Morro to Allan A. Burton, September 1, 1866

Señor Morro to Mr. Burton

The undersigned, secretary of the interior and foreign relations of Colombia, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the attentive communication of the honorable Allan A. Burton, minister resident of the United States of America, by what he has been pleased to communicate officially to this department, the painful intelligence of the decease of the eminent American citizen, General Lewis Cass, on the 17th of June last.

The relations of cordial friendship which unite the American and Colombian Unions, happily now existing on a footing of the most perfect harmony, have caused my government, as could not otherwise have been, to receive with emotions of grief the sad news of the death of that distinguished citizen of the Union, ever renowned for his exalted patriotism, for his important services in various high public positions, and for his loyalty to and love of the Union.

The undersigned will conclude this sincere expression of the sentiments of his government by offering anew to the honorable Mr. Burton the assurances of the most distinguished consideration and esteem with which he has the honor to subscribe himself his honor’s attentive, obsequious servant,