Mr. Seward And Mr.
Adams Strongly Urged That Preventive Measures Should Be Taken By Great
Britain, But Earl Russell Could Not See It - Did Nothing, And The
Burning Of United States Steamers Engaged In Peaceful Commerce, And The
Robbery And Murders At St. Albans And Vermont Followed.
Correspondence
in reference to the 'St. Albans' raids' was laid before Parliament last
year.
The following is an extract, bearing, too, indirectly upon the
Reciprocity Treaty, from one of the letters of Mr. Adams, United States
Ambassador in London, to Earl Russell, echoing a despatch of Mr.
Seward's and dated November 23rd, 1864: -
'In the use of the word exigency, the full sense of its effect is
perfectly understood. The welfare and prosperity of the neighbouring
British Provinces are as sincerely desired on our part as they can be
by Great Britain. In a practical sense they are sources of wealth and
influence for the one country only in a less degree than for the other,
though the jurisdiction appertain only to the latter. That this is the
sincere conviction of my Government has been proved by its consent to
enter into relations of reciprocal free commerce with them almost as
intimate as those which prevail between the several States of the Union
themselves. Thus far the disposition has been to remain content with
those relations under any and all circumstances, and that disposition
will doubtless continue, provided always that the amity be
reciprocated, and that the peace and harmony on the border,
indispensable to its existence, be firmly secured.
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