Mr. Seward to Mr. Romero
Sir: The undersigned, Secretary of State, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a note from his excellency Señor Matias Romero, which bears the date of the 19th March instant, and alludes to a correspondence which occurred during the last year between his excellency Señor P. A. Herran, minister plenipotentiary [Page 1248] of the republic of New Granada, and the government of the United States, affecting the security at that time of the Panama railroad transit route in New Granada.
While the United States not only have no disposition to controvert the general views of the government of Mexico in regard to foreign intervention in the political affairs of the American states on this continent, but freely confess their sympathy with these views, as they are communicated by Mr. Romero, the undersigned, nevertheless, feels obliged to express his regret that a misapprehension, doubtless unintentional, of the character of the correspondence referred to, has seemed to the Mexican government to render it necessary to direct that communication to be made.
The undersigned avails himself of this occasion to offer to Mr. Romero the assurance of his distinguished consideration.
Señor Don Matias Romero.