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

Turin Society of United Mechanics

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The Italian Society of United Mechanics of Turin, to citizen George Perkins Marsh, Envoy, &c., &c., &c.,

The Italian Society of United Mechanics of Turin, which is proud to have Giuseppe Garibaldi as honorary president, the man who contended in Italy for! the triumph of that same principle for which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, cannot remain silent on this great occasion.

Impressed with profound sorrow for the misfortunes of the United States of America, the officers of our society beg you to act as our interpreter to your countrymen, to express to them our high regard, particularly for one mechanic like us, who was born in Kentucky, and whose genius elevated him to the highest rank in the nation that trusted its destiny to his care; who served his country so well that the enemies of all good were forced to arm the hand of a hired assassin to take his precious life. I May free America find a successor worthy of Abraham Lincoln, and may the | Monroe doctrine prevail for the good of the country.

Given in Turin, in the Society hall, the 30th of April, 1865.

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• ANDREA BONA, President.
• GIOVANNI GIROMPINI, Vice-President.
• GIACOMO SALZA, Counsel.
• ENRICO SAPPIANI, Secretary.
• CARLO BENEDETTO,
• DOMENICI MARLI,
• PIETRO GIORGIO,
• GIUSEPPE MUSATTO,
  Members.