Mr. Burton to Mr.
Seward
No. 260.]
Legation of the United States,
Bogota, August 26, 1866.
Sir: On the 24th instant I performed the sad
duty enjoined by the circular from the department of June 18th, 1866, in
regard to honoring the memory of General Lewis Cass. The flags of the
national and State governments and of the foreign legations and
consulates in this capital, were at half mast through the day. The
President, by his secretary of foreign relations, sent his expressions
of condolence with the government and people of the United States. The
principal State and national officers and representatives of other
nations, as did some citizens, offered the same in person. The national
guard paid the customary respect to the military rank of General
Cass.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State,
Washington, D.C.
A.
Mr. Burton to Señor Inijano
Legation of the United States of
America, Bogota,
August 22,
1866.
It has been made the painful duty of the undersigned to announce to
the government of the United States of Colombia that General Lewis
Cass, an eminent citizen of the United States of America,
distinguished for his exalted patriotism and for his faithful
service in varied public trusts, civil and military, conferred on
him by his country, departed this life on the 17th of June last.
In performing this melancholy duty the undersigned feels sure of the
sympathies of Colombia for the people of the United States in the
loss they have sustained by the death of their distinguished
fellow-citizen.
The undersigned improves this sad occasion to offer to his Excellency
Señor Man’l de T. Inijano, secretary of the interior and foreign
relations of Colombia, renewed assurances of his distinguished
consideration.
His Excellency Señor Man’l de T. Inijano, Secretary
of the Interior and Foreign Relations, &c., & c.,
& c.
B.
[Translation.]
Señor Morro to Mr. Burton
Bogota,
September 1,1866.
The undersigned, secretary of the interior and foreign relations of
Colombia, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the attentive
communication of the honorable Allan A. Burton,
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minister resident of the United States
of America, by what he has been pleased to communicate officially to
this department, the painful intelligence of the decease of the
eminent American citizen, General Lewis Cass, on the 17th of June
last.
The relations of cordial friendship which unite the American and
Colombian Unions, happily now existing on a footing of the most
perfect harmony, have caused my government, as could not otherwise
have been, to receive with emotions of grief the sad news of the
death of that distinguished citizen of the Union, ever renowned for
his exalted patriotism, for his important services in various high
public positions, and for his loyalty to and love of the Union.
The undersigned will conclude this sincere expression of the
sentiments of his government by offering anew to the honorable Mr.
Burton the assurances of the most distinguished consideration and
esteem with which he has the honor to subscribe himself his honor’s
attentive, obsequious servant,
Hon. Allan A. Burton, Minister Resident of the United States of America,
&c., &
c., & c.
Mr. Hunter to Mr. Burton
No. 154.]
Department of State, Washington, August 31, 1866.
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of
your despatch, No. 247, of the 26th of last June, giving the
limitations proposed by the President of Panama to the right of
transit of the United States over the isthmus of Darien, and giving
it as your opinion that the proposed change has been abandoned.
The United States must be understood as not assenting to this
proposed change in the orders of the President of Panama of May
13th, 1865. But it is, perhaps, best to avoid all unnecessary
discussion of the matter.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
W. HUNTER, Acting
Secretary.
Allan A. Burton, Esq., &c., & c.,
& c.
