WASHINGTON, _June 21, 1834_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
The afflicting intelligence of the death of the illustrious Lafayette
has been received by me this morning.
I have issued the general order inclosed[7] to cause appropriate honors
to be paid by the Army and Navy to the memory of one so highly venerated
and beloved by my countrymen, and whom Providence has been pleased to
remove so unexpectedly from the agitating scenes of life.