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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Foreign recognition of the Confederacy — letter from Honorable James Lyons . (search)
Foreign recognition of the Confederacy — letter from Honorable James Lyons.
White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier county, West Virginia, August 21, 1875. To Colonel Allen B. Magruder, Baltimore:
Dear Colonel — I received your letter when I was too ill to reply to it, and have been since so fluctuating between convalescence an the purpose.
But, said I, Monsieur Paul, what guarantee can you give us that, if we take so important a step, the Emperor will acknowledge us?
He replied, Mr. Lyons, nobody can guarantee the Emperor, but you may be sure that the Emperor will do what I tell you he will do, which I considered as but another mode of saying that m I had put that very question to the French Consul, and his answer was, France does not know the States, but she knows the Confederate Government and President Davis.
Mr. Davis then said, Well, I must consult the Cabinet, and if they agree with you I will send for you.
And there the matter ended.
Yours truly, James Lyons
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Meeting at the White Sulphur Springs . (search)