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.