Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-02-22
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find OF Mr. Ancoin nc ~ -..sot ns,ca con.
ing documents IN relsson W 'ne
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Stance Of ths fenaEks Rsds " ma ia - fspeesee
BY you to Presadoet hin1pans - ssfas -
have no disposition - End obsesss a. iesns,
and An willing now, - hsssxee1 - ENTER isse n
gotiatisns fay thes restosation3 peace tssffescy
to send commission whenever nave resson 70
suppose it wnl be aceissd, tor y Neese A.eomW's
sion If the United States government enan :uV9.s
to send one; that Notwithstanding tho rejection OF
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commissioner, minister or other agent Weon %
received, appoint one mediatsly. and renew tne,.
effort to enter INTO conference WIN We" ~ -
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shown to Mr. Davis, wrote. ana eeh'eEea 20 mr.
bla'r' letter as ioli0Ts, 2 VIII: 40 ,ext
WARRINGTON, Jaa. 10, 1880:
r. P: Blair, Esq.,:
ois:- Iou paving SHOWN nus nlDasS ~
you OF Inc iztn nstanA, you msy ~ W p.l .ae.I
have constantly been, am now, ana snai cont.l IN
ready 70 receive any agent whom 40 Vi a"y v.uo'
influential person new resisting tos na.on:a u
thori.y msy Informally se9e me, ~"n 'ne VIC" -
securing peace to the people OF our common coun-
try. Yours &c, A LINCOLN
Afterwards Mr.: Blair dictated for and authorized
me to make an entry on the back Of my reta'nsd
copy of the letter last above rscled, whlph enIy
as follows: -.
"hNuART 2S, lS65.-To.dsy Nj. BLAIR tells me
that on the 2lst instant he delivered to ~: DAVIS
the original Of which the within Is copy and lett
it With him !; that at the time Of delivering it Nj.
Davis read it over twice in Mr. Biars presence, q
the close Of which he (Mr Blar) remarked that the
part about our one corhpon country related to the
to which Mr. Davis replied that he . understood
it A. LiNCoLN
Then follows > telegram from General Osd al
nounciag that the Confederate commissioners have
arrived in front Of the Yankee lines and that they
would like to 60 through by 10 o'clock the next
morning. i, - -. - -
1t appears that about The time Of placing the
foregoing telegram in my hands the Secretary Of
War dispatched Gen, Ord, as follows to wit:
+ WAR DHT., WASHINGTON CI1Y,
| Jan. 20, 1866, 10, p. m.
! Mo;or. General Ord
This department has no knowledge IF any under,
| standing bv General Grant to allow any person to
com, vi.hin hi, line, a. commssioners Of any sort.
You Will therefore allow 40 one to come into yoaf
,;pcs under such character ar prefesaon until yeu
receive The President's inatructions to whom your
+ tei.,-:m iii h cont for hi. d;r.cSona -
'~.'e- npwIN IT, STANTON,
+ -. p ....s. Secretary of War;
Sent in cipher 1t : 4 M, Goth -.~
Afterwards, BY my directions, the Secretary Of
War telegraphed Gen. Ord AZ follows:
l WxR DEp'r. WASHINGTON, D. C.,)
r.. 49,. Jan. 80, 1855, 10 = M,
Aajor- General E. O. C. Ord, Headquarters Army
Of tho yames: 80, 80, .~s
! By direction Of the President you are instructed
TO INFORM tne thrse gehtsmen-Messrs. stephens,
dispatched to them It OF neaf where they no" are,
without unnecessary aesy; =.
4. EDWIN N. SIANIOM,
| Secretary OF war
| Afterwards prepared andfput INTO the hatd. o.
Major Thomas I: Eekert the tolioving instructions