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

Government of the Canton of Unterwalden Lower

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Stanz, May 4, 1865.

Council of Unterwalden to his Excellency Andrew Johnson, Vice-President of the United States.

The terrible news of the sudden death of Abraham Lincoln, President of the North American Union, who was the noble champion of human rights to all with loyalty to the Union, has caused a feeling of the greatest indignation in the bosoms of the people of Nidwald, denizens of the mountains of old Switzerland, and hate for the perpetrators of the horrid deed.

And we, the authorities, in the name of our people, congratulate you, Mr. Vice-President, on the glorious victories of the holy cause, and pray the Almighty to have you in His holy keeping.

• LWYRSOH, President.
• A. WAGNER, Secretary.