Show jjTRENP AFFAIlt incidents Connected the One With of thC Lntc nlonwniitllRKS Three Decades rq S Coxs Is the foreign affairs committee SeCsfof Representatives When house o nWtlffair occurred the writer attended affaIr the Trent a given by the secretary tended a dinner home ° This was at a time hi then happY heM Sir breaths in trepida hn l11en Britain and the powers of tion t lest Great make the Trent matter the JurOpe Jolonsummate their recognition pretest to c Jenendence Some feared of Southern Public would have to di5parted dipart that n the jealous encroach beiore give waY of those who sought to divide our ffio endeavored to imperial o < 3 they countryas On the right of Mr Seward was lexica EnglIsh heartiness incar i burly seated sated in Mr Anthony Trollope the Itet His presence was almost a sur novelist if not a satire on the occasion as it prise i At the other end of the table conclllded f J Crittenden He was then John gt 1 ° nf foreign affairs in the House JlaJlII aUtbr t o his right as he was The1 br 5yjflath to him than others nearer the by committed The dinner pro on vreeL e One incident led to another Sevard with a brusqueness en tlMr until 1 1 X > nse upon his part but sur Ir JTlln tirely t i 11 to w drew the attention of all by jriiflg 1 iflg < tr > ntJ1Illln there I is only one man in this country to yhom I allowed unre < ricted communication with Jefferson Ilr since the war I never asked him hat he h wrote to Mr Davis I trusted l honor and loyalty He is here I drink the health of Mr Crittenden Mr CrittendP l throwing back his i shoulders as was his custom when said I pleased or excited Mr Secretary I never told you what I wrote to Jeff Davis I will tell you now sir I have two sons in the war one Is a Union and the other a Confederate Confeder-ate general They are both of course I dear to my heart I wrote Mr Davis For Gods sake sir since you have the t gallantry of one of my boys on your side dont send him to or against old Kentucky Ken-tucky This little byplay sent out a gleam of pleasure that sparkled around the board It was intended by Mr Seward to placate Mr Crittenden for what was to follow and it did Then Mr Seward with his exquisite diplomatic savoirfaire said tanking around the board hilI think I must now trust my guests as I trusted Mr Crittenden I will divulge di-vulge to you a secret Today the order was issued to release Mason and Slidell A t dead pause ensued All awaited there the-re = ponse of the venerable and patriotic chairman of foreign affairs He was known not to be partial to England He was not entirely cordial with the Confederate Confed-erate embassadors With a puzzled look of anger and chagrin the great Kentuckian I Ken-tuckian hesitated for a moment He seemed held back by the hand courtesy He then brought down his dainty glass of sherry with a sudden crash upon the table The little fragments flew about his glate The golden contents bejeweled the writers investments Then pausing another moment half ironically and half I jocosely he exclaimed irA good riddance sir You sent them I away none too soon sir They were doing do-ing much mischief here and regardless of the occasion a little murky cloud of Ifmity dimmed atmosphere about to table Never since the days of wide Toby was emphasis more excusable ex-cusable |