Excerpt from Late Addresses of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865: Last Public Address, April 11, 1865; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources; From the Files of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Itis fraught with great difficulty. Unlike the case of a war between independent nations, there is no authorized organ for us to treat with. No one man has authority to give up the rebellion for any other man. We simply must begin with and mould irem disorganized and discordant elements. Nor is ita small additional embarrassment that we, the loyal people, dill'er amongst ourselves as ta the mode, manner and measure of reconstrue tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.