Letter

Foster to Hamilton Fish, November 16, 1874

No. 402. Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish.

No. 207.]

Sir: The Mexican Congress, at the last session, submitted to the States of the Republic a series of amendments to the federal constitution creating a senate. These amendments having been ratified by the legislatures of a large majority of the States, they were, by instructions of the Congress, proclaimed by the President as a part of the federal constitution, and were on yesterday publicly acknowledged in this capital by the military and civil authorities, with the customary ceremonies. The first senate will assemble November 16, 1875.

I transmit herewith a copy of these amendments; also a translation thereof.

I am, &c.,

JOHN W. FOSTER.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.