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

Committee of Progress of Sineu

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Sineu, May 14, 1865.

To the President of the United States:

The Committee of Progress of the town of Sineu, in Majorca, regarding with the deepest feeling of indignation the horrible crime of which the liberator from slavery—the man of high principle, the great patriot, Lincoln, has been the victim—Lincoln, the man whose vigorous soul never wavered in view of the terrible trials reserved for his government, and for whom history, gathering the last testimonial of his lofty wisdom, valor, and patriotism, will reserve the highest place among the most illustrious citizens of the earth—sympathizes heartily with you in the deep regret which pervades the great republic of which you are the worthy President; congratulating you at the same time that, if Providence, in its inscrutable designs, has permitted that he should be stricken down in order to finish the immense work of the reorganization of the Union, peace has crowned his colossal efforts, and that from this moment the fratricidal war which, for a time, desolated a country so beautiful and prosperous, may be considered as at an end.

God preserve your valuable life.

• DOMINGO PUNTORT,
  President.
• ANTO. BAVEOLO.
• SEBASTIAN FERRA.
• MIGUEL OLIVEZ.
• PEDRO RAY’DA REAL.
• FRANCISCO GUECAS, Secretary.