69/88 Lyons to Bunch, December 12, 1860.] [Footnote 69: _Ibid._, The same day official instructions were sent permitting Bunch to remain at Charleston, but directing him, if asked to recognize South Carolina, to refer the matter to England. 754, No.6.Russell to Lyons, January 10, 1861.] [Footnote 70: Lyons Papers. Russell to Lyons, January 22, 1861.] [Footnote 71: This view was not shared by Lyons' colleagues at Washington. The Russian Minister, Stoeckl, early declared the Union permanently destroyed, and regretting the fact, yet hoped the North would soon accept the inevitable and seek close co-operation with the South in commerce and in foreign relations. |