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

Italian Emigrants

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Turin , May 4, 1865.

Dear Sir: The undersigned, representatives of the Italian emigrants, Venetians, Trentines and Istrians, exiles from their homes, are mourning for their mother country and praying for a Lincoln to sever the chains of foreign slavery, while they place this expression of indignation at the assassination of the President of the United States, a martyr of duty, in your hands, offering their most sincere condolence and fervent vows for the free prosperity of the glorious nation where the acts of its supreme magistrate demonstrate that government is made for the people, and not the people for the government.

Accept this testimony of our profound respect and admiration,

FILIPPO DE BONI,

President of the Council of Representatives, and thirteen others.

Hon. Geo. P. Marsh,
United States Minister to Italy, Turin.