Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams
Sir: Your dispatch of the 8th of April, No. 1569, has been received. Your observations concerning the political crisis of England are exceedingly interesting. It is very much to be regretted that her Majesty’s ministers are unprepared to meet the naturalization question directly, and settle it in the practical way which I have proposed. Time is not likely to induce more liberal feelings in the United States than those which now prevail in this government. On the other hand, it would seem as if the political dispute concerning the Irish church, which is manifestly rising in Great Britain, could hardly be carried further without increasing the difficulty of satisfactorily adjusting the international question to which I have referred. I am quite convinced that all our international questions may be arranged speedily and satisfactorily, if the naturalization controversy can be adjusted.
You may use this dispatch in any manner which may seem expedient.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.