received and submitted to the President. He directs me to say in reply that it is regarded as an able and elaborate paper, and would have been communicated to the Senate had it not reached here at the close of the present session, and that of his administration. It is presumed that the attention of that body will be called to it early in its next session.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Reverdy Johnson, Esq., &c., &c., &c.