02/06/1853
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"In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, requesting certain correspondence relative to Central America, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents by..."
"I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, to whom the resolution was referred."
"For these reasons I have deemed it proper to submit the whole matter to Congress, for such action as they may deem best."
"Respect to the Spanish Government demands that its urgent representation should be candidly and impartially weighed."