Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-01-28
A LEAF FROM HISTORY.
LincOln's Plan for Recon
StPuctiOM-The Confer
eNce on tie Malvern.

/ At an Interview on the Malvern. Pre-
J dent Lincoln produced q memorandum i
writing which he ral over, and CON
mented on the various clau S as he rea
Them. Wis N he had cone uded, he CAV
me the paper. It is not dated. signed O
addressed. The memorandum is as fol
lows:
AS to peace, have said before az
l now repeat, three things are ,ndi spe'
| isi5le:
i. The restoration of the nationa
authority throughout all Of the states.
g. No recceding bv the executive o
the United States on the slavery question
from the position assumed thereon in tn.
late annual message and in preceding
documents.
3. No cessation of host:lities short OF
an end of the war and the disbandlng OF
all forces hostile to the government.
Fiat all propositions from those now
n hostility to the government, not lncon-
sistant with the foregoing, will be re-
spectfrlly considered and passed upon in
a spirit Of serene liberallty.
The president. after reading and com.
menting upon the various passages of
this mrn orandum, noticed that he had
said nothing OH the subject Of fines and
penalties as applicable to individuals, He
SAID, in reference to this, that he suppos-
ed that he ought not to force q pardon
upon any person upon any person who
did not want it; that, for instance. If
Mr.. DAVIS. whom we familiarly call JEFF.
Davis, would not take pardon, we
ought not to press one upon him. But
this he would say, that almost anybody
could have anything Of that kind by ask
ing for it,
'Inow add that it seems useless for me
to be more specific with those who will
not say they are ready for the indespen. :.
sible terms even on c0ndiaiOns TO b nam
ed by themselves. II there be any who
are ready for the indispensable terms on
any conditions whatever, let them say sol
that the conditions can he distinctly
known and consi Tered. It is further
added that the remission of confiscati0n|
being within the executive power, if the
war be now luther persisted in by those
opposing the government. the making of
property at least to bear the
additional cost will be insisted upon, but
he eenfseatien Except in case Of third
party intervening interests) will be re-
nitted to the people of any state which
hall now promptly, and in good faith
withdraw its troops and other support
rom further resistance to the govern
nent. What is now said as to remission
# eonfiscation has DO reference to sup
,osed property 10 slaves
My intercourse with President Lincoln,
10Th here and at Hampton Roads, i'm
pressed me favorably and kindly towards
lim. believe that he felt genuine
ympathy for the bereavment, destltution,
waste, and overturn
hat the war had occasioned vt the South,
md he fully and exactly discrimina,ed
he wide difference, both in reason and
policy between the mode of proceedingl
q reference to the disor'lerly or criminal
cts of individuals which disturb the Sc
urity of state, and the course to be taken
a regard to those civil discussions aud
which arise from the agita
ion aud political constitution of great en-
ire, composed of distinct and in some
espects Independent communities. il