The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-11
JUDGE REACAN'S, EVIDENCE.
Lincoln Made No Offer 'tosPay.for
Slaves If Liberated.s
HE EXPRESSED HIS PRlWATEfyIEwS
HIT stated Distinctly lie Would
Make No Definite Proposhaon-his
other Exprcssions Qu"tcu'

h.or con, IN the Nashville American by
Judge Reagan:
To the American, Nashville, Tenn
Austin, Texas, July In note on inc
2eth of June l said to the American thu''
as noon as 1 could get time after reaching
nv home In Texas, l would furnish to u
a statement OF some of the authorities on
which made the statement In my ADDRESS
before the Confederate reunion. that no OF
fer OF $500 Q0o 600 was ever made'by fFes'-
dent Lincoln at the Hampton Roads con
,erence to nav for the slaves az means oil
bringing the war 10 a close. | submit the
following paper in obedience TO that prom
ise. and hope room may be found for II IN
the American:
Did President Lincoln. al the Hemp-
ton Roads conference. January .. 100,
propose to Messrs. stephens, Hunter
and Campbell that the United states
would ray 800 000 900 for the slaves on
conci,ion that the Confederates would
abandon the war and return TO ths
Union?
In my address d. the reunion OF Con
federates at Nashville, Tenn. on the end
OF June. 1897, among other things, ] sail;
II wish to assert most solomnly that no
such offer In any form was made.
The Nashville American newspaper OF
June 90 published a friendly criticism made
by Mr.. H. H. Baker, OF my statement ~
an article headed, Judge Reagan In er-
ror" And TO show that such an ofIcr was
made he utotes what uurpor,H TO be- con
yerSatlon between President Lincoln and
Vice President stephens, in winch Mr'
s,eobana npotes president Lincoln as fol-
lows: "He l4incgln) went on 70 sag that
ho would he willing to be taxed 10 remuner-
ate soutbern people for their slaves. lie
believed he ueoule of the North were as
r-suonsible Tor slnyery as the people OF
,be south md ~ ~. var shcifId then cease
with a voluntary abolition n, slavery nv
.be States he sboul1 ba II, favor iniiyii-
uellv n, the government having a fair in
Semri,v for Tho l,sr 10 mo nwnors He
said he believed this feeling had m extpn
s.ve exietence in the North. He knew some
,rhn ,voro In favor ~ an ar,f,rouriotlnu as
hgb az Sam oo0 am for ma r,,rroea Il
y,rIs -,artlo,, ,,,-so,s s,,td ho .yrh,so
nar,,t.s Isis as.o,ist ,,oi, ,,ho ar ,,,iiii,y
~ a. ,b,s 10 ,t,. ~. sho,,id ,,,,,, na..,,
,sftbor, further nrna,sa md ,,itb tho aim.
,,,on n, sI,yary 49, st.tsd p,,, ON .bI.
.nh,oc, s,tl IN So,,iI ,,..o ,,,, ','
.r;c- ir+o ma .,tnt,lation t5a ha,aI,,
nrsssob bis ann ,c,.I;g,r ,,1 I've 40
1880 il'H own Ieouhts ana views ana
an re s,Ih,ac, ,. ~ " ''i'' views u o'H'''
va 'He ~
S., pr WI, De ppsory.H ,lat u ~ bueseH'eu
a., -. ~, I'M tulS w" tSa-
~ - 50 y" A"ND tls %iI '''"ui' 'east
ahoti.ia -. s."p.'' W." t'ie .oiunt"'S
go, 49,, ~" w sIa'.I9' Anu IN llht t.hleI-
nm such a,,as,Jnns nv H'''. nav ~ IeV, We
,' - I"'aSs'''" :" put II plh'niY' MS
i'u MaN Tor inc toniederacy to
Va .'tI.i ''''-i caus-' ana Tree Tue slaves as
.'uulIoh precedent ana trust to congress
w , ',nI''',"ae.on'
nay, quot,i an thht Mr.. Stephens
i fEtItHl q
,.st 'a',s - ~ MF. Alexander Stephens.
" ., ~ ''h Mt bhher quotes tho
1 ''sm puL IRON Hnoih er book In order 10
go 'Hat was mistaken in saying that
-, "hS n''le by f""'dent Lincoln
~ tho hampton Roads conference. To pay
,hg''SvV'u"V IoT the Slaves Of the South II
~, e''i h'ts "piiu ahAN'ion the war
-" 20 tho tuioh. Accepting As
a,',,, ~ !, ny Nr' ~ cphtn. reports. Preai-
cnn,,idts IN w nave sald, ~ 10 no wise
90 70 WIN ny u.'ihfatlnn thst no such
oilar wac inide. Nj Lincoln merely ex-
hS WlN"to peiaonal vicWs, and
"plnion ah 10 thr views Of Others. and
Npi."H'F 6ta'Nl NAT 10 could give no
,bis 'hV''I mo no rtpaiationA' on
ms subject, aNlng that he barely eS-
neSa-'i ms own feelings and We've and
"'@'' ~" HeiltFtu 70 De the views OF others
upon mo SUBJECT
ilh oeins the only authority quoted,
no doubt all that could be quote,l to troye
Vopopo Tor mo slaves { the Confaderates
would abandon the contest and return to
INC Union, u would seem to b. unncoes-
saTy 10 ofer other evidence to show that
no such offer was made Hut this falsp
story has been 10 o;ten toli and repeated
by persons Who had been le1 to believe n
was tue mat shall at the risk OF taxing
inc patience 81 those who may rcad th.s
paper' quote enough OF Indispensable cyl
dence To put THE story ut rest ana also to
snow the absuriily ~ other aud Kindred
htteinAts. such as that Mr.. stephens
sara that President Lincoln told him that
/, ne W1uiu allow MN (lincoln) TO wrte
the word Union" at the bottom of a aboct
OF paper h. ISteplIeusj might write any
Terms ne pleased abOye il. looking to the
termination Of the war
plei.r 10 cali wee President Stephens
az tho FIRST witness to prove that ain gueh
ttAhments are faae. In his history OF
The war Between the statos." voiInp. 2.
p COZ. no quotes President Lincoln AZ
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