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PAl'EHs OF :\lr1um:Au Buo::HPARTE LAMAH
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JS59 Aug. 30, ,r. B. LAMAR, WASHl'N"GTO'N", [D. C.] TO [:\I. JEHEZ, MANAGUA, NICAR.\.GlT.\]" 0 Washington August 30th 1859. My dear General I duly received vour welcome letter 07 directed to me at Punta An•11as; ami' your still iuore agreeable letter"" of July 27th an- nouncing the 111loption of the proposed amendment to the Lamar-Zele- don has ju,-.t come to hand through Mr :\folino. I rejoice excee1lingly that your patrio 1 ic efforts for the establishment of .peace, confidence am! friendship hrbn•rn our Countries have been crowned with suc- cess. Tlwy Pntile [sic) you to the thanks and gratrtude of e\'ery good and ho1w,-:t )wart; and ea11110t fail to rrdouml to your immortal honor. I reg-anl you in this affair as a benefactor of your country; and I sin- C'errly hope that thr good rc,-:u)ts which shall flow from the treaty whil'h you hare been so instrumental in re11dering acceptable to both nation:- may fully l'ontirm your tittle to that di;:tindion. It is a mat- ter of sPrious regret to me that, the Transit que;:tion in spite of all your rndrarnrs to harn the route opened, should still remain envolved in 1liflkultirs and perplexities. I hope no sl!rious e\'ils may grow out of the cmbrollio. My own opinion is the sooner that question is dcfi- nitiwly adjusted, the bettrr for XiC'aragua. The opening of that route will be the brg-i1min:.r of her pros,perity. It will bring our respective people into sot'ial and commercial intercourse; and when they begin to undcr:-tand each other a little better, I am confident that the most friemlly and harmonious relations will exist between them. - Fili- hu:-trring will be at an end. Trade will take the place of war. Order llllln~try and en'erprise will acquire a new impulse; and under the bl'Hll).r L lw11ig11] barn1er of peace and good-gonnt - all parties will mareh togdhcr in a general progress. That all this may be speedily realized is the silllwe di>sire of my heart. They were the great objects for whieh I toiled whilst in your country; aml I still look forward with great confidrnce to their final consumation through the labors of yourself and your patriotic co-ajutors' in the good work. You haYe won for younwlf golden opinions in this country. You have many true and dernted friends who sincerely desire your individual welfare as well as that of your Hrpublic, and among the number I beg you will con- sidrr him as one, has now the honor of subscribing himself your Obt. Ser\'t. - P S/ I shall leave for Texas in a few days; and that you may know my ad<lrcsH, l send you inclosed one of my cards. I shall be pleased to hear from you often, - indeed by every steamer - as I shall not cease to take a lively i11terest in the affairs of your country. Probably I may visit it again some day with my family when there shall be suit- able faci Ii ties for getting there.
'"A. Df. •'This letter is no longer with the Lamar Papers. usxo. 2781.
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