Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton, April 8, 1863

Mr. Seward to Mr.
Dayton

Sir: Your despatch of March 20, No. 288, has
been received. The account it gives of the disposition and policy of the
French government in regard to Poland accords with the expectations on
the subject which have prevailed here in view of the parliamentary
expositions and diplomatic notes which have reached the United
States.

If advices which have outstripped your despatch are to be credited, the
revolution has come to an end even sooner than was anticipated in Paris,
and the gallant nation whose wrongs, whose misfortunes, and whose valor
have so deeply excited universal sympathy in Europe, is again left to
the magnanimity of the Czar There are many traits in his character which
persuade us to hope that he will concede to the Poles rights and
privileges which they have been unable to recover by force.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,