; justice

to the leaders."

To a delegation of loyal Southen — i men, at a la­

ter day, he 'mid:

aßut'while in mercy we remember justice, in

the language that has been uttered, I say, justice

toward the leaders, the conscious leaders{ but I

also say amnesty, conciliation, clemency and mer­

cy to the thousands of our countrymen whom n you

and I know have been deceived or driven mto

this infernal rebellion. And 9 so I returned to

where I started from, and again repeated that it

is time our people were taught tolnow that trea­

son is a crime, not a mere political difference not

a mere contest between two parties, in which one

succeeded and the other has simply failed. They

must know it is treason : for if they had succeed­

ed, the life of the nation would have been reft

from it—the Union would have been destroyed.

Surely the Constitution sufficiently defines trea­

son. It consist in levying waragainst the United

States, and in giving their enemies aid and senu 2 -

fort. With this definition it requires the exer­

cise of nb great acumen to ascertain who are

traitors. • It requires no Feat perception .its tell

who have levied war against the United. States!:

nor does it require any great stretch of reasoning

to ascertain who has given aid to the enemies of

the United States; and when the government of

the United States does ascertain who are the

conscious and intelligent traitors, the penalty and

the forfeit should be paid."

Ins IDEAS OE-REORGANTL.ITION.

To an Indiana delegation he said:

"We have seen that