Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-16
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, July lS.
To ,ohOm 1t May Concern:


restoration Of peace, the integrity OF the
whole Union, AND the abandonment Of
Slavery, and which comes by and with sn
authority that can control the armies now
At war with the United States, will be re-
ceived and considered by the Executive
Government Of the United States, and will
be met by liberal terms on other substan-
tial and collateral points, and the bearer or
bearers thereof will have safe conduct both
ways. A. LINCOLN
This is little platform of itself little
platform with big ideas What are they2
First peace, we all want. Second, the in
tecrity of the Union. Third, Freedom
for all; the abandonment Of slavery. ZAP!
plsuse-
These are the ideas for which we have
been contending, in this campaign for union
and freedom, as the essential conditions OF
pesce and the only sure road to peace
And Lincoln said well, "that when these
preliminsries are obtained, then We can be
liberal, and will be liberal, upon other
questions" =.
will be carried. do not think that some
of the men who have sinned so deeply
against the people, and against the ma
| ton, and sgainst God, will be likely to
receive much lenity from him. But to-
ward all those who have been drawn into
rebellion by the overshadowing influence
of the Ieaders-who have gone into it UNI
willingly, or even willingly under mis-
taken spprehensioas- to ali except those
who have formed, plotted, arranged, car
ried out this rebellion-to all except these
criminals suppose liberal spirit may be
| shown. But upon the essential conditions
| there can be no change. And those con
ditiops are the Union and freedom. The
Union, embracing every foot of the old
| repubIic. Union under the old flag, host-
ing everywhere, freedom for all men, 90
that wheresoever the flag shall float, it will
foat over no.master and no slave Ap-
plause]
This victory, then, gives him the oppor
tunity of carrying out that just and hbera
platform, and have no doubt ne will Dc
It. l have no doubt he will fulfill the ex
pectations he has excited in that regard
because 1 have heard him say that wheI
he has put his foot down, even if it is no
in exactly the right place, he did not Hk
to take it up again. rua- -.-l
THE FINANCIAL EEAINhE5 O3 ME- LIN
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Well, then again, it pledges the countr,
to what think of some Importance
what l have paid good deal Of attention
and that is the national currency. 1
pledges the Government to give uniform
currency to the whole peopla. We hav
never had that before. There have beer
attempts to give uniform currency through
, form odious monopolies throug the ceun
try. And these attempts, as everybody
knows, failed, and must necessarily fai
from the inherent faultiness of the ut
tempts themselves.
We propose to give the country uni
form currency In another mode. Their
; we're at the time this Administration wen
: into power, and at the time the duties O
the Treasury Department devolved upol
me, some sixteen hundred banks in tn
, country, deriving their powers from differ
ent States and in different modes-sll issu
ing paper which passed Tor money various
" secured. Now these great interest
were of q character which could not readil,
, be broken up without doing a great deal o
damage In eeery community where
bank was established, if there had been
sudden and absolute prohibition Of lis ope
rations without an opportunity Of chang
ing them, there would have been great de
: preston, commercial commissions. and Ia
Dor deprived of reward. 1t was necessary
therefore while you made preparations 70
removing these to substitute another. II
Judgment it would not have been praeti
cal policy. In this the President con
currred with me, that it was fO
the people to establish rs
tional banking system, so that if the neces
sites Of any community required thu
facilities of banking, those who had capita
could organize, and investin United State.
bonds, and then pledge these bonds witt
the Federal Government and obtain 8
currency upon it which would circulate
everywhere with perfect security.
To avoid injustice to existing institution
to enable them to transform themselves tc
the national system, and secure 8 currency