Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-02-28
Executive tn,MGER,
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Executive tuANGER,
Iachu I'D. Fob. s So. ,
To the S,uatr and House "i Repre-
svntatIv,S. {. >:
rrc"utlv received information
which satisfied mo thai tn" Prr>i-
dent Of the ui,ri States was dis
posed to confer informally with Wn-
otticia, commissioners tnat NIGH. hr
sent by me. with a view 10 the v'S-
tora,ion OF peace. r"qu ~t"d Hon.
a IL. STEPHENS. Hon. K NJ. /. Hum
ter. and Hon. j ohm y. Campbell TO
proceed through our lines, and hold
conference with Mr.. Lin oln. or such
persons rs h. might d"pu'c to repre-
sent him. | herewith submit tor thu
Information of Congress the report
of the eminent cItiZrus above named.
showing that the rncrn. refused to
cnte.' INFO me- OF "a iou with thrt Coated
..ra-r = arr-. or amy of them : par.
ately, or give I" our people any other
I"r.u> or guarantees thau those winch
Congress may grant. ~ 10 permit IT.
TO hav, n voice, or any other basis.
ll!sli Oh 'tl i'f1'l III
20 their VIII, coupled with nee p
Ia ace of their recent lr-.-lI'iuu. in
Guiding an-ndm ut to the ton-N'u-
ton rnaucipating all negro slaves.
with the rjgu on the part OF thu
Fed raj Congress TO !--i-la'" upon
all subjects in relation To thu. viii I'D,
and black population each. >ucli-.
rs far a, ! eau uud,r- and the rtiycr
ut til" am .ndm"ut To til" t,u~tItu-
ZION which ha- ue,u adopted, t., The
c ,ngIe-s of he CONFEDERATE States.
JEffER suN DAVIS,
President.
RICrMuNu. Feb. b.
70 the President Of the Confederate
States
SIr-Jnd-r your letter of IA" 2Srh
ult., appointing comm sslou"rs. W.
proceeded to seek an Informal inter
view with Abraham Lincoln. pre~i-
dent of the United States, on subject
mentioned in |. litter.
Conference WAS gran FL, and took
nj c" on "A ste uncr anchored in
III ,mpton Roads. VIII re we me- Prr4i
.!rnt Lincoln aud II IN. Mr.. Seward.
Secretary OF Stat. 1t continued
for severe hours, and was bolh iu!
AMI explicit.
We learn from them that tn. mes
sa-e OF President Lincoln to Con.
gr,.>S of L. $ in ID. crinber Last, ,x-
plain, his selii nrnts as to terms.
conditions, and mo!cs of prncre ling.
by which peace can be- secured To
seeded States, and We were notified
that they would not be mod fed or
altered to attain that end. We un-
d"r-tand from him that no terms or
proposals Of ;.uv treaty or agreement
orking TO ultimate settlement would
be entertained or ma lie by him with
the authorities of the Confederate.
81 ties, because that would t IN ac-
acknowledgement of the recognition of
their existence as "A separate power, /
which, under no circumstances, /
would be done and. for like reasons, !
that no such terms would be enter /.
tanned by him to the States separ-
ately. That no extended truce or
as at present advised, |
would be granted or allowed without |
assurance in advance of .
restoration Of the authority /
of the Constitution and laws of the .
United States over all places within
tn States of the Confederacy. That
whatever consequences may follow
fro IN the rs-cstablishment of h; au-
thority, they must be accepted; but
individuals subject to pains and pen
aities of the laws of the United States
might rely upon very liberal use of
he powers conferred upon him to re-