Mr. Seward wrote from the Department of State:—
“I have read your address on Foreign Relations without once stopping.
“You have performed a very important public service in a most able manner, and in a conjuncture when I hope that it will be useful abroad and at home.…
“You are on the right track. Rouse the nationality of the American people. It is an instinct upon which you can always rely, even when the conscience that ought never to slumber is drugged to death.”
Mr. Chase wrote from the Treasury Department:—
“In spite of finest print almost illegible, I have read your great speech from beginning to end. It is a noble effort, quite worthy of you. It exhausts the whole subject, leaving nothing even for a gleaner. I shall await with curiosity, not unmixed with anxiety, the rebound from Europe.”
Hon. Thomas Corwin, Minister Plenipotentiary in Mexico, wrote:—
“I cannot withhold my mite of praise for the truly masterly manner and matter of the whole pamphlet. Your country, Europe, all Christendom, and Heathendom too, are your debtors.”
Hon. Christopher Robinson, Minister Plenipotentiary in Peru, wrote:—