MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. . . FEBRUARY 6TH, 1865.
[Richmond: 1865]. 4pp, with caption title, as issued. Folded, light margin browning. Faint Rebel Archives rubberstamp. Very Good. Signed in type by Davis.
Davis reports on the Hampton Roads conference, "showing that the enemy refused to enter into negotiations with the Confederate States, or any one of them separately, or to give to our people any other terms or guaranties than those which a conqueror may grant, or to permit us to have peace on any other basis than unconditional submission to their rule, coupled with the acceptance of their recent legislation, including an amendment to the constitution for the emancipation of all the negro slaves..."
That about sums it up: President Lincoln had met personally with the Confederate emissaries-- Alexander Stephens, Lincoln's old friend when they served together in the House of Representatives; former U.S. Senator R.M.T. Hunter; and former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John A. Campbell. Their Report to Davis is printed on page 2.
President Lincoln's Message of December 1864 is printed in part, asserting that "no attempt at negotiation with the insurgent leader could result in any good," and emphasizing that he will never rescind the Emancipation Proclamation: "If the people should... make it an Executive duty to re-enslave such persons, another, and not I, must be their instrument to perform it."
Monaghan 628. Parrish & Willingham 940. OCLC 771916782 [2- Allen County Lib., MS State], 1568121294 [1- AAS] as of June 2026. Item #42110
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