addressed to said legation on the atrocious assassination of the President of that republic. I move that it be recorded in the minutes that the Chamber has heard, with every demonstration of true respect and profound sympathy, the note which has just been read at the table and addressed to the house by the minister resident of the United States of America at this court. I further move that the government be informed of this deliberation, in JACINTHO AUGUSTO DE SANT'ANNA E VASCONCELLOS. The government of his Majesty has been informed of the horrible crime of which, unhappily, President LINCOLN and his Secretary of State, Mr. Seward, have been victims. So sad an event, clothing in mourning a nation over whose destinies that distinguished magistrate presided, could not but be profoundly felt by the Portuguese nation, connected as it ever has been in the closest ties of friendship and good understanding with the United States. The part which his Majesty's government takes in the grief which, with reason, oppresses the American nation, and the indignation which that crime has given cause for, have led me to direct you, by order of his Majesty the King, to make known, without loss of time and in the most express terms, to the government of the United States the feelings of true sorrow with which our sovereign lord and his government are penetrated by so fatal an occurrence. God save your excellency! Señor JOAQUIN CESAR DE FIGANIERE E MORAO. CONDÉ D'AVILA. [Translation.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, May 8, 1865. In addition to my despatch of the 1st instant, I send you the enclosed copies, as well of the despatch which the secretary of the Chamber of Deputies sent to me under date of the 5th, as of the resolution to which said despatch refers, presented at the sittings on the 3d, unanimously adopted, tending to manifest the regret of said Chamber at the horrible crime committed on the person of the President of the United States, Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Of these documents you will please to give knowledge to that government, stating that they were communicated to Mr. Harvey on the 6th of this month. Their Majesties and highnesses are going on happily without change in their important health. God, &c.! Señor JOAQUIN CESAR DE FIGANIERE E MORAO. CONDÉ D'AVILA. [Translation.] SECRETARIAT OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Palace of the Cortes, May 5, 1865. MOST EXCELLENT SIR: There having been represented by the Señor Deputy Henrique Ferreira de Paula Medeiros, at the session of this Chamber on the 3d instant, a resolution tending to give a manifestation of feeling in regard to the wicked assassination of the worthy President of the United States of America, I have the honor to send you a copy of the said resolution, to the end that you may cause it to reach the knowledge of the representative of that government at this court, with the declaration, that it may have its full effect, that it was unanimously approved by the Chamber. God save your excellency! JOAQUIN XAVIER PINTO DA SILVA, His Excellency the MINISTER AND SECRETARY ་ OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. SIR: Mr. Adams telegraphed me last night from London the terrible news. of the assassination of President LINCOLN, and of an atrocious attempt upon the life of Mr. Seward on the same evening, the result of which is not yet known here, by the hand of another assassin. These events have excited the profoundest emotion in all the circles of Lisbon, and have called out general and particular expressions of sympathy and respect from the government, the diplomatic body and the community. I do not trust myself to speak of this great crime at a moment of mingled sorrow and prostration; but I may be allowed to say, that after the grief natural to such an occasion, the sense of humiliation at the thought that an atrocity so awful could by possibility be perpetrated in a country like ours is that which most masters and overwhelms me. Christian charity may, with the blessing of God, teach us to bow down. before this stern trial, but the stain which it inflicts cannot soon be wiped out from a name heretofore untarnished by any such act of infamy. If there was anything wanting to complete the fame of Mr. LINCOLN, it may be found in the crown of martyrdom with which an eventful career, in a most eventful epoch, has been closed, to the regret of a whole people, who shared his convictions, honored his virtues, and lament his "taking off." I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, SIR: The papers will bring to your view the proceedings of the Cortes in regard to the recent melancholy event which has so much shocked the civilized world. The note of the minister of foreign affairs only communicates the action of the Chamber of Deputies, because the motion in that body specially required it to be done, while that in the Peers did not do so. I have thought it best, however, to send a translated copy of the full proceedings in both