Nothing especial at the Cabinet. The condition and position
of the armies canvassed. Chase was not present. He seldom attends of late.
Seward urges the departure of the Niagara. I have no doubt
that Sanford, our Minister at Belgium, one of Seward's pets, who is now here,
has been instrumental in urging this matter. He wants a public vessel to carry
him abroad, and has cajoled Seward . . . to effect this object. I do not like
to be bamboozled, as Colonel Benton says, by such fellows as Sanford.
There are, however, some reasons to influence action.
Seward sent to my house on Saturday evening a bundle of
dispatches from Mr. Dayton, and also from Mr. Bigelow, our consul at Paris,
relative to the conduct and feelings of the French Government. That breaking
through the blockade for tobacco looks mischievous, and one or more vessels
ought doubtless to appear in European waters.
Bigelow, in his confidential dispatch, tells Seward that it
was not judicious to have explained to the French Government in regard to the
resolution of our House of Representatives that they would maintain the Monroe
Doctrine.
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