Millard Fillmore said...

Respect to the Spanish Government demands that its urgent representation should be candidly and impartially weighed.

The illness and death of the late Secretary of State prevented the commencement of the contemplated negotiation.

It is, nevertheless, a subject of national congratulation that the choice has been effected by the independent suffrages...

I transmit the copy of the notes of Mr. Luis de la Rosa and Mr. J. M. Gonzales de la Vega, which it requests.