Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 4, 1882

No. 52.
Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Trescot.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, March 1, 1882.

On the 1st of March, 1882, the Secretary of State telegraphed Mr. Trescot that the President preferred that for the present himself and Mr. Blaine should remain and report the situation; that a communication of the condition of affairs had been made to Congress, and that the President desired that no opportunity should be lost to carry out his views as indicated.