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15, 1863, he wrote to the Hon. S. R. Mallory, “My impression is that this Government is as friendly to us as the Government of Great Britain is hostile—They will see nothing that they are not positively made to look at.” He always trusted the Emperor Louis Napoleon. An entry in his diary shows that he had reason to. “Last evening received a note from Mr. S. (Slidell) telling me that he had news about the Rappahannock and asking me to come up.
On seeing him, learned that the Emperor had ordered the Rappahannock to be permitted to leave French waters. I saw the autographed letter of His Majesty to Persigny in which he states he has given the order. Dispatched Whittle to inform Fauntleroy and tell him to be ready and not to return into a French port if it be possible to avoid doing so. 1 telegraphed to Bulloch and also wrote him.
His Majesty’s note said the American Minister must not know it.”
Since the American Revolution when Lafayette was entertained in a number of Virginia homes, most cordial relations had existed between a number of Virginia families and die French. It was most gratifying to the Flag Officer to believe in their friendship.
Source of information: Offficial Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Published under the di- „ rection of the Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy.
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