Bassett to L. Ethéart, June 7, 1872

Mr. Bassett to Mr. Ethéart.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of the 5th instant, relative to the affair of Mr. Jastram at Saint Marc. I take pleasure in stating to you that the friendly spirit in which you have recorded the regret of your government at the signal indignity offered to Mr. Jastram, at Saint Marc, on the 20th of March last, the disposition to accede to my request that the persons in the service of your government who took part in the proceedings against Mr. Jastram should be made sensible of its displeasure, and the guarantee that in future no inquietude shall be given to consular officers of the United States in Hayti, outside of the exact forms required by law, will, I think, be acceptable to my Government.

As I have ordered Mr. Jastram to return at once to his post of duty, I would suggest that, if you have not already done so, you cause special orders to be issued to the authorities at Saint Marc, instructing them to see that he is treated with all the respect due to his official position. I make this suggestion because I have learned that there is some unfriendly feeling toward him at Saint Marc in consequence of the occurrences which took place there in reference to him on the 20th of March last.

I have. &c,