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William H. Seward (search for this): article 1
The Secretary of State therefore directs that a duly verified copy of the paper be now delivered. A true copy of the original, delivered to me by Mr. F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, on April 8, 1861, at 2.15 P. M., in blank envelope. Altest, J. T. Pickett, Secretary to the Commissioners. The Commissioners in reply to Mr Seward, Accusing the Government of deception, and Accepting a solution by the Sword. Washington April 9, 1861. Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State of the United States, Washington: The "memorandum" dated Department of State, Washington, March 15, 1861, with postscript under date of 8th inst., has been received through the hands of Mr. J. T. Pickett, Secretary to this commission, who, by the instructions of the undersigned, called for it on yesterday at the department. In that memorandum you correctly state the purport of the official note addressed to you by the undersigned on the 12th ultimo.--Withou
Abraham Lincoln (search for this): article 1
nt with a just exposition of the facts of the case. The intervening twenty-three days were employed in active unofficial efforts, the object of which was to smooth the path to a pacific solution, the distinguished personage alluded to co- operating with the undersigned, and every step of that effort is recorded in writing, and now in possession of the undersigned and of their Government. It was only when all these anxious efforts for peace had been exhausted, and it became clear that Mr. Lincoln had determined to appeal to the sword to reduce the people of the Confederate States to the will of the section or party whose President he is, that the undersigned resumed the official negotiation temporarily suspended, and sent their Secretary for a reply to their official note of March 12. It is proper to add that, during these twenty-three days, two gentlemen of official distinction as high as that of the personage hitherto alluded to, aided the undersigned as intermediaries in t
April, 1861 AD (search for this): article 1
A true copy of the original by one-delivered to Mr. F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, at 8 o'clock in the evening of April 9, 1861. Attest, J. T. Pickett, J. T. Pickett, Secretary, &c., &c. Mr. Seward, in reply to the Commissioners, Acknowledges the receipt of the letter, but Declines to answer it. Department of State,Washington, April 10th, 1861. Messrs. Forsyth, Crawford and Roman, having been apprised by a memorandum which has been delivered to them that the Secretary of State is not at liberty to hold official intercourse with them, will, it is presumed, expect no notice from him of the new communication which they have addressed to him under date of the 9th inst., beyond the simple acknowledgment of the receipt thereof, which he hereby very cheerfully gives. A true copy of the original received by the Commissioners of the Confederate States this 10th day of April, 1861. Attest, J. T. Pickett, Secretary, &c., &c.
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A true copy of the original by one-delivered to Mr. F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, at 8 o'clock in the evening of April 9, 1861. Attest, J. T. Pickett, J. T. Pickett, Secretary, &c., &c. Mr. Seward, in reply to the Commissioners, Acknowledges the receipt of the letter, but Declines to answer it. Department of State,Washington, April 10th, 1861. Messrs. Forsyth, Crawford and Roman, having been apprised by a memorandum which has been delivered to them that the Secretary of State is not at liberty to hold official intercourse with them, will, it is presumed, expect no notice from him of the new communication which they have addressed to him under date of the 9th inst., beyond the simple acknowledgment of the receipt thereof, which he hereby very cheerfully gives. A true copy of the original received by the Commissioners of the Confederate States this 10th day of April, 1861. Attest, J. T. Pickett, Secretary, &c., &c.
