Darius Denis to Bassett, November 24, 1871

Mr. Denis to Mr. Bassett.

My Dear Minister: I have this morning received a dispatch from the consul of Spain. He has simply said therein, that his admiral, now in our harbor, desires that the consul should inform him if he, the consul, thinks that he will continue to be as much respected and considered as he has hitherto been by the Haytian government; and if my government would guarantee that he, the consul, would not be hereafter exposed to the vexations of the populace, as it has already happened to him several times.

I need not say to you what will be my answer to such a question. The conduct that my government has always observed toward the representatives of foreign governments will assuredly lead you to anticipate its tenor.

Yours, very truly,