“There is not one English paper that I have seen which has not either suppressed or falsified the material facts of this case, because they know, that, properly understood, they would not support the hostile feeling against this country the papers depended upon keeping up. I am rejoiced to know that you feel this. “I have had a letter from England, from a high source, which speaks of your speech as very able, etc., etc., but says, “No paper has dared to publish it,” and speaks of their attacking without publishing it, thus making it apparent that it is read. “One of my letters says, ‘It is an excellent speech, but it has cost him his favor in England.’ “I write these things to you because I take pleasure in them. They are _the best omen for you_ that I have seen.” Hon. George R. Russell, an excellent citizen of Boston, travelling in Europe, wrote from Florence:-- “The _Times_ has come down on you, and has failed. It has the usual bitterness, but the power is wanting.” Hon. James E. Harvey, Minister Resident at Lisbon, wrote:-- “I have just read your speech on the Trent affair, and cannot refrain from expressing my thanks for its able and conclusive vindication of the position of our Government on that subject. If any reasoning can reconcile the American mind to the restitution of the two emissaries to British protection, your arguments and the calm and convincing presentation of facts must do it. What you have said of Hautefeuille might be justly applied to this statesmanlike production, which, in comprehension and in logical connection, is a state paper.” Hon. Bradford R. Wood, Minister Resident at Copenhagen, wrote:-- “I thank you for your speech on Maritime Rights, just received, and which I have carefully read. All my assertions that the Trent affair would not lead to war were received here with incredulity, by the Government, by my colleagues, by all parties. It was a bitter disappointment to some of the English here, and I doubt not in England, that this matter has been settled without war. The London _Times_, while criticizing your speech and denying its conclusions, writhes under it, and its arguments are a severer rebuke to England than any philippics or denunciations could be.” William S. Thayer, Consul-General at Alexandria, wrote from his post:-- “I lent Mr. Buckle[121] the _Intelligencer_ with your speech on the Trent affair, some points of which received his emphatic indorsement.” Hon. John Bigelow, Consul at Paris, and afterwards Minister there, wrote from Paris:--