3. Lincoln marked out his own plan of reconstruction in an amnesty proclamation.

In one of these, dated 1st December 1694,a month, be it observed, before the amnesty expiredand addressed to Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilton, there are the following words:"The winter is the only season in which we are sure the Highlanders cannot escape us, nor carry their wives, bairns, and cattle to the mountains."

Once a year every poll I explore, Honest voting is Greenland to me; Free suffrage is ever my motto, To my amnesty judges agree.

"I hope you include me in that general amnesty order, young fellows," he now hastened to say, with a wishful look on his face.

Johnson, Andrew, vice president president amnesty policy.

On July 4, 1902, the President of the United States issued a proclamation of amnesty proclaiming, with certain reservations, a full and complete pardon and amnesty to all persons in the Philippine Archipelago who had participated in the insurrection.