No. 100.
Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish.

No. 275.]

Sir: I have the honor to report that there seems to be no doubt now that President Leiva has been elected constitutional President of Honduras by a large majority. My information, from reliable sources, is that the election was unattended by those restraints put upon voters sometimes in Central America when the chief of the state or his friend is a candidate for the presidency. I understand, and am prepared to believe, from my knowledge of President Leiva’s character, that the election was a fair one in all respects, and that his elevation to the constitutional presidency of Honduras is the result of a well-deserved popularity.

He and President Gonzalez, of this State, seem to appreciate and practice republican principles in a manner worthy of imitation by many of the rulers of the so-called Spanish republics of this hemisphere.

I have, &c.,

GEO. WILLIAMSON.