Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton.
Sir: Your despatch of September 24, No. 350, has been received, together with the copy of a note which you addressed to Mr. Drouyn de l’Huys, on the 22d of the same month, on the subject of armaments and vessels which are being prepared in certain ports of France. That note is, in its letter and spirit, fully approved. It is hardly necessary to inform you that the President awaits with much solicitude the decision of his Imperial Majesty’s government upon the application you have made, and that he cannot but regard an adverse decision as pregnant with very serious consequences.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
William L. Dayton, Esq., &c., &c., &c.