Morgan to Señor Mariscal, January 3, 1882

Mr. Morgan to Señor Mariscal.

Sir: Referring your excellency to the dispatch from the Secretary of State under date of the 29th November last, a copy of which I left with you on the 13th December, relating to the proposed holding of a general congress to be composed of representatives from all the independent countries of North and South America, on the 22d November, 1982, I deem it proper to say to your excellency that it is proposed that the congress shall be held under the auspices of the Government of the United States, which, to this end, will supply a suitable hall for the meetings of the commissioners, will take charge of all necessary arrangements, and, at its own expense, will meet all the material requirements of the congress, reporting and interpreting the proceedings and printing the resultant protocols, in Spanish and English, for the use of all the parties. Secretaries, clerks, and copyists in both languages will be provided and paid by the United States—no expense being left to the invited countries except the maintenance of their own commissioners.

I renew to your excellency, &c.,