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

Colored Inhabitants of Santa Fé, New Mexico

Santa Fé, New Mexico, May 8, 1865.

Sir: At a public meeting of the colored citizens of Santa Fé, N. M., held on the 5th instant, we, the undersigned committee, were appointed and instructed to forward the following preamble and resolutions to you, and through you to his Excellency the President of the United States. The above-mentioned meeting was convened upon the occasion of the death of the late President of the United States, and the resolutions were adopted unanimously. We present this as a token of respect for the memory of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States, in consideration of the many noble deeds that he performed and has left on record in behalf of our long-degraded race; and also to manifest our devotion to the present administration, and our respect for that time honored old flag which we can now joyfully hail as the true emblem of the free.

Most respectfully submitted:

• W. W. TATE,
• CHARLES A. PRALL,
• WILLIAM JAS. B. B. STEVENSON,
  Committee.

Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State.