WASHINGTON, _February 13, 1850_.
_To the Senate of the United States:_
I have received a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo,
requesting the President of the United States "to cause to be laid
before the Senate, in open session if in his opinion consistent with the
public interest, otherwise in executive session, copies of all
instructions and communications of the late Secretary of State to our
late chargé d'affaires to Guatemala and all dispatches and
communications from said chargé d'affaires to the Department of State,
including any conventions or treaties he may have concluded with either
of the States composing the late Republic of Central America; and also
all correspondence between our said chargé d'affaires and the Government
or representatives of either of said States; and also all instructions
and communications from the present Secretary of State to our late
chargé d'affaires or our present chargé d'affaires to either of said
States and all dispatches or communications from our chargé d'affaires
to the Department of State, including any conventions or treaties he may
have concluded with either of said States; and also all correspondence
between the Department of State and either of said chargés d'affaires
touching the so-called Kingdom of the Mosquitos and the right of way
from the Atlantic to the Pacific through Lake Nicaragua."
The information called for by this resolution will be cheerfully
communicated to the Senate as soon as it shall be found to be compatible
with the public interest.