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“ present commercial and political state of the world loudly 
“ demands, will at length be undertaken. 
“ Many circumstances concur at the present moment high- 
“ ly conducive to its execution, and which ought to be made 
“ available. 
“ The zealous interest which the Mexican Government 
“ has taken in the matter is clearly demonstrated by the libe- 
“ ral concession made to the Projector, and by the promptness 
‘ ‘ with which all his applications have been favourably answer- 
“ ed, as may be seen by comparing their dates with those of 
‘‘ the corresponding decrees inserted in the following Appen- 
“ ’dix. 
“ The Government of Mexico had undertaken to afford 
“ every protection and assistance in its power to the enter- 
“ prise of Don Jose de Garay, and all the orders issued with 
“ this view were punctually fulfilled. The Commission owe 
“ their most sincere acknowledgments to the local authorities 
“ of the isthmus. Ail the public officers vied with each other 
“ in affording every possible assistance to the Commission ; 
“ forwarding their object by means of circulars and orders to 
“ the inferior authorities, and readily furnishing all the infor- 
“ mation and particulars concerning their object which might 
“ be useful and interesting. 
“ The inhabitants of that territory evinced the greatest de- 
“ sire for the realization of this great undertaking, and the 
“ Commissioners were never compelled to make use of the 
“ armed force which had been placed at their disposal. This 
“ favourable disposition was never so apparent as during the 
“ act by which Don Jose de Garay was legally put in posses- 
“ sion by order of the Government of the territories granted to 
“ him, since besides its having been effected with the greatest 
“ order, the proprietors of the adjacent lands who were present 
“ declared before the civil and judicial authorities, that they 
“ had no objections whatever to offer to the concessions, as 
“ they did not at all affect their property. 
“ The Commission, fully impressed with the importance of 
“ their mission, did not wish to assert any thing on mere con- 
“ jecture, nor to be guided by report which so frequently 
