“I have read to-day with infinite satisfaction your speech
of the 9th on the Trent affair, and you must allow me to
tell you how much I admire it. Crammed with unimpeachable
authorities, the argument terse, vigorous, and eloquent,
this speech sheds a flood of _American_ light upon the
subject, which has been wanting to all other essays upon it
which have come under my notice.”