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 St. Maurice

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St. Maurice, May 12, 1865.

Mr. President: The eminent man who fell by the murderous hand of the infamous villain Booth, at the moment his soul winged its flight to the celestial regions, left regrets and profound grief in our hearts. The atrocious crime of which Mr. Abraham Lincoln was the victim has filled us with indignation and horror.

We regret the great loss to the North—the loss of a great, generous, and noble-heart, who did so much for the abolition of slavery, for all his aims were to do good to his fellow-man. Yet we hope that the Americans of the North will finish the great work of the noble martyr, whose motto was, “Liberty, equality and fraternity.

Such is the sincere wish of the undersigned citizens of St. Maurice.

• HENRY GARNY,
• THOS. PRUDE,
• ALBERT DEBONNAIRE,
• ANTOINE DUTART,
• FRANCOIS GEX,
• PHILIBERT CHEVALLIER,
• LOUIS SEYDOUX,
• FRANCOIS BURNIER,
• LOUIS SARRASIN,
• F. GAY,
• CHARLES VOEFFRAY,
• JOSEPH DUBOULE,
• JOS. MEIZOZ,
• PIERRE DUFOUR,
  And several others.