Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress

Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton.

No. 72.]

Department of State,
Washington, October 21, 1861.

Sir: Your despatch of September 30 (No. 55) has been received. I thank you for your diligence in transmitting the papers concerning our blockade, which it contains. The blockade is already very effective, quite as much so as any nation ever established. Proceedings are now on foot which will remove the premature objections of the French consul to which you allude.

I am your obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Wm. L. Dayton, Esq., &c., &c.