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 Grisons

[Translation.]

Chur, May 8, 1865.

The minor council of the canton of the Grisons (Graubünden) to Mr. Florian Gengee, editor of the Bund, in Berne.

Sir: Thanking you for your estimable letter of the 29th instant, we assure you that our chief authorities as well as the people in general feel the most profound sympathy for the American Union; and we are confident that similar sentiments prevail throughout all Switzerland, on account of the calamitous event that has overwhelmed that country.

Now as to the best manner of expressing this sympathy, it seems to us that an official publication of the state council, as representatives, and in the name of the whole confederation, and in the proper form, should be addressed to the government of the United States.

However, in case the address of sympathy and condolence is sent to us, we are ready to assent to it with our signatures.

With much esteem,

H. P. BEELI,

President.

In the name of the state council, the chancery director,

J. B. TSCHARNER.