February 13, 1863
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 12th instant, the accompanying report * from the Secretary of State.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
*Relating to the use of negroes by the French army in Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202983