No. 11.
Mr. Garcia
to Mr. Evarts.
[Translation.]
Argentine
Legation,
Washington, November 29, 1877.
(Received Nov. 30.)
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.,
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[Inclosure 1.—Translation.]
The minister of foreign
relations to Mr. Garcia.
Buenos
Ayres, October 15,
1877.
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.
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.
Buenos
Ayres, October 20,
1877.
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.
To Dr. Manuel R. Garcia,
Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary
of the Argentine Republic.
