No. 246.
Mr. Frelinghuysen to Señor Romero.
Washington, July 6, 1882.
Sir: I have had the honor to receive your note of the 3d instant, in which, referring to the notes exchanged between us on the 6th ultimo, touching an understanding for the reciprocal pursuit of rebellious and marauding Indians across the frontier, you acquaint me with the doubt which subsists in the mind of the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations as to whether my note of June 6, ultimo, comprised the acceptance of the proposition of Mexico for the reciprocal passage of troops across [Page 426] the frontier, or simply expressed the opinion that the bases proposed are acceptable.
In reply I have the pleasure to inform you that the opinion you express, that “the Government of the United States accepted the conditions proposed by Mexico from the moment that [I] addressed to [you my] aforesaid note of June 6, 1882,” is correct, and that it was my intention in that note to accept the bases of the Mexican proposition in order that the arrangement for the reciprocal crossing of the frontier by the respective troops of the United States and Mexico in pursuit of marauding and hostile Indians might be thenceforth effective.
Accept, &c.,