Mr. Seward to Mr. Burton
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 275, of last September, containing a copy of a note addressed to you by the minister of foreign affairs upon the subject of a contemplated insurrection on the isthmus against the national government of Colombia. This subject has come before this department on a former occasion, and you will find instructions for your guidance set forth in the despatch to you on the 9th of last month, No. 156.
Your assurance to the minister of foreign affairs anticipated the spirit of that despatch, and is therefore approved.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Allan A. Burton, Esq., &c., & c., & c.