[Non-Sequitur]

Both documents say that they are there to NEGOTIATE!

Were they there to negotiate an end to secession?

[Idabilly]

Smart guy “Both documents say that they are there to NEGOTIATE!”

Idiot “Were they there to negotiate an end to secession?”

Didn't you claim they needed “permission”? How does one gain permission -If party #2 will not NEGOTIATE?

Take your Lincoln, sprinkle some Chase, and shove it!

[PeaRidge]

So, it is abundantly clear that all documents state that they were there to negotiate.

You said: “They were not there to negotiate, the letter doesn't say they were there to negotiate.?

So, again, your statement is shown to be what it is....a total misrepresentation.

[PeaRidge]

And Lincoln did not acknowledge any of the correspondence or the presence in Washington of the commissioners themselves.

It was obvious that he was not there to negotiate peace.

In fact, as the Peace Commissioners were attempting to present the greetings of the Confederacy, Lincoln was sending the Union Navy, secretly, to Charleston harbor.

He was proceeding with war, not peace.