Mr. Beaupré to Mr. Hay.

No. 24.]

Sir: In my No. 17, of the 4th instant, I referred to the abuse which the authors of the Panama Canal convention were receiving at the hands of the press of the country. Apropos of this, I have the honor to give you an extract from an article written by Dr. Juan B. Perez y Sota, a senator in the coming Congress from the Department of Panama, which appeared in El Correo Nacional of yesterday. The article is long, abounds in vituperation, and closes as follows:

The Herran treaty will be rejected, and rejected by a unanimous vote in both chambers. That is what I hope, since there will not be a single representative of the nation who will believe the voice of people who have sold themselves; who have had the brazenness to recommend the shameful compact. The insult, however, which Herran has cast upon the Colombian name will never be wiped out.

The gallows would be a small punishment for a criminal of this class.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

A. M. Beaupré.