37/48 Seward's folly in May of 1861, from every angle but a short-lived "brain-storm," served America well in the first years of her great crisis. 80.] [Footnote 198: Barnes, _Life of Thurlow Weed_, II, p.378.Seward to Weed, December 27, 1861.] [Footnote 199: _Ibid._, p.355. Weed's letter was on the _Trent_ affair, but he went out of his way to depict Seward as attempting a bit of humour with Newcastle.] [Footnote 200: Schleiden, a native of Schleswig, was educated at the University of Berlin, and entered the Danish customs service. In the German revolution of 1848 he was a delegate from Schleswig-Holstein to the Frankfort Parliament. After the failure of that revolution he withdrew to Bremen and in 1853 was sent by that Republic to the United States as Minister. |