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both governments. Let me again coiijure your excellency's government to 

 send me a commissioner with full powers without a moment's delay, and 

 I hope everything which your government may desire in the premises may 

 be fully realized. With a passport, a commissioner may, without doubt, 

 safely travel to this city, as travellers are arriving and departing constantly 

 without molestation. Be pleased, your excellency, to answer me without 

 delay, and let the man who bears your answer be the commissioner, with 

 the requisite powers to negotiate a treaty. 

 With the highest respect, (fcc, 



ELIJAH HISE. 



His Excellency S. Salinas, ^c, ^c, ^c. 



Office of the United States Legation, 



Guatemala^ June 20, 1849. 



Sir: I received your letter of the 25th ultimo, in which you inform me 

 of the expected arrival of Mr. Squier on a mission from the United States 

 to Nicaragua. I had already made a treaty with Nicaragua, through the 

 charge d'affaires, Sehor Buena. Selva, when your letter arrived. It is a 

 most mportant treaty, and the most advantageous treaty in its terms and 

 provisions that human irigenuity can devise for the promotion of the 

 views and interests of the United States and of the State of Nicaragua; 

 and also for the promotion of the grand design intended of opening an 

 oceanic communication, this treaty secures everything on terms the most 

 favorable. If Mr. Squier comes to Leon, inform him of this treaty; let 

 him demand its production, and let it be examined by him carefully, and 

 let him insist on its ratification, if approved; at least hear from the United 

 States on the subject. Nicaragua may suppress and hold back this treaty 

 in reserve to see if she can procure more favorable terms from Mr. Squier; 

 but this treaty will surely be ratified by Nicaragua, rather than give up 

 the protection of the United States, if it is insisted on. 



Respectfully, your servant, 



ELIJAH HISE. 



Joseph W. Livingston, 



United States Consul at Leon, 



C. 



Leon de Nicaragua, July 9, 1849. 



Sir: As the representative of her Britannic Majesty's government in 

 this State, it befalls my duty to wait upon you with the enclosed copy of 

 a letter from Mr. Hilano Gaussen, a British subject resident in Grenada, 

 with reference to a communication made public by General Munoz, com- 

 mander-in-chief of the arms of this State, alluding to British subjects as 

 the cause of the present revolution of the country. Expressions of such 

 a criminal nature from a public person representing the Nicaraguan gov- 

 ernment in those departments cannot but be injurious to British interests, 

 and conducive in placing their lives and property in most imminent 

 jeopardy at so critical a time. I consequently feel persuaded you will 



not hesitate, in reply, [to refer] to your secretary, Marriot, esq., who 



possesses the Spanish language corroborating in part or in whole (as the 



