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Title: Abraham Lincoln : a history
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905, joint author
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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expressly authorized byCongress. The act of July 17, 1862, had providedthat the President might thereafter at any time, byproclamation, extend pardon and amnesty to per-sons participating in the Rebellion, with such^PGiob? exceptions and at such time and on such conditions1862, p. 413. as he may deem expedient for the public welfare.Of course a general amnesty required general con-ditions ; and the most important of these was onewhich should provide for the protection of thefreedmen who had been liberated by the war. It soon enough appeared, however, that the mil-lenium had not arrived; that in a Congress com-posed of men of such positive convictions andvehement character there were many who wouldnot submit permanently to the leadership of anyman, least of all to that of one so gentle, so reason-able, so devoid of malice as the President. HenryWinter Davis at once moved that that part of themessage relating to reconstruction should be re-ferred to a special committee, of which he was
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HENRY WINTER DAVIS. Globe, Feb. 15,1864,p. 668. THE WADE-DAVIS MANIFESTO 113 made chairman; and on the 15th of February he chap. v.reported a bill to guarantee to certain Stateswhose governments have been usurped or over-thrown a republican form of government. Mr.Davis was a man of too much integrity and eleva-tion of character to allow the imputation that hisaction on public matters was dictated entirely bypersonal feeling or prejudice ; but at the same timeit cannot be denied that he maintained towards thePresident, from beginning to end of his administra-tion, an attitude of consistent hostility. This wasa source of chagrin and disappointment to Mr.Lincoln. He came to Washington with a highopinion of the ability and the character of Mr.Davis, and expected to maintain with him rela-tions of intimate friendship. He was cousin to oneof the Presidents closest friends in Illinois, JudgeDavid Davis, and his attitude in the Congress whichpreceded the Rebellion was such as to arouse in the

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