Mr. Seward to Mr. Plumb.
Sir: Your dispatch No. 144, with the accompanying affidavits, relative to the unprovoked indignity to certain citizens of the United States at Monterey, has been received. You were last instructed upon this subject by the dispatch from the department (No. 75) of the 8th instant. Herewith a copy of a note from Mr. Romero, of the 29th of June, in regard to it is transmitted.* It appears that Mr. Davila, the secretary of the governor of New Leon, is the person who gave the order for the arrest of the complainants. For this and for their subsequent harsh treatment, he should be held accountable. You will urge this view of the case upon the attention of the Mexican government.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Edward L. Plumb, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
- For inclosure see correspondence with the Mexican Legation.↩