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

Municipal Council of Glarus

[Translation.]

Glarus, May 7, 1865.

The state committee of the canton of Glarus to the honorable union council in Berne.

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Council:

In its meeting of this day the common council, through its presiding officer, proposed an expression of its sentiments on account of recent events in America

The oldest and smallest republic in Europe will not let this favored opportunity pass to call a meeting of its citizens under the free azure of God’s heaven, and express to the youngest and largest republic in the world its warmest sympathy for its sufferings, its sorrow for the assassination of the good citizen Abraham Lincoln, and its best wishes for the restoration of the American Union and its continued prosperity.

We beg you to make this known to the American legation, and receive our commendations of you to Providence for our mutual welfare.

In the name of the land committee:

• Dr. T. HEER, Chief Justice.
• T. CHAM, Council Clerk.