Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part IV, Appendix to diplomatic correspondence of 1865; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late president of the United States of America, and the attempted assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the evening of the 14th of April, 1865; expressions of condolence and sympathy inspired by these events

Decree of the Government of Uruguay

[Translation.]

Department of Foreign Relations,
Montevideo, June 3, 1865.

decree.

Whereas a most horrid crime has been perpetrated upon the person of the worthy Chief Magistrate of the United States, a sister republic, to the sorrow of its inhabitants and regret of all civilized nations of the world, and the provisional government wishing to make a public demonstration of its sentiments, resolves and decrees:

• Article 1. At sunrise, on the 5th of this month, the national flag and the United States flag shall be hoisted at half-mast on the fortress of San José, to remain till sunset, and cannons shall be fired every half hour during the day.
• Art. 2. The national flag shall be hoisted at half-mast from sunrise to sunset on all the public departments of the capital.
• Art. 3. The ministers of state are charged with the execution of this decree in their respective departments.
• Art. 4. Let this be communicated, published, &c.

• FLORES.
• FRANCISCO A. VIDAL.
• JUAN RAMON GOMEZ.
• CARLOS DE CASTRO.
• LORENZO BATTLE.

A true copy:

ALBERTO FLANGINI,

Chief Official of Foreign Relations.