Resolutions of the Inhabitants of Dublin

Resolutions of the Inhabitants of Dublin

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Demonstrations

Inhabitants of Dublin

Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763-2002, Entry 177: Foreign Messages on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, 1865, National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD

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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866), 206.

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867), 271.

Committee Rooms, 141 Great Britain St. 29th April 1865

[seal.]

Sir, Pursuant to a Resolution adopted at a meeting of the Democratic classes of Dublin, held in the Theatre of the Mechanics Institute on last evening-I have the honor to transmit to you copies of the Resolutions adopted at said meeting, and I have to request that you will transmit same to the Department of State at Washington as an expression of sympathy and condolence with the great Nation which you so ably represent.

I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedt. Servant

William M. Stack
Secretary

William B. West Esq
United States Concul at Dublin

Resolutions passed at a meeting of the democratic classes of Dublin.

At a meeting of the democratic classes of Dublin, held in the Mechanics’ Institute on Friday evening, the 28th day of April, 1865, it was, by a large and enthusiastic meeting, unanimously resolved:

1. That the scheme of assassination concocted by a gang of dastardly conspirators, in the name of the southern cause, and partially carried into execution on the evening of the 14th instant by the treacherous murder of Abraham Lincoln, America’s best and greatest President since the days of Washington, excites our horror and indignation, and calls aloud for the execration of mankind.

2. That, while expressing our abhorrence of the foul deed by which the cause of human liberty has lost one of its purest and best defenders, we confidently cherish the belief that the perpetration of a crime so horrible can have no other effect than to hasten the completion of Lincoln’s glorious work, the restoration of the Union, the extinction of slavery, and the establishment of a solid and durable peace.

ISAAC S. VARIAN,
Chairman.

WILLIAM M. STACK,
Secretary.

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