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No. 2637 .1858 June 24, [M. B. LAMAR, MANAGUA, NICARAGUA] TO [L. CASS, WASHINGTON, D. C.) 91 Extract 3rd No. 11 - June 24 - 1858. On would suppose that, that very convention (the Clay- ton Bulwer Treaty) and the discussions growing out of it, ought to satisfy all Central American States of the good intentions of our Govt. but it has not had such effect upon Nicaragua. She still regards the United States as the great arch-enemy to be dreaded, and would gladly unite with any power against our country, even though the war on our part might be the vindication of her territorial rights. No credit is conceded to our Govt. for asserting ·the rights of Nicaragua to the Mosquito Coast." - Extract No 4 - Despatch · No 11 - 24 June 1858 - "I am satisfied that Nicaragua is not in a disposition to appreciate any overtures of Friendship which the United States can offer her; and that she will not enter into any reasonable relations with our Government until she is first undeceived upon one point - and that is - the interposition of England and France in her affairs with our country. Nothing can be done with her, until she is convinced> that she has to be responsible for her acts, and to fight her own battles. This, and nothing short of this will bring her to her senses" - No 5 No 11. 24 June 1858. "On my first arrival in tl1is country there Wll.S P,very pros- pect of a speedy ratification of the Treaty; and when I expressed - after much unexpected delay - my apprehensions to Minister Juare~ that it would finally be defeated, he was quite impatient at my doubts, and spoke of its ;ratification as a well-understood and settled matter." - degraded, is the great, and probably the sole impediment to a good under- standing with her. (Nicaragua) I have done all in my power to expose the falacy of those fears, and to shew the impossibility of their being realized; but all to no purpose; for nothing that an American ;;ays upon the subject is either believed, or listened to with patience. 'rhe apprehension has engendered a deep hatred of our race - beyond the reach of reason - and which can only be removed by time and cir- cumstances."- "Copy (extracts). Extract 6. 11 - 24 June 1858. "The dread of being thus denationalized and and [sic] her people
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