Mr. Plumb to Mr.
Seward.
No. 218.]
Legation of the United States,
City of Mexico, November 9, 1868.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit to the
department herewith copy of the note with which I have communicated to
the Mexican government the copy appended to your dispatch No. 107, of
the 14th ultimo, of two dispatches received by the department from the
United States vice-consul general at Havana, relating to the proceedings
of Santa Anna, and announcing his expulsion from the Island of Cuba for
plotting while there against the peace of Mexico; and copy and
translation of a note addressed to me in acknowledgment of the same by
the minister of foreign relations.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Plumb to Señor Lerdo de Tejada.
Legation of the United
States, Mexico,
November 7, 1868.
Sir: In a dispatch under date of the 25th
of September last I brought to the knowledge of the government of
the United States the documents published in the Diario Oricial of
the Mexican government on the 24th of that month, relating to the
attempted organization by the ex-General Santa Anna, at Havana, of
military expeditions in the Island of Cuba for the invasion of
Mexico, through the territory of the United States on the Rio Grande
frontier.
This communication has been acknowledged by the Secretary of State,
in a dispatch received last evening, with which there have been
inclosed to me copies of two dis patches received by the Department
of State from United States vice-consul general at Havana, which I
am authorized to communicate to the Mexican government. One of these
is a dispatch by telegraph under date of the 7th of October, and the
other a dispatch in writing under date of the 6th of the same month.
I have the honor to inclose copies of the same herewith.
The Secretary of State adds that there is no reason to apprehend any
danger of such proceeding originating in the United States.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
His Excellency Señor D. Sebastian Lerdo de
Tejada, Minister of Foreign Relations
of the Republic of Mexico.
[Translation.]
Señor Lerdo de Tejada to
Mr. Plumb.
Department of Foreign
Relations, Mexico,
November 7, 1868.
Sir: You have been pleased to inform me in
your note of to-day that, under date of the 25th of September last,
you communicated to the government of the United States
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of America the documents
published in the Diario Oficial of Mexico on the 24th of that month,
relating to the machinations of the ex-General Santa Anna for the
organization in the Island of Cuba of military expeditions with
which to invade Mexico, passing by the territory of the United
States on the Rio Grande frontier; and that you had received the
reply of the Hon. Secretary of State, with copies, which you have
been pleased to communicate to me, of two dispatches from the consul
general of the United States at Havana, with respect to this affair,
and to the expulsion of Santa Anna from the Island of Cuba.
You have also been pleased to inform me in your note that the Hon.
Secretary of State manifests that there is no reason to apprehend
any danger of a similar proceeding originating in the United
States.
I have brought your note to the knowledge of the President of the
republic, who very justly appreciates your having communicated this
affair to your government, as also what the Hon. Secretary of State
has been pleased to communicate to you in reply. I am, sir, with the
highest consideration, your very obedient servant,
Mr. Edward Lee Plumb, Chargé d’ Affaires of the United States of America in
Mexico.
