Mauritian Colored Residents of London
Sir: We, the undersigned, Mauritian colored gentlemen, resident in London, assembled in committee, have resolved to send this address to the representative of the United States in England, as the tribute of our warm admiration for the patriotic deeds of the Chief American Magistrate, whose assassination has horrified the civilized world.
We, colored men, natives of Mauritius, have placed an implicit faith in all those liberal views of the late Mr. Abraham Lincoln’s government, acting as barriers against the lawless attempts of a slave-holding community to destroy the glorious, free, and united republic of George Washington.
Be assured, sir, that by expressing our abhorrence of the murder of Mr. Abraham Lincoln, we echo the opinion of our colored brethren in Mauritius.
The fiend-like assassin who cruelly butchered your late illustrious President at the time when the Union armies were successful everywhere and the slave empire was crumbling to the dust, has not only deprived the United States of one of its noblest citizens, of one of its most virtuous patriots, but also the suffering and enslaved colored race living in abjectness in your country of their kind and staunch protector.
We beg, sir, that you will convey to the authorities of your great and free republic the expression of our sentiments of admiration for the chivalrous conduct of your late lamented and deeply-regretted President in the hour of triumph, and of our feelings of horror and disgust on hearing of his assassination.
We subscribe ourselves, yours, obediently,
- POLYXENES VANDAGUE, President.
- TH. LIONEL JENKINS, Vice-President.
- J. D. MURRAY.
- H. DÜBOIS.
- E. VANDAGUE.
- ARTHUR BENERS.
His Excellency Mr. Adams,
American Ambassador of the United States.