The Czar's Sympathy With Union (1861)

Source: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Honolulu: October 31, 1861

Alexander of Russia's letter to the President of the United States has been the subject of intense excitement among the diplomats. Both the matter and the manner of the letter, and the extraordinary precaution taken by the Emperor to have proclaimed to the American people his sympathy with the Union, and his desires for the permanence and prosperity of Republican institutions, cause what the diplomatists pronounce a "profound sensation." 

Of course, its effect upon the other Governments of Europe is the first question asked. Is os the conceded opinion that it must cause England to think before she attempts a recognition of the rebels, even though she go without cotton for the next five years, and that she will soon conclude it to be in her interest to unite with the Governments of the Continent in such a demonstration as will leave the rebels no room to hope for European sympathy or assistance.