Mr. Blaine to Senhor Mendonça.
Washington, March 17, 1891.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge with great gratification the receipt of your note of the 10th instant, inclosing original and translated copies of the message of Congress of the United States of Brazil to the Congress of the United States of America, voted and approved January 21, 1891.
The cordial expression of friendly sentiments entertained by the Brazilian nation for the people of this country is most sincerely and gladly appreciated and reciprocated; and it affords me much pleasure to express to you, on behalf of this Government and people, the earnest hope that the amicable relations now existing between the two countries may be long maintained and closely cemented by similarity and sympathy in political establishments, and by the interchanges and amenities of near neighborhood.
With renewed assurances, etc.,