Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir

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[582] we rely primarily upon the Proclamation, without which they could not haze been built, so that the Proclamation becomes the first link in our case.

But I write on—too much, and now stop. I hope you enjoy London. Society there is the best in the world.

If I can serve you in any way, command me, and let me know from time to time how the drama appears. Be frank always where it is possible with Englishmen, and let them know our case, so that when it is presented again, they will not treat an honest, well-meant effort with indignity. Ever sincerely yours,

Charles Sumner.

I hope Mr. Moran is well. I know not what I have written; but I commit it to your discretion.

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No. Twelve.

Viscount Halifax to General Badeau.

This letter was written while I was at the Executive Mansion, after my return from England in 1869. Of course I understood that it was intended for the President, and showed it to Grant and the Secretary of State; and Lord Halifax told me afterward that this was what he had expected. The English view of the points at issue was hardly ever better stated, and the paper came with more force because its writer had been in the Government which had arrested the Rams; while its significance now is increased by the fact that he was also Lord Privy Seal in that which negotiated the Treaty of Washington. He died in 1886, full of years and honors.

The article referred to was written by me and published both in England and America. In England, it was signed; but Lord Halifax had evidently not seen the foreign publication.

Hickleton, April 22, 1870.

dear General Badeau,—When I wrote to thank you for sending me a number of Harper's Magazine, I had not read the article in it on ‘Our Relations with England.’ I do not know whether I am warranted in guessing who the author of the article