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Sir:The evidences of good will and friendship exhibited by the government and people of Chili on the occasion of the celebration of the eighty-eighth anniversary of the independence of the United States, on the 4th of July last, were of a character so marked and gratifying that I addressed a special communication to my government descriptive of that patriotic and enthusiastic demonstration.
The government and people of the United States received this intelligence with the utmost satisfaction, and I take great pleasure in complying with the instructions of the honorable Secretary of State of the United States, by manifesting to the government of your excellency, to the members of the “Union Americana” and to the people of Chili who participated in that patriotic celebration, the sincere gratification with which the government and people whom I represent have received these renewed proofs of friendship and sympathy, tending, as they do, to strengthen the sentiments of friendship which animate the intercourse between the two republics, and which are shared in and cordially reciprocated by my government as well as by the people of the United States.
I trust that such sentiments may ever continue to exist between Chili and the United States, and that all the republics of this continent may be indissolubly bound together by similar ties of friendship and sympathy.
Availing myself of this occasion, I beg to renew to your excellency the assurances of the high consideration and respect with which I have the honor to remain
Your excellency’s obedient servant,
His Excellency the Secretary of Foreign Relations Of the Republic of Chili.