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to state what reply I ma(le the )[inister on that occasion in reference to said supposed inrnsion? - And if you deem it not improper - I would be pleased for you to state also, as far as you had opportunity of knowing - what was my deportment towards that Gowrnmcnt, and the people at large; - whether it was of a threatning or co11eiliatory character - I haYe the honor to be very respectfully Your friend and obt Servt. Mirabeau B. Lamar. Mr Auguste t'Kint de Roodenbeck Plenipotentiary and Consul General of Belgium in Central America. - No. 2677 1858 Sept. 18, AUG[USTE] T' KINT DE HOODEKBECK, PF~- TARENAS, [COSTA RICA?] TO MIRABEAU B[UONA- PARTE] LAMAR, [SAN JOSE, COSTA RW.\J Regret at his failure to see Lamar before leaving San Jose; hope for Lamar's success in reaching an understanding with the President of Costa Rica; Lamar's attitude; expressions of personal frit>mlship. A. L. S. 2 p. No. 2678 1858 Sept. 24, :M. B. L.UIAR, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA TO P. ZELEDON, [MANAGUA? NICARAGUA] 1 " unofficial. Private.
San Jose, Costa-Rica 24th September 1858.
Hon. Pedro Zeledon. My dear Sir,
I rejoice exceedingly that you have gone into the Min- istry. It argurs a better state of things. Your patriotism, extensive knowledge and long experience, will enable you to do much good for your country; while your natural moderation, ·as well as your well- known exemption from personalities and national antipathies, is a sure guarantee that our official relations - like our social - will be con- ducted in a spirit of cordiality, confidence and conciliation. I have long wanted some one in the Government of Nicaragua, with whom I could communicate in freedom and frankness- who would listen with- out distrust, and respond without concealment. Such a course is in- . dispensible to the preservation of a good understanding between na- tions. The only solid and reliable foundation of peace and friend- ship, is confidence and candor - fearless thought and open speech. Could I have obtained the ear of Nicaragua - had the Government exposed its desires and policy with frankness, and had heard me in return with patience and without passion and prejudice, I am con- fident that existing difficulties between our countries would never have
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