. The Civil War : the national view . the war is over. No one need expectme to take any part in hanging or killing those men, eventhe worst of them. Frighten them out of the country, openthe gates, let down the bars, scare them off (throwing uphis hands as if scaring sheep). Enough lives have been sac-rificed. We must extinguish our resentments if we expectharmony and union. There is too much of a desire on thepart of some of our very good friends to be masters, tointerfere with and dictate to those States, to treat the peo-ple not as fellow-citizens; there Is too little respect fortheir right
. The Civil War : the national view . the war is over. No one need expectme to take any part in hanging or killing those men, eventhe worst of them. Frighten them out of the country, openthe gates, let down the bars, scare them off (throwing uphis hands as if scaring sheep). Enough lives have been sac-rificed. We must extinguish our resentments if we expectharmony and union. There is too much of a desire on thepart of some of our very good friends to be masters, tointerfere with and dictate to those States, to treat the peo-ple not as fellow-citizens; there Is too little respect fortheir rights. I do not sympathize in these feelings. Andhe added, reconstruction *is the great question pending andwe must now begin to act in the interest of peace. BothStanton and Welles have left accounts of this last Cabinetmeeting: Lincoln was very cheerful; happy that the warwas over, and desirous of the peaceful reorganization ofgovernment at the South. He spoke with kindness of Gen-eral Lee and others of the Confederacy, manifesting in. President Lincoln, Major Allan Pinkerton, and Brigadier-general JohnAlexander McClernand, U. S. V., at Antietam, October, 1862. T THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE WAR 477 marked degree the humanity of his disposition and thetender and forgiving spirit that so eminently 14th of April, write NIcolay and Hay, was aday of deep and tranquil happiness throughout the UnitedStates. It was Good Friday, observed by a portion of thepeople as an occasion of fasting and religious meditation;but even among the most devout the great tidings of thepreceding week exerted their joyous Influence, and changedthis period of traditional mourning Into an occasion of gen-eral and profound thanksgiving. Peace, so strenuouslyfought for, so long sought and prayed for, with prayersuttered and unutterable, was at last near at hand. Its dawnvisible on the reddening hills. The sermons all day werefull of gladness; the Misereres turned of themselves to TeDeums. The coun
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