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'l'EXAS STATE LIBRARY No. 2632. LAl\fAR TO SEBASTAIN MARENCO
LTranslation from the Spanish l Copy }\'[y FRIEKD.
::\1.~nagua :i\iay 30 1858.
Because you will leave very early tomorrow and I may not see you, permit me to tell you that I shall remain in Managua until you return here ;_and then I shall be much pleased to accompany you to Leon; and from there to Granada. ·when I go to Costa Rica, I want your son to be my companion. I am your most attentive Servant Seiior D. Sebastian l\iarenco Note. J\Iarenco lives in Granada _jIIRABRAU B. LAMAR [Endorsed: J Copy of a Spanish note to 11fr J\Iarenco of Granada 30 May 1858 . No. 2635. LA:i\IAR TO GREGORIO JUAREZ [Translation from the Spanish J [Managua, Nicaragna, June 23, 18587 . Col. Bermudez has loaned me the first number of your newspaper "El N acional"; and it pleases me Yery much to know that, resigning your office as Minister of Foreign affairs, you have not forgotten your country, and that you have only exchanged the manner of serving it, €xchanging the work of the Cabinet for the more laborious and not less responsible work of the press.- Believe me, my esteemed friend, that I desire that you succeed in your new enterprise, and attain the reward which is always due, but is not always paid to the incorruptible patriot. I have had some experience in editing a paper and I can sympathize with you in the troubles and vexations to which all who mix in political affairs are destined.- The best counsel that I can give you is to use the strongest arguments and the blandest words; which was my device when I played the role of editor. l\Ioderation in all things is a virtue; but it is more necessary in public discussions than in others; because, without it all that is written cannot fail to produce more harm than good, inflaming the passions without convincing the understanding. I remember, my friend, our past official relations with much satis- faction, because oE the cordial spirit and the confidence with which they were conducted, on your part, as well as mine. Nor will it be easy for me to forget the agreeable hours passed in pleasant and social intercourse with your amiable family. Please say to your wife that I can scarcely pardon her- almost the only person with whom I main- tained very friendly relations- for leaving ~Ianagua so suddenly. I can only take into consideration that you are still serving your country in Leon as I am in 1\lanagua.- I hope that some favorable occasion will present itself for us again to have some of our old talks. :B,or the present, adios.- Your dear friend and Servant- 1\L B. L. [ AMAR l To Senor JUAREZ, l\i Y DEAR FRIEXD,
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