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ABRAHAM LINCOLN。









TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G。 B。 McCLELLAN。



WASHINGTON; April 21; 1862。



MAJOR…GENERAL McCLELLAN:



Your despatch of the 19th was received that day。  Fredericksburg is

evacuated and the bridges destroyed by the enemy; and a small part of

McDowell's command occupies this side of the Rappahannock; opposite

the town。  He purposes moving his whole force to that point。



A。 LINCOLN。









TO POSTMASTER…GENERAL



A。 LINCOLN。 EXECUTIVE MANSION; WASHINGTON;

April 24; 1862。



Hon。 POSTMASTER…GENERAL。



MY DEAR SIR:The member of Congress from the district including

Tiffin; O。; calls on me about the postmaster at that place。

I believe I turned over a despatch to you from some persons there;

asking a suspension; so as for them to be heard; or something of the

sort。  If nothing; or nothing amounting to anything; has been done; I

think the suspension might now be suspended; and the commission go

forward。



Yours truly;



A。 LINCOLN。









TELEGRAM TO GENERAL G。 B。 McCLELLAN。



WASHINGTON; April 29; 1862。



MAJOR…GENERAL McCLELLAN:



Would it derange or embarrass your operations if I were to appoint

Captain Charles Griffin a brigadier…general of volunteers?  Please

answer。



A。 LINCOLN。









MESSAGE TO THE SENATE; MAY 1; 1862。



TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES:



In answer to the resolution of the Senate 'of April 22' in relation

to Brigadier…General Stone; I have the honor to state that he was

arrested and imprisoned under my general authority; and upon evidence

which whether he be guilty or innocent; required; as appears to me;

such proceedings to be had against him for the public safety。   I

deem it incompatible with the public interest; as also; perhaps;

unjust to General Stone; to make a more particular statement of the

evidence。



He has not been tried because; in the state of military operations at

the time of his arrest and since; the officers to constitute a court

martial and for witnesses could not be withdrawn from duty without

serious injury to the service。  He will be allowed a trial without

any unnecessary delay; the charges and specifications will be

furnished him in due season; and every facility for his defense will

be afforded him by the War Department。



ABRAHAM LINCOLN;

WASHINGTON; MAY 1; 1862











TELEGRAM TO GENERAL McCLELLAN



EXECUTIVE MANSION; WASHINGTON; MAY 1; 1862



MAJOR…GENERAL McCLELLAN:



Your call for Parrott guns from Washington alarms me; chiefly because

it argues indefinite procrastination。  Is anything to be done?



A LINCOLN。









TELEGRAM TO GENERAL H。 W。 HALLECK。



WAR DEPARTMENT; MAY 1; 1862



MAJOR…GENERAL HALLECK; Pittsburgh Landing; Tennessee:



I am pressed by the Missouri members of Congress to give General

Schofield independent command in Missouri。  They insist that for want

of this their local troubles gradually grow worse。  I have forborne;

so far; for fear of interfering with and embarrassing your

operations。  Please answer telling me whether anything; and what; I

can do for them without injuriously interfering with you。



A。 LINCOLN。









RESPONSE TO EVANGELICAL LUTHERANS; MAY 6; 1862



GENTLEMEN:I welcome here the representatives of the Evangelical

Lutherans of the United States。  I accept with gratitude their

assurances of the sympathy and support of that enlightened;

influential; and loyal class of my fellow citizens in an important

crisis which involves; in my judgment; not only the civil and

religious liberties of our own dear land; but in a large degree the

civil and religious liberties of mankind in many countries and

through many ages。  You well know; gentlemen; and the world knows;

how reluctantly I accepted this issue of battle forced upon me on my

advent to this place by the internal enemies of our country。  You all

know; the world knows; the forces and the resources the public agents

have brought into employment to sustain a government against which

there has been brought not one complaint of real injury committed

against society at home or abroad。  You all may recollect that in

taking up the sword thus forced into our hands this government

appealed to the prayers of the pious and the good; and declared that

it placed its whole dependence on the favor of God。  I now humbly and

reverently; in your presence; reiterate the acknowledgment of that

dependence; not doubting that; if it shall please the Divine Being

who determines the destinies of nations; this shall remain a united

people; and that they will; humbly seeking the divine guidance; make

their prolonged national existence a source of new benefits to

themselves and their successors; and to all classes and conditions of

mankind。









TELEGRAM TO FLAG…OFFICER L。 M。 GOLDSBOROUGH。



FORT MONROE; VIRGINIA; MAY 7; 1862



FLAG…OFFICER GOLDSBOROUGH。



SIR:Major…General McClellan telegraphs that he has ascertained by a

reconnaissance that the battery at Jamestown has been abandoned; and

he again requests that gunboats may be sent up the James River。



If you have tolerable confidence that you can successfully contend

with the Merrimac without the help of the Galena and two accompanying

gunboats; send the Galena and two gunboats up the James River at

once。  Please report your action on this to me at once。  I shall be

found either at General Wool's headquarters or on board the Miami。



Your obedient servant;



A。 LINCOLN。









FURTHER REPRIMAND OF McCLELLAN



TO GENERAL G。 B。 McCLELLAN。



FORT MONROE; VIRGINIA; May 9; 1862



MAJOR…GENERAL McCLELLAN:



MY DEAR SIR:I have just assisted the Secretary of War in framing

part of a despatch to you relating to army corps; which despatch; of

course; will have reached you long before this will。  I wish to say a

few words to you privately on this subject。  I ordered the army corps

organization not only on the unanimous opinion of the twelve generals

whom you had selected and assigned as generals of divisions; but also

on the unanimous opinion of every military man I could get an opinion

from; and every modern military book; yourself only excepted。  Of

course; I did not on my own judgment pretend to understand the

subject。  I now think it indispensable for you to know how your

struggle against it is received in quarters which we cannot entirely

disregard。  It is looked upon as merely an effort to pamper one or

two pets; and to persecute and degrade their supposed rivals。  I have

had no word from Sumner; Heintzleman; or Keyes the commanders of

these corps are; of course; the three highest officers with you; but

I am constantly told that you have no consultation or communication

with them; that you consult and communicate with nobody but General

Fitz John Porter; and perhaps General Franklin。  I do not say these

complaints are true or just; but at all events; it is proper you

should know of their existence。  Do the commanders of corps disobey

your orders in anything?



When you relieved General Hamilton of his command the other day; you

thereby lost the confidence of at least one of your best friends in

the Senate。  And here let me say; not as applicable to you

personally; that Senators and Representatives speak of me in their

places without question; and that officers of the army must cease

addressing insulting letters to them for taking no greater liberty

with them。



But to return。  Are you strong enoughare you strong enough even

with my helpto set your foot upon the necks of Sumner; Heintzelman;

and Keyes all at once? This is a practical and very serious question

to you?



The success of your army and the cause of the country are the same;

and; of course; I only desire the good of the cause。



Yours truly;



A。 LINCOLN。









TO FLAG…OFFICER L。 M。 GOLDSBOROUGH;

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