Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-12
PERU.

PERU
Some excitement seems to nasF ore" P''
6uced ID, as might be expec led, by tie paoiroa"o"
al Lima, on the 9Th OF August OF tue Oily .e
ing very i,judicious letter OF the Cnarge AZ
Iaires Of this country, 10 Bolivar.
Bocora, MARcH. IS. 1927.
To H. E. the Liberator Presidenf, eye. &C &C
SiR.-As The representative OF my c''"'
have the honour Of addressing m's'" 20 iou'
ExceIlency. Your Ext cheney must he Inform
ed of n. events which have taken place In p
~. a nation which Your Excellrney alone had
created aud established in peace, when Your
Excellency was called to Colombia IN order to
-enre,s by YOUR moral force the cxasperated
nass,ons Of the maIconten.s OF Nenezuela.-
Permit me, sir, as the representative oil my
country, OF the Republic o; W ashingIon, to be-
seech your speedy return 10 Bogota. q 1t you
NAV save your country. Without Fn"r Excel
icncy oil is iosk-the three nations created solely
by Your ExcelIency aInns! from nothing.-Co-
lombia, Peru, aud Bolvia,-wiii relapse INTO
their primitive state Of obscufi;y should you
not continue 10 exert your faculties IN their
behan
have the honour 10 be Your Exce!!eney S
admirer, ami o5e dient servant,
BEAUFORT =. WATTS.
To remor. the Impression likely to be pro-
duceo on the public mind Of such aprooI OF
the inierfe, enoc by AN agrn, Of omI Government
in the uffairs Of that Country, Mr. Cooley, our
Minister in Peru, addressed to the Minister OF
Foreign AfFai1s The following letter. 10 which
Ike annexed answer was returned
LEGATION or THE UNITED STATES, Aug. s'n'
SrR:-I have seen with pain and surprise IN
,he Mercury OF this day an article which IS ue-
si..nat,d as a note from Mr.. Waits, the repre-
sen,a,,e Of the u States at Bogoia, 10 Gene
raj Bolivar.
In expressing his bclirf that this document
would not mt ct the appreciation oil the Govern
m Isl OF Washington, the editor oil thai gazette
has don. no more than justice to the sentiments
which ac,uate TIE go,ernment and people o.
the United States.
Lake upon myself, as representative OF my
government, the responsibility oil not reeognlZ
ING the self introduction Of Mr.. Watts into the
domestic affairs Of these coun ries, whatever he
NAV assume from supposed participation II
the sentiments Of that note on The part oil my
| country or government
Have the goodness. TO communicate these
l'sen,iments 10 IL. E. the Vice President, and ac'
oept the assurance of my distinguished consl'
| dcraiion. D. CO''LE1'
! 10 HE Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
LIMA, Aug. 10th, 1897.
| The Undersigned, Minister OF Foreign AT
! fairs Of the Peruvian Republic, FASTENED, imme'
dia,ely Oh lis reception, 10 deliver 10 his Gov
ernmenl the verv satisfactory note which MI,
Cooley, Charge d'afTaires Of the Z. States OF
North America, addressed to him the day be-
fore Yesterday, on account Of the Indication %
| feeling in The Mercury with respect to The not
from Mr. Watts u General Bolival. he Pc
iuyiar Government, ac,ualed by the same sem
,imen as those Of Mr.. Coe!sS Is assRaX pe:
i Iha or w ashine on, doubted not moneH,
| thai the intervention OF Mr. Watts IN he do
mestc concerns Il Col mbis would meet " III
severe and immediate Reproduction; and far from
experimenting il to be The expression Of the
principles and ohjrcr Of his mission TO tnat Re.
pubic, il feels assured that the declaration
which the go, eminent e Arlington will un-
doubleday issue concerning This fatal error o:
Mr.. Waits, will become an inn lncible barrier
to the aspira' ions Of those who with The assis-
lance Of similar docune n,s, abour for their IN
asgrsndizemrn under the specious prerext
tina, even the irccsl governments consiler tn, m
as absolutely necessary for the happiness and
security of the beope.
The undersigned, reiierates TO Mr.. Cooley
his Distinguished consideration.
+. J. MARIATEGUIA.