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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Chapter II. Appeal from the Gocernment of France to the People of France. ?Remonstranco of Mr. Dayton.?Derryer'i Opinion. I Felt that I now held in my hands all the proofs that could be of any use in changing the destination of these ships, four of which at least threatened to be more formidable on the high seas than any ships in our navy, and each of which, I supposed, to be capable of entering the harbor of New York and of laying the vast wealth of our commercial metropolis under contribution with comparative impunity. I had, first, the letters of the ship-builders at Bordeaux and Nantes, acknowledging that they were building together four vessels-of-war, of the most formidable description, for the Confederate States. Second. A copy of their application for a license to build these ships, which was based entirely on false representations. Third. An official copy of the license, which showed, beyond any reasonable doubt, that the emperor and his Minister of Marine, if no other members of his ministry, were presumptively accomplices in the fraud. Fourth. I had a letter from the agent of theConfederates, stating that these ships were building for them under his directions; and, Finally, I had the official letter of the diplomatic representative of the Confederate States, approving of the contract and guaranteeing the price of them. Thus the whole ground was covered, and covered too by testimony which required no supplementation; testimony before which, at sight, the Minister of Foreign Affairs must bow or take an attitude of unequivocal hostility to the United States. The documents furnished me by Mr. X, first and last, reached to twenty-one in number, some original and some authentic copies, all of which I promptly transmitted to Mr. Dayton, then at t...
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