45/54 21, 1865.] [Footnote 1277: _Ibid._, p.199.Adams to Seward, March 9, 1865.] [Footnote 1278: _Ibid._, p.197.Seward to Adams, March 8, 1865.] [Footnote 1279: March 8, 1865. (Bigelow, _Retrospections_, II, p. 361.)] [Footnote 1280: Russell Papers. 23 and March 13, 1865.] [Footnote 1281: "The speech of Mr.Bright is universally admitted to have been one of the most brilliant specimens of his peculiar style of oratory. |