Mr. Seward to Mr. Perry.
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 24th of September, No. 127, which informs me of your first interview with Mr. Llorente, the new minister of state, for the reception of the representatives of foreign powers. The assurances of good will towards our country which were tendered to you in that interview are received with much satisfaction.
The sentiments whice Mr. Llorente expressed on that occasion in relation to the difficulty between Spain and Peru were so just and wise that I cannot allow myself to believe that the new administration will permit itself to remain under embarrassment with a question for the satisfactory solution of which nothing seems to be necessary to decide but which of the two parties shall first make a formal overture towards mutual reconciliation.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Horatio J. Perry, Esq., &c., &c., &c., Madrid.