Mr. Dickinson to Mr. Seward.
No. 119.]
Legation of the United States,
Leon,
August 9, 1866.
Sir: I have the honor to enclose to you a copy,
and a translation of the same, of a letter from Señor Don R. Cortes,
minister of foreign affairs of the Nicaraguan government, to this
legation.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward,
Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
[Translation.]
Mr. Cortes to Mr. Dickinson.
National Palace,
Managua,
July 17, 1866.
Señor Minister: The undersigned has the
honor to acknowledge to your excellency the receipt of the copy of
the despatch that you addressed to your honorable colleague, Mr. C.
N. Riotte, minister resident of the United States in Costa Rica.
His excellency the President, being informed of so important a
document, in which are so wisely unfolded the principles and the
rights that assist the Central American Transit Company, flowing
with so much ingenuity and logic, from the principles and the rights
that Nicaragua has, and such as have been specified in the boundary
treaty between Costa Rica and this republic, is under the impression
that when the government of Costa Rica comes to meditate cautiously
on this question it will allow a just conclusion, convenient to the
rights of the company and to the commercial interests of the
universe.
With the due sign of appreciation, I am your excellency’s most
attentive and obedient servant,
Hon. A. B. Dickinson,
Minister Resident of the United
States.
