I transmit to the Senate for consideration, with a view to its ratification, an Additional Article to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, of the 7th. of April, 1862, for the suppression of the African slave trade, which was concluded and signed at Washington on the 17th. instant by the Secretary of State and Her Britannic Majesty's Minister accredited to this Government. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Washington, 18th. Feby. 1863.