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stant Secretary of State of the United States, on April 8, 1861, at 2.15 P. M., in blank envelope. Altest, J. T. Pickett, Secretary to the Commissioners. The Commissioners in reply to Mr Seward, Accusing the Government of deception, and Accepting a solution by the Sword. Washington April 9, 1861. Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State of the United States, Washington: The "memorandum" dated Department of State, Washington, March 15, 1861, with postscript under date of 8th inst., has been received through the hands of Mr. J. T. Pickett, Secretary to this commission, who, by the instructions of the undersigned, called for it on yesterday at the department. In that memorandum you correctly state the purport of the official note addressed to you by the undersigned on the 12th ultimo.--Without repeating the contents of that note in full, it is enough to say here that its object was to invite the Government of the United States to a friendly consideration of the r
12th (search for this): article 1
ate of Alabama, and Mr. Martin J. Crawford, of the State of Georgia, on the 11th inst., through the kind offices of a distinguished Senator, submitted to the Secretary of State their desire for an unofficial interview. This request was, on the 12th inst., upon exclusively public considerations, respectfully declined. On the 13th inst., while the Secretary was preoccupied, Mr. A. P. Banks, of Virginia, called at this department, and was received by the Assistant Secretary, to whom he delivet, Secretary to this commission, who, by the instructions of the undersigned, called for it on yesterday at the department. In that memorandum you correctly state the purport of the official note addressed to you by the undersigned on the 12th ultimo.--Without repeating the contents of that note in full, it is enough to say here that its object was to invite the Government of the United States to a friendly consideration of the relations between the United States and the seven States latel
11th (search for this): article 1
wn down and accepted, &c., &c. The following is the correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Commissioners from the Confederate States. The letter addressed by the Commissioners to Mr. Seward is recapitulated in the reply of Mr. Seward entire, and we therefore omit it: The reply of Mr. Seward.memorandum. Department of State, Washington March 15, 1861. Mr. John Forsyth, of the State of Alabama, and Mr. Martin J. Crawford, of the State of Georgia, on the 11th inst., through the kind offices of a distinguished Senator, submitted to the Secretary of State their desire for an unofficial interview. This request was, on the 12th inst., upon exclusively public considerations, respectfully declined. On the 13th inst., while the Secretary was preoccupied, Mr. A. P. Banks, of Virginia, called at this department, and was received by the Assistant Secretary, to whom he delivered a sealed communication, which he had been charged by Messrs. Forsyth and Craw
13th (search for this): article 1
through the kind offices of a distinguished Senator, submitted to the Secretary of State their desire for an unofficial interview. This request was, on the 12th inst., upon exclusively public considerations, respectfully declined. On the 13th inst., while the Secretary was preoccupied, Mr. A. P. Banks, of Virginia, called at this department, and was received by the Assistant Secretary, to whom he delivered a sealed communication, which he had been charged by Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford t subjugation to sectional power. This communication cannot be properly closed without adverting to the date of your memorandum. The official note of the undersigned, of the 12th March, was delivered to the Assistant Secretary of State on the 13th of that month, the gentleman who delivered it informing him that the Secretary of this commission would call at twelve o'clock, noon, on the next day, for an answer. At the appointed hour. Mr. Pickett did call, and was informed by the Assistant
March 15th (search for this): article 1
ssrs. Forsyth and Crawford. April 8, 1861. The foregoing memorandum was filed in this department on the 15th of March last. A delivery of the same, however, to Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford was delayed, as was understood, with their comight be made to their lodgings. Why this was not done it is proper should be here explained. The memorandum is dated March 15, and was not delivered until April 8. Why was it withheld during the intervening twenty- three days? In the postscript t understood, with their (Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford's) consent." This is true; but it is also true that on the 15th of March Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford were assured by a person occupying a high official position in the Government, and who, States of America, having thus made answer to all they deem material in the memorandum filed in the department on the 15th of March last, have the honor to be, John Forstte, Martin J. Crawford, A. B. Roman. A true copy of the origin
April 9th, 1861 AD (search for this): article 1
ril 8, 1861, at 2.15 P. M., in blank envelope. Altest, J. T. Pickett, Secretary to the Commissioners. The Commissioners in reply to Mr Seward, Accusing the Government of deception, and Accepting a solution by the Sword. Washington April 9, 1861. Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State of the United States, Washington: The "memorandum" dated Department of State, Washington, March 15, 1861, with postscript under date of 8th inst., has been received through the hands of Mr. J. ch last, have the honor to be, John Forstte, Martin J. Crawford, A. B. Roman. A true copy of the original by one-delivered to Mr. F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, at 8 o'clock in the evening of April 9, 1861. Attest, J. T. Pickett, J. T. Pickett, Secretary, &c., &c. Mr. Seward, in reply to the Commissioners, Acknowledges the receipt of the letter, but Declines to answer it. Department of State,Washington, April 10th, 1861. M
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