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Doc. No. 75. 327 



Legation of the United States, 



Grenada^ June 21, 1850, 



Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have received leave of ab- 

 sence from my government, for the purpose of enabhng me to visit the 

 United States. Until my return, official communicati ms designed for 

 this legation may be intrusted to the charge of J. W. Livingston; esq.^ 

 United States consul at this point. 



I cannot permit this opportunity to pass without C9nveying to you my 

 warm acknowledgments for the distinguished courtesy and consideration 

 with which I have beeu received and treated by your government, and 

 the authorities and people of Nicaragua, in all my intercourse with them^ 

 public and private. And I shall not fail to represent to my government 

 the fraternal feeling and sympathy which exist towards it among all classes 

 of iNicaraguans, and the high anticipations which have been formed from 

 the relationship which is every day becoming more intimate between the 

 two countries. It has been my aim to place that relationship upon a firm 

 and enduring basis, worthy of the age in which we live, and in strict ac- 

 cordance with the principles which should govern our respective coun- 

 tries, not less as republican than as American States. If^ with the cordial 

 co-operation of your government, and the support of my own, I have in 

 any way contributed to effect this grand object, I shall experience a satis- 

 faction which shall prove an ample reward for any misrepresentation I 

 have in consequence incurred. 



Anticipating a speedy return, and renewal of existing agreeable rela- 

 tions, I am, sir, with high consideration, your obedient servant, 



E. GEO. SaUIER. 



His Excellency the Secretary for Foreign Affairs 



of Nicaragua. 



C— 2. 



[Translation.] 



House of Ti-iE Goverj^ment^ 



Leon, June 22, 1850* 



Bm: The Supreme Director of the State has seen with deep sensation 

 your communication of yesterday, announcing your return to the United 

 States, under leave of absence from your government. The dignity, 

 patriotism 5 and faithfulness with which you have discharged the duties of 

 your mission, have been in the highest degree gratifying and satisfactory 

 to my government; and it congratulates you in having received, as you 

 have deserved, the cordial esteem of the functionaries and people of Ni- 

 caragua, as well for the new hopes of prosperity to which you have given 

 birth, as for the personal qualities which adorn you. Your presence in 

 Nicaragua has made reappear the national spirit, and raised the country 

 h^om that chaos in which it has for so many years been plunged. 



The identity of principles which exists between both countries, the 

 natural and continental bonds which unite them, and; above all^ th© 



