"My lord," she said, "you must know that I will agree to no paper that means war with the United States." So this didn't go, but another in its stead, pretty stiff, naturally, yet still possible for us to swallow.

Some didn't want to swallow even this; but Lincoln, humorous and wise, said, "Gentlemen, one war at a time;" and so we made due restitution, and Messrs.

Mason and Slidell went their way to France and England, free to bring about action against us there if they could manage it.

Captain Wilkes must have been a good fellow.

His picture suggests this.