[873] Raymond, State Papers of Lincoln, 260-61.
[874] Rhodes, IV, p. 214.
[875] Ibid., p. 410. In letter, August 26, 1863, addressed to a Springfield mass meeting of "unconditional Union men."
[876] American Hist. Rev., XVIII, pp. 784-7. Bunch to Russell, Dec. 5, 1860.
[877] Southern Commissioners abroad early reported that recognition of independence and commercial treaties could not be secured unless the South would agree to "mutual right of search" treaties for the suppression of the African Slave Trade. Davis' answer was that the Confederate constitution gave him no authority to negotiate such a treaty; indeed, denied him that authority since the constitution itself prohibited the importation of negroes from Africa. For Benjamin's instructions see Bigelow, Retrospections, I, pp. 591-96.
[878] Spectator, May 4, 1861.
[879] Sept. 6, 1861. In Mass. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, Vol. XLVI, p. 95.
[880] Sept. 14, 1861.
[881] October 5, 1861.
[882] Lyons Papers. To Lyons, Oct. 26, 1861.