Mr. Seward to Mr. Romero
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 3d of December last, communicating a memorandum of parts of a letter written to you by a friend in New York, under date of the 22d November, 1864, in reference to the plans of an armed emigration to Mexico, contemplated by many disinterested persons in the northern States acting in concert with disloyal citizens of the United States.
In reply, I beg to express to you my appreciation of the information transmitted to this government, and to assure you that the subject of your communication will receive the serious attention to which it is justly entitled.
I avail myself of this occasion to renew to you, sir, the assurances of my very distinguished consideration.
Señor Matias Romero, &c., &c., &c.