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ernment is now not only disposed to continue and conclude the nego- 

 tiation in Caraccas, thus concurring with the view taken on that point 

 by the department in your No. 58 of 15th Decemher, but that having 

 ascertained that there are sufficient powers in this legation to settle 

 the business, it expresses the anticipation that the republic, having 

 now entered upon an era of reformation in its public policy, may with 

 greater facility accomplish results favorable to the friendly relations of 

 the two countries. I perform no more than my duty in stating to the 

 department that my intercourse with 'this government up to the present 

 time induces me to concur distinctly in that opinion. 



Your No. 59, of 22d December last, is the latest dispatch received 

 from the department, the series to that number being complete. 



With the highest respect and consideration, I have the honor to be 

 your obedient servant, 



CHAKLBS EAMES. 



Hon. Lewis Cass, 



Secretary of State 



P. S. I inclose also copy of the inclosure in Mr. Urrutia's' note of 

 24th instant, giving an account of the progress and policy of the rev- 

 olution. I regret that the great haste in which I am obliged to pre- 

 pare and transmit this dispatch leaves me no time to send also a trans- 

 lation of it. 



C. E. 



[Translation.] 



ic of Venezuela. 



Department of Foreign Kelations, 



Caraccas, llarch 24, 1858. 



Sir: The minister of foreign relations of Venezuela has the honor 

 to communicate to the honorable minister resident of the United States 

 that his excellency the general-in-chief of the liberating army, charged 

 with the provisional organization of the republic, has been pleased to 

 withdraw the legations which the republic had in Washington, because 

 the urgent economy demanded by the present regenerative condition 

 of the country required that course, and because he believes that, as 

 the honorable minister of the United States is sufficiently authorized, 

 there will be no difficulty in continuing in this city the discussion of 

 the same business which is now being considered by the Cabinet at 

 Washington in relation to Venezuela. 



These have been the only motives of the determination referred to, 

 which has been in no way the result of a desire to impair the relations 

 of both countries, which, on the contrary, Venezuela wishes always to 

 unite more fully, flatteringi herself that she may now be able to secure 

 that result with greater facility, inasmuch as she has entered upon an 

 era of order and morality, in virtue of the glorious transformation 