branches of the Cortes, in order that their spirit may be the better appreciated. The tardy publication of the official journal does not permit at this time (on the eve of the departure of the mails) such a translation as I desired to furnish, but the general tone of the speeches is fairly reported. That of Mr. Rebello da Silva, in the Peers, was remarkably eloquent and touching, and has received very imperfect justice at the hands of the translator. In the pressure of the moment it has been found impracticable to translate one of the addresses, which is communicated in the original. It seemed to me only becoming to make an acknowledgment of the note of the Chamber of Deputies. Every manifestation of respect to the memory of the late President LINCOLN which could be expected or desired has been made by this government and people, both in an official and in a private manner. His Majesty the King, immediately upon being informed of the sad event, sent me the kindest words. of sympathy and regret. Every member of the government called in person to express similar sentiments, and when our ships of war, the Niagara and Kearsarge, exhibited the customary signs of mourning, on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday last, the Portuguese national ships not only united in a similar observance, but Castle Belem also responded to all the salutes, by order of the authorities, and without any notice or request on our part. upon While this subject I may be permitted to remark, as quite worthy of notice, that the popular legislative bodies of the different states of Europe have taken the initiative in nearly all the expressions of public sympathy. Such a tribute was not only fitting in itself towards our lamented President, but the fact is significant of a mighty change and progress in ideas and usages, as it is of a coming time, in the near future, when the peoples of Europe will claim the right to assert those great principles of political and personal liberty which ABRAHAM LINCOLN illustrated so well, and for which he may be said to have even made a sacrifice of his life. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, JAMES E. HARVEY. Secretary of State. [Translation from the Commercio da Lisboa.] An address was delivered to-day to the minister of the United States at this court, expressing the deep feelings of pain and regret with which the news of the death of citizen ABRAHAM LINCOLN, late President of the United States, was received at Lisbon. This address, which received its inspiration from Mr. José de Seabra Pessoa, was proposed at the association (centro) by the member Costa Pereira, and signed by the members J. Pessoa, Costa Pereira, E. Coetho, Brito Aranha, Vieira da Silva, and Gouveia. At 11.30 the minister received the deputation, composed of Messieurs Vieira da Silva, Gonzalves, Costa Pereira, and José Seabra Pessoa. His excellency, in returning thanks for this spontaneous manifestation, addressed the committee in most agreeable and very flattering terms. [Translation from the Jornal da Lisboa.] A deputation from the "Association for Promoting the Improvement of the Laboring Classes" delivered to-day, about 11 o'clock, into the hands of the minister of the United States, an address of condolence voted at a meeting of the members, on the death of Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, late President of that republic. The minister received the deputation with every mark of consideration, declaring that he would immediately transmit the autograph message to his government; and he thanked the association for this proof of good feeling and fraternity between the people of the two nations. : [Translation.] SIR: All the civilized countries, all the liberal men, are at present under the most affecting impression. The crime that struck with horror an illustrious people, worthy of universal consideration, was condemned by all those for whom the word liberty is the strongest chain than can unite them. From all quarters eloquent words were heard condemning the monstrous attempt by which the United States of America were deprived of the most useful citizen that in modern times has been elevated by that country to the high dignity of President of the United States. To these eloquent words of empires and nations, of people and states, are joined the humble homage of the Centro Promotor dos Methoramentos das Classes Laboriosas de Lisboa, that under the deepest grief shows his feelings when acquainted that LINCOLN, the emancipator of the slaves, fell a victim to the stroke of a cowardly assassin. The Centro Promotor could not do otherwise than to partake the general feelings, for his ideas were offended with the crime by which America was deprived of such an illustrious man, mankind of a devotional friend, and the noble and magnanimous enterprise of the emancipation of the slaves of a strong and generous arm. The endeavor in which LINCOLN was engaged as a representative of his people's ideas, which he sustained for so long a time with the |
