It will be seen that Mr. Reagan, whose opportunities for being well informed were excellent, looked upon the Sherman terms as ‘preliminary,’ and held, as Mr. Stanton said our Cabinet did, that subsequently a claim might be made that the North should help pay the rebel war debt. The views of the other members of the Davis Cabinet, submitted in writing at the same time, were as follows: Views of Mr. Benjamin, Secretary of State:
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