Mr. Sanford to Mr. Hunter
Sir: With reference to that part of my despatch No. 284 touching assertions by M. Haymans, in the House of Representatives, relative to alleged compulsory enrolment in the United States of Belgian emigrants, I called upon M. Rozier the following day to repeat what I had said to the secretary general. He said that he regretted the incident; that he had himself called out, “You are wrong,” to M. Haymans, but that his remark had not been reported in the official journal. He would look into the matter, he continued, and thought he would seek an occasion to bring the subject up in the House, in order to make correction if found advisable after looking into the reports of their agents in the United States upon the subject. I expressed the hope that he would make such correction.
I have the honor to be, with great respect, your most obedient servant,
Hon. W. Hunter, Acting Secretary of State, &c., &c., &c.