. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . othervery important event which is likely justnow to occur. The greater part of the meeting wastaken up with a discussion of the policyof reconstruction. How were they totreat the States and the men who hadtried to leave the Union, but who nowwere forced back into their old relations?How could practical civil government bereestablished; how could trade be re-stored between North and South; whatshould be done with those who had ledthe States to revolt ? The President urgedhis cabinet to consider carefully all these(|uestions, and he warned th
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . othervery important event which is likely justnow to occur. The greater part of the meeting wastaken up with a discussion of the policyof reconstruction. How were they totreat the States and the men who hadtried to leave the Union, but who nowwere forced back into their old relations?How could practical civil government bereestablished; how could trade be re-stored between North and South; whatshould be done with those who had ledthe States to revolt ? The President urgedhis cabinet to consider carefully all these(|uestions, and he warned them emphatic-ally, Mr. Welles says, that he did notsympathize with and would not participatein any feelings of hate and hoped there would be no persecution,no bloody work, after the war was need expect he would take any partin hanging or killing these men, even theworst of them. Frighten them out ofthe country, let down the bars, scarethem off, said he, throwing up his hands LINCOLNS LAST WITH I US CMHXF/r. 377. THE LAST PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, TAKEN APRIL 9, 1865, THE SlMtAY BEFORE HIS ASSASSINATION. Drawn from a photograph made by AluxamUr Ganliior. photographer to the Army of the Potomac, while the shari)ciiint: a ijencil for his son Tad. (i>i)vri>;lit, 1804. l)y Wati^on Porter. as if scaring sheep. Enough lives have beensacrificed. AVe must extinguish our resent-ment if we expect harmony and union. Therewas too much desire on the part of our verygood friends to be masters, to interfere withand dictate to those States, to treat the peo- ple not as fellow-citizens; there was toolittle respect for their rights. He didntsympathize in these feelings. The impression he made on all the cabinetthat day was expressed twejity-four hourslater by Secretary Stanton: He was more S7S THE DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. cheerful and happy than 1 had ever seen him,rejoiced at the near prospect of tirm and dur-able peace at home and
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