Mr. Burton to Mr. Seward

No. 242.]

Sir: The lately published correspondence of the department announcing the adjustment of the Mexican question with France, and especially that part of it containing the instructions to Mr. Motley, has been received here with a joyful welcome and the highest admiration. Impatience at the apparently tardy progress in a satisfactory solution of this important affair had grown into a general dissatisfaction. The result has proved to this people the wisdom of the policy pursued by the government of the United States, and confirms our title to be regarded as the first diplomatic nation of the world. The influence of this achievement upon our relations with the American republics will undoubtedly be most salutary.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

ALLAN A. BURTON.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.