British
Foreign Secretary Lord Russell called Lincoln's death a "sad calamity".
China's chief secretary of state for foreign affairs,
Prince Gong, described himself as "inexpressibly shocked and startled".
Ecuadorian president
Gabriel García Moreno said, "Never should I have thought that the noble country of Washington would be humiliated by such a black and horrible crime; nor should I ever have thought that Mr. Lincoln would come to such a horrible end, after having served his country with such wisdom and glory under such critical circumstances." The government of
Liberia issued a proclamation calling Lincoln "not only the ruler of his own people, but a father to millions of a race stricken and oppressed". The government of
Haiti condemned the assassination as a "horrid crime".