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not fail to comprehend the delicate position in which Nicaragua and all the other countries of Central America find themselves. If they seek their safety in the identity of principles with those of the United States, they bring upon themselves the antipathies of the other world: If they appeal to the European governments, they excite the hatred of the great Republic to which Your Excellency belongs; and if they aspire to an agreement with both, those powers are at once put into conflict with one another and these States are left without the pro- tection of anyone. Fortunately, the day is not far distant when we can understand each other better, since the ratification of the Treaty in question opens the way to an amicable termination to all that has passed. In the document to which I refer, and which the Herald copies, I notice that the place in which it was made (the City of Rivas) has been confused with the name of Don Patricio Rivas, perhaps in the belief that he, as provisional ex-President, had concurred in it. This mistake could give birth to dangerous caviling of the . legal adminis- tration of the Republic with which the provisional Administration has no connection, except in the act approved by the Constituent Assembly. · I hope that Your Excellency will be satisfied with this explanation given you, although I, give it as a private citizen. · Your friend and servant G. JUAREZ. [Rubricl
No. 2651. GREGORIO JUAREZ TO LAMAR
[Translation from the Spanish]
Leon, July 26, 1858.
General MJRABEAU B. LAMAR, Resident Minister of the United States m Nicaragua. DEAR Srn:
Since this morning when I saw in the New York Herald that your Excellency addresses me in your very courteous note of this same date, I have written the letter which I have the honor to enclose in this for your Excellency. The cause of its delay has been due to the fact that the copyist made errors in two copies, one of which is the enclosed, and, although it bears corrections, [I am sending it] because I do not want to delay longer. Your Excellency, I believe, will be convinced that Messrs. Mora and Martinez have not thought of offending your good name, but only of protecting the rights of their respective Republics, without harbor- ing any kind of personal prejudice toward you or your compatriots. The conduct of your Excellency with respect to the Cass-Yrisarri treaty has been as pleasing as could be expected in your Excellency's judgment. The character of our discussions was that of frankness and good faith, according as it appears from the memorial which I made to the government and which, signed by your Excellency, I laid before the Constituent Assembly; and in none of the conversations which we had has your Excellency ever made any threat or given any reason to believe that this country might again be invaded by filibusters in case the Cass- Yrisarri treaty should fail to be ratified, but on the contrary, your Excellency has always given the strongest assurances that Mr. Buch- anan would not permit the filibusters to return here, whether the treaty
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