 | William Roscoe Thayer - Cabinet officers - 1915 - 502 pages
...To whom it may concern: Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity ofthe whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that controls the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and considered by the Executive... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1916 - 600 pages
...commissioners were not authorized to treat for peace. His final announcement to them was the following: '"EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, July 18, 1864....and the abandonment of slavery and which comes by :md with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States will be received... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson - Law - 1916 - 592 pages
...July, 1864, President Lincoln gave notice to the people in rebellion that any proposition embracing the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union and the abandonment of slavery, and coming by and with an authority that could control the armies then at war against the United States,... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson - Law - 1916 - 534 pages
...Seward, Secretary of State, in Hampton Roads, on the subject of peace. Mr. Lincoln still insisted upon the integrity of the whole Union and the abandonment of slavery, and promised great liberality upon all collateral issues. But the representatives of the rebellion declined... | |
 | William Jewett Tucker - 1919 - 530 pages
...movement which called out Mr. Lincoln's very definite and very decisive statement of the terms of peace. "To whom it may concern : Any proposition which embraces...whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which conies by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will... | |
 | Samuel A'Court Ashe - North Carolina - 1925 - 1592 pages
...Lincoln's July 18, 1864, he wrote with reference to the proposition of Clay, Holcombe, and Sanders: "Any proposition which embraces the restoration of...of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery" will be met by liberal terms on substantial and collateral points. Holden had sought the favor of slaveholders... | |
 | Perry Belmont - Political parties - 1925 - 652 pages
...wrote that Mr. Lincoln had offered, in the course of Mr. Greeley's negotiations for peace, to welcome "any proposition which embraces the restoration of...of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery. ' ' He inquired whether that involved the implication "that no steps can be taken towards peace, unless... | |
 | Perry Belmont - Tariff - 1926 - 352 pages
...wrote that Mr. Lincoln had offered, in the course of Mr. Greeley's negotiations for peace, to welcome "any proposition which embraces the restoration of...the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery." He inquired whether that involved the implication "that no steps can be taken towards peace, unless... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - United States - 1927 - 738 pages
..."To Whom it May Concern." Old Abe, they would say, in that letter announced that any proposition for the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery would be considered. McClellan says, "the Union is the one condition of peace — we ask no more."... | |
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' Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and... 
