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Proscribing Proscription
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was greatly disliked by those who would profit by disfranchisement. If it were continued, they saw there would be no spoils for them. One of the aggrieved parties related a case which might well have been his own: A prominent
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man went to the President to get his pardon, stating that he had been as much a Union man as possible for the last four years.
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I am delighted to hear that, the President said. Directly the
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man said that he had been forced to become somewhat implicated in the rebellion, that he had been obliged to raise money by selling cotton to the Confederates, and, as he was worth over $20,000, it was necessary to get a pardon.
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Well, sir, the President answered,
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On the other hand, Judge Cochran of Alabama told the President that he had been a rabid, bitter, uncompromising rebel; that he had done all he could to cause secession, and had fought in the ranks as a private; that he regretted very much that the war had resulted as it had; that he was sorry they had not been able to hold out longer. But he now accepted the results. The President asked:
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Upon what ground do you base your application for pardon? I do not see anything in your statement to justify you in making such an application. Judge Cochran replied,
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Mr. President, I read that where sin abounds, mercy and grace doth much more abound, and it is upon that principle that I ask for pardon.