Rather than reacting as he had to the earlier recognition of belligerency, Seward let this matter drop.
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Adams argued that Great Britain had recognized a state of belligerency " before they [ the Confederacy ] had ever showed their capacity to maintain any kind of warfare whatever, except within one of their own harbors under every possible advantage [ & ] it considered them a maritime power before they had ever exhibited a single privateer upon the ocean . " The major United States concern at this point was that the recognition of belligerency was the first step towards diplomatic recognition.
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