PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S VIEWS. AN IMPORTANT LETTER ON THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN THE VALLANDIGHAM CASE. CORRESPONDENCE IN RELATION TO THE DEMOCRATIC MEETING, AT ALBANY, N. Y. PHILADELPHIA: KING & BAIRD, PRINTERS, No. 607 SANSOM STREET. . TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE ALBANY, May 19, 1863. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The undersigned, officers of a public meeting held at the city of Albany on the 16th day of May, instant, herewith transmit to your Excellency a copy of the resolutions adopted at the said meeting, and respectfully request your earnest consideration of them. They deem it proper on their personal responsibility to state that the meeting was one of the most respectable as to numbers and character, and one of the most earnest in the support of the Union ever held in this city. Yours with great regard, ERASTUS CORNING, President. |