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MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT.
To the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Confederate States of America.
Having recently received written notification which satisfied me that the President of the United States was disposed to confer informally with unofficial agents that might be sent by me with a view to the restoration of peace, I requested the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, the Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, and the Hon. John A. Campbell to proceed through our lines and to hold a conference with Mr. Lincoln, or such persons as he might depute to represent him.
I herewith submit for the information of Congress the report of the eminent citizens above named, 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 guarantees 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, and with the right on the part of the Federal Congress to legislate on the subject of the relations between the white and black population of each State. Such is, as I understand, the effect of the amendment to the Constitution which has been adopted by the Congress of the United States.
JEFFERSON DAVIS
February 6th, 1865.
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| Title | 015_1865, February 6, Message of the President, page 1 |
| LC Subject Headings |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference (1865: Hampton Roads, Va.) Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Campbell, John Archibald, 1811-1889 Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887 Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876 United States -- Constitution -- Amendments -13th Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 |
| EOA Categories |
History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction Government and Politics -- Military |
| Description | This document is a Confederate publication dated February 6, 1865. Page one of the four page pamphlet is an introduction written by Confederate President Jefferson Davis to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America. Jefferson summarizes the failure of the peace talks and the position of President Lincoln toward the Confederate States. Page two of the document contains the report of the Confederate commissioners to the Hampton Roads Peace Conference. Pages three and four contain an excerpt from an address by Abraham given in December 1864 relating to his refusal to treat the Confederacy as a sovereign nation in the peace talks. The Hampton Roads Peace Conference of February 3, 1865 was held to discuss terms for ending the American Civil War. At the conference, President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War William H. Seward represented the Union, and Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens, Senator Robert M.T. Hunter, and Assistant Secretary of War John A. Campbell represented the Confederacy. |
| Digital Publisher | Auburn University Libraries |
| Date | 1865-02-06 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | JPEG 2000 |
| Original Item ID | RG 1138 |
| Rights | This image is property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of this image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images |
| Language | eng |
| File Name | 015_1865, February 6, Message of the President, page 1.tif |
| Collection | Hampton Roads Collection |
| Repository | Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives |
| Submitted by | Schmidt, Gregory J. |
| Transcript | MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America. Having recently received written notification which satisfied me that the President of the United States was disposed to confer informally with unofficial agents that might be sent by me with a view to the restoration of peace, I requested the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, the Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, and the Hon. John A. Campbell to proceed through our lines and to hold a conference with Mr. Lincoln, or such persons as he might depute to represent him. I herewith submit for the information of Congress the report of the eminent citizens above named, 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 guarantees 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, and with the right on the part of the Federal Congress to legislate on the subject of the relations between the white and black population of each State. Such is, as I understand, the effect of the amendment to the Constitution which has been adopted by the Congress of the United States. JEFFERSON DAVIS February 6th, 1865. |
