The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-04-20
Last speech Try President Lin
coin.

Il WA>utSGroS, April l2.
The Executive Department includirs
Ethe Presidential Mansion were i'luni
,@nated ,c night and covered with trans
&rarcnces AMI n,tional q :gs Thon~
Vanis Of persons locked to the Exeen
Etive Mansion. TIE President in re
lsronse % unanimous call appeared a
he upper w,rd,w and sp,xe as fol
sslows:
81 We meet this evening nn' IN sorrow
ghnt IN g'aine.s Of heart. The eva II
Ha;ion # Petersburg AMI Rchm nnt
A,nti tive surrender Of the principal il
MSurepnt army give hancs ot iii, ia cen
saanl speedy peace whose 'vaus eN
ssprc-slnn cannot be restrained. In ,Gt
smits, O! this hsrevcr Ii, itam whom
.all blessing. ilaw must no' be tar-atiev
"a call fer 8 nations ,0arhs.i.'n i.
Hheing prepared, aud viii be daily pro
.Emu,ea,ei Nor must those who's
!aharaer part gives rs cause # ri 0cins
Eho overlooked Their hntpr> Wu.t pu
5:bc piccea on, with othcts mys@
s:was near the font, ash h.,. n" n'easa
90: ira. emitting much u ne good NV
$40 ycu, In; ~ Iar' af Tic honor /,
& nc plan Or execution i ,n!ne. Ia Gen
Ecral Grant, His * iiful, officers, an,
grave mcn, al' belongs. The csllan
Enavy stoo! ready, bu' rs not il reac,
Ytn take Al active part.
81 B, these recent successes the re in
Ean.uration Of national an,hefi y an
sAreconsirnc,on which has had 4 !irg'
= share If thought from the first, is pres
Nsed much N re closely upon our atten
q ion. / is frau.ht sih great difficult,
& Eniike TIE ease If war between md.
5 pendent nations, ere is no 81 horned
Il :Can t'Ar Us 10 ttcat with No ma
a has authority 10 give up lie rebellion
Iior any other man. We simply mnsi
ehcgin and mouli from lsnrganizgi ans
e | scnraant elements: nor il il q slns
3aaal'iUnsl embarrassment taat We .ova
Anecpic differ among ourselves a. . T.
z,Eo3c, N inner ani measure d, ,ece,,
sS',nclisn.
Z A genera! thing I abstain from
Sreaaing ports Of attack upon myself
s wishing ~, 10 lie provoked ~ TIA, G
Wv ich cannot properly eifer answc'
gin spite IT his precaniion, however, i
& co,acs - my hnowiei-" That An niue
!. cennrca tar som" supposed agency i
.isat'ins up and seeking 10 sustain T.
Isnaw government # Louisiana, T. ia
sI have itne .t 20 mach and no nor,
E,h,n 'hr public knows. T. my aunna
6 message + D3ceinbel, 1868 and a
/, accompanying proclaim atian, presentes
s 4 tan IT recoas:ru..ian, Re the p,5'a {
81 tae., vhich promaed fad ped b.
Sany staa would he sustained Il,
q H.. Esecnti,eG .verrment IT then2ti4l
u !lstiaciy stated that this was NJ.
! I . oriy l,lan which NIGH possibly :.
& cceptahle ami dstinc,iy "a e.i III
q IL Executive claimed no right to '
a when or whether members ehonli Il
!. 4 limited 10 seats IN Congress + Il
a ,arh states TIE plan Vas in advanc
islbmi,ied 10 the Cal net and ap},roy d
q ~ every member Of II. Ore Of II, II
Nensga~tel that I should then and
q hat connection apply the emanciratio,
4 sp'oclama, o, except in parts # Y
.inia and Louisiana; that should lro,
H'he suggestion about Apprenticeship.
Eff fred people, and that | should omi
b be protest against my own power 4
r. card 10 admission to IN members a.
H5,ngress. but even lie approved ever
Hp,rt and parcel e the plan which ha
y ,een employed or ioncheedi by he H.. Z.
s3uon Of Louisiana. declaring emsncipa
z ZION for The whole State, practically A.
Hples the proclamation to he parts pre-
Hviously exempted It does not adop
r premiership for freed peopla and i
N iient, IS it could not well be o,hn, wis,
81 ,bort admission Of members to Gu,
z yfcss, SO that as applied to LouiSian
=
1evefy member OF the Cabinet fully 10
Borrowed the plan. The message wen, 1,
HCongre>s ard received many heart,
commentator of,hc plan written an,
verbal and aot single objection tn i
from any profvss'd emancipa,ionis
anne to my knowledge uut,l after th'
news reached Washington that Louis
iana had begun 10 move in accordanc,
vithit.
From abou. July 1852, had CORES
8ponded with different persons sup
s3posed to be interested IN helping Il,
reconstruction Of the Sia,c government
En- f., louisiana w hen the message q
= s63, with the plan before mentioned
Preached NV OrleanH Gen RINK,