done by president when mr was rejected but march st mr thus writes to mr � should the government by finally refusing to receive you the act of folly and bad faith of which they have afforded such strong indications nothing will then remain for this government but to take the of the wrongs of its citizens into its own hands in the event of such a refusal you ought so to conduct yourself as to throw the of the of the upon the government the desire of the president is that you should conduct yourself with such wisdom and firmness at the crisis that the voice of the american people shall be unanimous in favor of the wrongs of our much injured and long suffering hi the meantime the president in anticipation of the final refusal the government to receive you has ordered the army of to advance and take position on ike left of the and has directed that a strong fleet shall be assembled the war m the of he will thus be prepared to act with � and the moment that shall give him authority p on the first of march mr writes to y successor of y and says the president is unwilling to take a course which would inevitably result in war without making another effort to so great a calamity he wishes by every honorable means of to to the civilized world if its peace shall be disturbed the responsibility must fall on he is sincerely desirous to preserve that peace but the state of hostility which now exists on the part of by her declining to receive mr is one which is with the dignity and interests of the united states and it is for the government to decide whether it shall give place to friendly or lead to an open � p to this y replied on the th that the government cannot receive him mr as extraordinary and minister to reside near it it is true that the warlike display with which the american union presents herself � by sea with her on both by land with her forces advancing by the northern where the president had ordered them two months before without waiting till gave him authority at the same time that by her minister are made for and accommodation � would be a powerful reason for not to them so long as all threatening shall not be withdrawn even to the slightest appearance of hostility but even this is by the government of the republic in order that it may in all frankness and loyalty enter into the discussion solely upon reason and facts the vehement desire of the government of the united states to extend its already immense territory at the expense of that of has been manifest for many years and it is beyond all doubt that in regard to at least this has been their firm and constant determination for it has been so declared and by an representative of the union whose assertion strange and injurious as was its frankness has nevertheless not been by the united states � even mr van writing to mr said april is either more true or more known than that from hit tht of the the war the time as having for carrying into effect the of the united states in union and by agreement with their natural and in that territory the means for the purpose the project was introduced into the american it was at first thanks to the consideration the and the wisdom with which the of the united states then proceeded nevertheless the project was in the following and was then approved and in the form and terms known to the whole world a fact such as this or to speak with greater so notable an act of created an imperious necessity that should it with proper firmness and dignity the supreme government had beforehand declared that it would look upon such an act as a and as a consequence of this was hj its very nature at an end and war was the recourse of the government but it proceeded to recover its outraged rights were to it from e so called i of which had for their object to enter into an accommodation the basis of her independence and the government agreed to hear them and consented to name the who with this view were sent to it from moments so precious were not thrown away by the agents of the united states in themselves of of they so prepared matters and directed that die already to the american union should low almost immediately thus this of a territory which had constituted an part of that of during the long period of the spanish dominion and after her for so long a time without any interruption whatever and which measure had been recognised and by the treaty of limits between the republic and the united states of was effected by the means of violence and fraud civilized nations have beheld with amazement at this en and refined epoch a powerful and well state itself of the internal of a neighbouring nation putting its vigilance to sleep by of friend ship setting in action all manner of springs and and violence and a moment to her of a precious part of her territory regardless of the � the mr in the union of a good on this part of the letter the war rights of the and the most possession here then is the true position of the republic outraged it is now attempted to her to a humiliating degradation � it is manifest at it was the firm intention of the to admit a from the united states clothed with powers ad � that is to special powers to treat upon the question of and upon this alone as pre to the renewal of friendly relations between the two countries if the 