iant specimens of his peculiar style of
oratory. In its reminiscences, equally unwelcome to both sides of the
House, it was yet received after the fashion of an unpleasant medicine,
which has the aid of a strong and savoury medium to overwhelm the
nauseous taste." (_U.S. Messages and Documents_, 1865-66, Pt. I, p. 246.
Adams to Seward, March 16, 1865.)]

[Footnote 1282: _Ibid._]

[Footnote 1283: _Ibid._, p. 262. Adams to Seward, March 24, 1865. Adams
wrote of his own situation that it "seems at last to be getting easy and
comfortable, so far as freedom from anxiety is concerned." (_A Cycle of
Adams' Letters_, II, p. 258. To his son, March 24, 1865.)]

[Footnote 1284: Bruce, who succeeded Lyons at Washington, reached New
York on April 7. His first letter to Russell from Washington, dated
April 14, stated that America was certainly preparing to oust Maximilian
in Mexico, and that even the Southern prisoners were eager to join the
United States troops in an expedition for this purpose.
(Russell Papers.)]

[Footnote 1285: _U.S. Messages and Documents_, 1865-66, Part II, p. 323.
Adams to Seward, April 20, 1865.]

[Footnote 1286: April 24, 1865.]

[Footnote 1287: _Ibid._]

[Footnote 1288: Mason Papers. Mason to Slidell, April 23, 1865.]

[Footnote 1289: _Ibid._, Slidell to Mason, April 26, 1865.]

[Footnote 1290: April 24, 1865.]

[Footnote 1291: _U.S. Messages and Documents_, 1865-66, Pt. I, p. 331.
Adams to Seward, April 28, 1865.]

[Footnote 1292: Bancroft, _Seward_, II, p. 417.]

[Footnote 1293: Russell Papers. Lyons to Russell, April 9, 1861.]

[Footnote 1294: May 6, 1865.]

[Footnote 1295: April 27, 1865.]

[Footnote 1296: April 29, 1865.]

[Footnote 1297: Hansard, 3d. Ser., CLXXVIII, pp. 1073 and 1081.]

[Footnote 1298: _Parliamentary Papers, 1865, Commons_, Vol. LVII.
"Correspondence respecting the Assassination of the late President of
the United States."]

[Footnote 1299: Russell Papers. Bruce to Russell, April 18, 1865.]

[Footnote 1300: _Ibid._, April 24, 1865.]

[Footnote 1301: _A Cycle of Adams' Letters_, II, 267. Charles Francis
Adams to his son, April 28, 1865.]

[Footnote 1302: _U.S. Messages and Documents, 1865-66_, Pt. I, pp. 344,
361. Adams to Hunter, May 4 and May 11, 1865.]

[Footnote 1303: Hansard, 3rd. Ser., CLXXVIII, p. 1219.]

[Footnote 1304: _Ibid._, pp. 1242-46.]

[Footnote 1305: Russell Papers. Burnley to Russell, Jan. 16, 1865.]

[Footnote 1306: Russian Archives. S