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Yours truly；
A。 LINCOLN。
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J。 HOOKER。
WASHINGTON； June 22； 1863
MAJOR…GENERAL HOOKER：
Operator at Leesburg just now says： 〃I heard very little firing this
A。M。 about daylight； but it seems to have stopped now。 It was in
about the same direction as yesterday； but farther off。〃
A。 LINCOLN。
TO SECRETARY OF WAR。
EXECUTIVE MANSION； WASHINGTON；
June 23； 1863。
HON。 SECRETARY OF WAR：
You remember that Hon。 W。 D。 Kelly and others are engaged in raising
or trying to raise some colored regiments in Philadelphia。 The
bearer of this； Wilton M。 Huput； is a friend of Judge Kelly； as
appears by the letter of the latter。 He is a private in the 112th
Penn。 and has been disappointed in a reasonable expectation of one
of the smaller offices。 He now wants to be a lieutenant in one of
the colored regiments。 If Judge Kelly will say in writing he wishes
to so have him； I am willing for him to be discharged from his
present position； and be so appointed。 If you approve； so indorse
and let him carry the letter to Kelly
Yours truly；
A。 LINCOLN。
TELEGRAM TO MAJOR VAN VLIET。
＇Cipher。＇
WAR DEPARTMENT； WASHINGTON； D。 C。； June 23； 1863。
MAJOR VAN VLIET； New York：
Have you any idea what the news is in the despatch of General Banks
to General Halleck？
A。 LINCOLN。
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL COUCH。
WAR DEPARTMENT； June 24； 1863。
MAJOR…GENERAL COUCH； Harrisburg； Pa。：
Have you any reports of the enemy moving into Pennsylvania？ And if
any； what？
A。 LINCOLN。
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL DIX。
WASHINGTON； June 24； 1863
MAJOR…GENERAL Dix； Yorktown； Va。：
We have a despatch from General Grant of the 19th。 Don't think Kirby
Smith took Milliken's Bend since； allowing time to get the news to
Joe Johnston and from him to Richmond。 But it is not absolutely
impossible。 Also have news from Banks to the 16th； I think。 He had
not run away then； nor thought of it。
A。 LINCOLN。
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL PECK。
WAR DEPARTMENT； WASHINGTON； D。 C。； June 25； 1863。
GENERAL PECK； Suffolk； Va。：
Colonel Derrom； of the Twenty…fifth New Jersey Volunteers； now
mustered out； says there is a man in your hands under conviction for
desertion； who formerly belonged to the above named regiment； and
whose name is TempletonIsaac F。 Templeton； I believe。 The Colonel
and others appeal to me for him。 Please telegraph to me what is the
condition of the case； and if he has not been executed send me the
record of the trial and conviction。
A。 LINCOLN。
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SLOCUM。
WAR DEPARTMENT； WASHINGTON； D。 C。； June 25；1863。
MAJOR…GENERAL SLOCUM； Leesburg； Va。：
Was William Gruvier； Company A； Forty…sixth； Pennsylvania； one of the
men executed as a deserter last Friday？
A。 LINCOLN。
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HOOKER。
WAR DEPARTMENT； WASHINGTON； D。 C。； June 27； 1863。 8A。M。
MAJOR…GENERAL HOOKER：
It did not come from the newspapers； nor did I believe it； but I
wished to be entirely sure it was a falsehood。
A。 LINCOLN。
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURNSIDE。
EXECUTIVE MANSION； WASHINGTON； June 28； 1863。
MAJOR…GENERAL BURNSIDE； Cincinnati； O。：
There is nothing going on in Kentucky on the subject of which you
telegraph； except an enrolment。 Before anything is done beyond this；
I will take care to understand the case better than I now do。
A。 LINCOLN。
TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR BOYLE。
EXECUTIVE MANSION； WASHINGTON； D。 C。； June 28； 1863。
GOVERNOR J。 T。 BOYLE； Cincinnati； O。：
There is nothing going on in Kentucky on the subject of which you
telegraph； except an enrolment。 Before anything is done beyond this；
I will take care to understand the case better than I now do。
A。 LINCOLN。
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK。
WAR DEPARTMENT； WASHINGTON； D。 C。；
June 28； 1863。
MAJOR GENERAL SCHENCK； Baltimore； Md。：
Every place in the Naval school subject to my appointment is full；
and I have one unredeemed promise of more than half a year's
standing。
A。 LINCOLN。
FURTHER DEMOCRATIC PARTY CRITICISM
TO M。 BIRCHARD AND OTHERS。
WASHINGTON； D。 C。；
June 29；1863。
MESSRS。 M。 BIRCHARD； DAVID A。 HOUK； et al：
GENTLEMEN：The resolutions of the Ohio Democratic State convention；
which you present me； together with your introductory and closing
remarks； being in position and argument mainly the same as the
resolutions of the Democratic meeting at Albany； New York； I refer
you to my response to the latter as meeting most of the points in the
former。
This response you evidently used in preparing your remarks； and I
desire no more than that it be used with accuracy。 In a single
reading of your remarks； I only discovered one inaccuracy in matter；
which I suppose you took from that paper。 It is where you say： 〃The
undersigned are unable to agree with you in the opinion you have
expressed that the Constitution is different in time of insurrection
or invasion from what it is in time of peace and public security。〃
A recurrence to the paper will show you that I have not expressed the
opinion you suppose。 I expressed the opinion that the Constitution
is different in its application in cases of rebellion or invasion；
involving the public safety； from what it is in times of profound
peace and public security； and this opinion I adhere to； simply
because； by the Constitution itself； things may be done in the one
case which may not be done in the other。
I dislike to waste a word on a merely personal point； but I must
respectfully assure you that you will find yourselves at fault should
you ever seek for evidence to prove your assumption that I 〃opposed
in discussions before the people the policy of the Mexican war。〃
You say： 〃Expunge from the Constitution this limitation upon the
power of Congress to suspend the writ of habeas corpus； and yet the
other guarantees of personal liberty would remain unchanged。〃
Doubtless； if this clause of the Constitution； improperly called； as
I think； a limitation upon the power of Congress； were expunged； the
other guarantees would remain the same； but the question is not how
those guarantees would stand with that clause out of the
Constitution； but how they stand with that clause remaining in it； in
case of rebellion or invasion involving the public safety。 If the
liberty could be indulged of expunging that clause； letter and
spirit； I really think the constitutional argument would be with you。
My general view on this question was stated in the Albany response；
and hence I do not state it now。 I only add that； as seems to me；
the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus is the great means through
which the guarantees of personal liberty are co