DEAR SIR,—I have
written you a dispatch principally upon the subject of the Tehuantepec Treaty.
There is nothing in that letter which you may not make known to the Mexican
government, but in your conversation with the Secretary of Relations you may
give even stronger admonitions. You may say that if the treaty is not ratified,
or some new one agreed to which shall answer the same purpose, it is certain
that very serious consequences will result, and Mexico must be persuaded to act
promptly. Any considerable delay will be ruinous. The temper of the people, and
the disposition of Congress, are both assuming a very decided tone upon this
matter, especially since the proposition in the Mexican Senate to transfer this
right to England. We must rely on you, my dear sir, to exert all your influence
and energy to bring this business to a favorable and an immediate termination.
SOURCE: Ann Mary
Butler Crittenden Coleman, Editor, The Life of John J. Crittenden: With
Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches, Vol. 2, p. 25
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