Capitolo 63
America, the matter of a block was occupying the attention of English
men of state. The one difficulty to the duration was that there was anybody in
England qualified to speak for the new administration to Washington.
Dallas, the American Minister named under the Buchanan
administration, while, otherwise from other diplomatic representatives
to the foreign countries, faithful to the cause of the United States, it was not nevertheless
had trust completely from Lincoln or from Seward, and it was handicapped so in
representing to Russell American the conditions or intentions. Indeed he had
very small communication with Russell. The nomination of Adams to England was
known to Lyons March 20, for in that day that he has telegraphed to Russell,
"The Mr. Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts is named Minister in
London. I think of him/it a very good appointment[93]." These news was receipts
to London April 2, but more than six weeks they had to still pass first Adams
reaches his/her place. However, the appointment of Adams seemed to Lyons a
the matter of congratulation in his hopes that any anti-British and vicious policy
you/he/she would have satisfied in from Seward. Ten days after his/her telegram, he wrote to
length to Russell, doing an excellent affirmation and the analysis in respect
to the character of Adams.
"The Mr. Adams is child of John Quincy Adams the fifth P., of the
The United States and nephew of John Adams, the according to P. The
grandfather was the first È. you administer in England. His/her father
it was one of the Plenipotentiaries that signed to the entrance London the
Convention of July 3, 1815. The Mr. Adams as a member of
the H. of R. for one of the districts of Mass., it acted with
the least violent section than the 'the Republican' the Party. During
the last session of Congress he did a very extraordinary
talked on the state of the union denying the reasonableness,
of the Southern complaints of States, but affirming his
desire that every non incoherent concession with honour and