To James Mandeville Carlisle1Jump to section
I wish much to have your opinion, confidentially, on the effect of these measures, if they be passed. Will the Resolution remove the difficulties which you suggested, as preventing the condemnation of vessels captured for B[r]each of the Blockade? Will it have the effect in cases of vessels already captured hereafter? Taking the Resolution and the Bill together---do they leave the President the option of continuing a Blockade under the laws of Nations? . . . A.L.
Annotation
[1] Hertz, II, 840. James M. Carlisle, a Washington attorney, was retained by various Central and South American governments and the British legation as legal adviser. The specific resolution and bill about which Lincoln asked an opinion have not been determined.