Lincoln in story; the life of the martyr-president told in authenticated anecdotes . to go on the mis-sion of delivering letters to his wife. Vaughn had almost completed his trip, havingreached La Grange, six miles south of Canton,when he was captured by a squad of Federaltroops. They searched his person, and, finding lettersand papers concealed about him, he was tried asa spy and sentenced to be shot. John B. Hender-son, Senator from Missouri, finally succeeded ingetting an order from the President for a retrial,but the verdict remained as hitherto. Again Hen-derson appealed to Lincoln, who g
Lincoln in story; the life of the martyr-president told in authenticated anecdotes . to go on the mis-sion of delivering letters to his wife. Vaughn had almost completed his trip, havingreached La Grange, six miles south of Canton,when he was captured by a squad of Federaltroops. They searched his person, and, finding lettersand papers concealed about him, he was tried asa spy and sentenced to be shot. John B. Hender-son, Senator from Missouri, finally succeeded ingetting an order from the President for a retrial,but the verdict remained as hitherto. Again Hen-derson appealed to Lincoln, who granted a thirdtrial, with the same result. Henderson was not disconcerted, and againwent to Lincoln. It was on the afternoon ofApril 14, 1865—a melancholy date—that theSenator called at the White House. He calledthe attention of Lincoln to the fact that the warwas practically closed, and said: ^Mr. Lincoln,this pardon should be granted in the interest ofpeace and conciliation. Mr. Lincoln replied: Senator, I agree withyou. Go to Stanton and tell him this man mustbe Statue ill Lincoln Park, Chicago. LINCOLNS CODE OF WAR 213 Henderson went to the office of the Secretaryof War. Stanton became violently angry, andswore that he w^ould permit no such procedure. Vaughn had but two days to live, and Hender-son hastened to make one more stand. After sup-per he went to the White House. The Presidentwas in his office, dressed to go to Fords Theatre,when the Senator entered and told of the meet-ing he had had with Stanton. Lincoln turned to his desk and wrote a fewlines on an official sheet of paper. As he handedit to Senator Henderson he remarked: ^^ I thinkthat wdll have precedence over Stanton. It was an order for an unconditional releaseand pardon—the last official paper ever signed byAbraham Lincoln. Lincolns Code of War and the Peace Conferenceof 1899 Aside from the emancipation of the slaves,history has recently given a lofty position to oneof Lincolns many humane a
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