Hon. Theophilus P. Chandler, lawyer, wrote from Boston:—
“Your Trent speech is by far the best thing I have read on the subject. You look down upon the matter, while others look at it.… The tables are completely turned upon England. If there is any shame in her, she will show it now.”
Hon. E. F. Stone, lawyer, wrote from Newburyport:—
“As one of your constituents, I write to thank you for your speech on the surrender of Mason and Slidell. I have read and re-read it with great satisfaction. It is just the thing to create a correct public opinion upon the subject in the country.”
Hon. Alfred B. Ely, lawyer, and officer in the War of the Rebellion, wrote from Boston:—
“I have just read your speech on the Trent affair with great pleasure. I deem it entirely unanswerable, and that it ought to conclude the whole subject. I desire, therefore, to congratulate you upon it.”
William I. Bowditch, conveyancer and Abolitionist, wrote from Boston:—
“I read your speech on the Mason and Slidell matter yesterday. It certainly is very admirable and conclusive. Still, I think it doubtful whether England will consider that she has really abandoned any of her previous pretensions by demanding and accepting the men.”
Hon. Edward L. Pierce, lawyer, writer, and speaker, correct in opinion, and able, wrote from Boston:—