This is a day of
National Thanksgiving. Heard a vigorous sermon from Mr. Lewis. Should not
subscribe to all his doctrines, but his sermon increased my estimate of him.
Seward called at my
house. Wished me to examine and put an estimate on the French possessions in
the West Indies, the Spanish Main, and Gulf of St. Lawrence. He did not explain
himself further. He may think of buying France out of Mexico, but he mistakes
that government and people. Besides we do not want those possessions. If we
could have Martinique or Guadaloupe as a naval or coaling-station, we should
embrace the opportunity of getting either, but we want only one. We do not want
[indecipherable]. The islands in the [Gulf of] St. Lawrence we want, and so do
the French, as fishing-stations.
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