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 Vaud

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Lausanne, May 8, 1865.

State council of the canton of Vaud to the Swiss federal council in Berne.

Mr. President and Colleagues: We have the honor to transmit you a resolution passed by the grand council of the canton of Vaud, at its session of the 3d instant, enclosing an address to the Congress of the United States, on the occasion of the assassination of President Lincoln.

The resolution is accompanied by a letter addressed to the President of the United States.

We respectfully request you, Mr. President and gentlemen of the council, to have these documents sent to their place of destination through the United States minister resident in Berne.

We accept this opportunity to repeat the assurance of our high consideration, and to recommend you to Divine protection.

In the name of the state council:

• JOLY, President.
• CAREY, Chancellor.