No. 11.
Mr. Garcia to Mr. Evarts.

[Translation.]

Mr. Secretary of State: With real satisfaction I transmit to you copies of two dispatches which I have just received from the minister of foreign relations, with instructions to bring their contents to the knowledge of the President.

The lofty and patriotic policy inaugurated by the present administration, supported by public opinion in that country, begins to produce the most beneficial results in the Argentine Republic, which feels it an honor, and has always done so, to imitate the examples furnished by the Great Republic to the democracy of America.

My government hopes that the friendly relations which exist between the two countries will be daily more firmly consolidated, to produce which result the development of our mutual commercial interests contributes in an eminent degree.

I take liberty to inclose, at the same time, a copy of the addresses delivered by the President of the republic on the occasion of the popular assemblage held at Buenos Ayres for the purpose of ratifying the conciliation of parties in the Argentine nation.

I avail, &c.,

MANUEL R. GARCIA.
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[Inclosure 1.—Translation.]

The minister of foreign relations to Mr. Garcia.

Mr. Minister: The policy inaugurated by the President of the republic in the message which he addressed to Congress on opening the sessions of this year, and the acts performed by him, have been followed by a result which surpasses the hopes even of those who were most sanguine concerning this far-seeing attitude which he assumed with patriotic sentiments.

Yesterday, on leaving the Temple at the conclusion of the solemn Te Deum, at which nearly the entire population of Buenos Ayres was present, the President found the republic in all the plenitude of its moral and material power, thus reaping the well-earned fruit of a policy which is destined to redound to the welfare of the country and of the nations with which we are on terms of friendship.

For the first time since our emancipation, the republic has a national authority, which, controlling all its elements, can rely upon the support of all its inhabitants, both native and foreign.

The republic needed this power in order to maintain its friendly relations with all nations on a footing of reciprocal justice and equity, and Divine Providence will inspire the President so to use this power as to draw closer its relations with friendly nations and to maintain them cordially.

Your excellency will endeavor to make known these facts and statements to the government to which you are accredited, for the sake of the mutual benefits which they cannot fail to produce.

God guard your excellency many years.

RUFINO DE ELIZALDE.

To Dr. Manuel R. Garcia,
Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of the Argentine Republic.

[Inclosure 2.—Translation.]

The minister of foreign affairs to Mr. Garcia.

Mr. Minister: Internal order being secured by the aid of the whole people, it only remains to settle the Chilian question, which is the only one that disturbs the peace of the republic with other nations.

I entertain the hope of continuing the negotiation which was left open and pending, and which was conducted by my predecessor with a zeal and tact that entitle him to the gratitude of the country. I entertain this hope, I say, because the Chilian minister is expected every moment from Rio de Janeiro, and I have satisfactory evidence that he has received orders from his government.

I have prepared all the drafts for the conclusion of the necessary conventions according to the agreements made by the Argentine and Chilian ministers. These drafts have been approved by the government and by competent persons.

There is every reason to hope that the new negotiations will be successful, provided Chili will agree to reasonable conditions.

God guard your excellency many years.

RUFINO DE ELIZALDE.

To Dr. Manuel R. Garcia,
Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of the Argentine Republic.