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

Inhabitants of Oftringen

[Translation.]

Oftringen, May 30, 1865.

To the Editor of the Bund, in Berne:

We hereby respectfully request you to insert the enclosed communication in your estimable paper. Hoping you will oblige us with such a slight favor, we remain, yours, &c.,

LANG HUSSY,

Councellor.

expression of sympathy for the american union.

“On motion of Mr. Lang Hussy, at a meeting of many citizens of Oftringen, just after the state elections, it was unanimously resolved to approve of the Swiss address of sympathy and condolence to the American Union.”