Mr. Peck to Mr. Seward.
Sir: I have so constantly recited the disagreeable story of attempts at the revolutionizing of this government, that it is with great pleasure that I write that for two months the country has enjoyed a more profound political quietude than it has known before for years. I am glad to be able to add that appearances indicate that the rest will have unusual permanence. This new condition of things is to be ascribed partly to a weariness on the part of the people of political agitation, but more to the success which the government has lately had in putting down insurrections, and still more to the strength which has recently been given to the army, which is now on a footing never before occupied by it.
Reports assure us that President Cabral’s administration is successfully organizing affairs in the east part of the island, and that there is now in the eastern republic such a promise of peace and development as the country has never before exhibited.
In this connection I beg leave to say that I am persuaded that the immediate appointment of a minister resident to represent our government near that of the Dominican republic would greatly promote the present happy condition of that country, and advance long-delayed and much-needed amicable relations between this and the Dominican government.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.