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Doc. No. 75. 



On the 1st of August, 1849, believing that the proper occasion had ar- 

 rived, I addressed a letter to the ministry under your charge, conveying 

 the views of my government. But I hardly flattered myself that I should 

 so soon have the satisfaction of announcing to that government, not only 

 that the initiatives to a federal union had been taken, but that a definite 

 plan of Union had received the constitutional sanction of one sovereign 

 State. The example of San Salvador, there is every reason to believe, 

 will be speedily followed by Honduras and Nicaragua; and I am con- 

 vinced that the remaining States of the old federation will not fail soon to 

 discover that their true interests will be promoted by an adhesion to the 

 new republic. 



This event, in conjunction with the new commercial era ©f the estab- 

 lishment of regular steam-communication on the Pacific coast with Pan- 

 ama and California, and the immediate opening of a route of transit across 

 this isthmus, and with it increased facilities of communication and trade 

 with the United States and Europe — not to adveit to the prospective great 

 inter-oceanic canal — will not fail to give new importance to this country, 

 infuse new energy into her people, and make her great and prosperous. 

 By a happy combination of circumstances, it also seems probable that the 

 foreign relations of this country, so long a source of disquiet, alarm, and 

 danger, will be speedily adjusted in an honorable and satisfactory manner. 

 The period is then most fortunate for the proposed union; and a union 

 etfected under such auspices, in a spirit of concession, of forgetfulness of 

 past errors, and patriotic devotion to the true interests of the new republic, 

 cannot fail to be enduring and successful in all the great objects of gov- 

 ernment. 



Improving this opportunity to renew the assurances of my high per- 

 sonal regard and consideration, I am, sir, your obedient servant, 



E. GEO. SGIUIER. 



To the Secretary for Foreign Affairs 



of San Salvador. 



B— 2. 



[Translation.] 



House of the Government, 



Managua, May 11, 1850. 



Sir: The Supreme Director of iNicaragua has received, with the live- 

 liest emotions of pleasure, a copy of your communication, addressed to 

 the governor of San Salvador, of the date of the 18th of April, ultimo, 

 stamped as it is with the pure sentiments of a great soul and an American 

 heart; and he recognises the penetration with which you indicate the ne- 

 cessity of the adoption of the pact of the 8th of November — which, I am 

 happy to add, was unanimously ratified by the Assembly of Nicaragua, in 

 a pubhc decree, a copy of which I have the honor herewith to submit. 



The Supreme Director sincerely hopes that you will continue your 

 friendly offices, to the end that the national convention of Central America 

 shall obtain the adhesion of the several States, in conformity with the 

 philanthropic desires of the President of the United States. 



Desiring your excellency to accept, &c. 



S. SALINAS. 



His Excellency E. G. SquieR; (J'c., 6rc., 



