could justify; that he ought to have complied with the instructions given him without publishing the correspondence; and that the Governor disapproved of the action he had taken in the matter.
Mr. Wodehouse then enquired whether it was my intention to make his action in the rendition case the subject of report to the Secretary of State; and, before even receiving a reply, he forwarded, for transmission to you, the first portion of his Memorial.
I caused Mr. Wodehouse to be informed that he should not have interrogated me on the point, and that, while I had thought one way or the other of referring the case to you, yet, with it, and had challenged the action of the Government in