HewentontosaythatGilmoreandJaquessmightbetheverymentoserveagreatpurposeatthismoment。Gilmoreknewtheworld；andanybodycouldseeataglancethatJaquessnevertoldanythingthatwasn’ttrue。IftheywouldgotoRichmondontheirownresponsibility，makeitplaintoPresidentDavisthattheywerenotofficialagents，eventakingthechanceofarrestandimprisonment，theymightgo。Thisconditionwasaccepted。LincolnwentontosaythatnoadvantageshouldbetakenofMr。Davis；thatnothingshouldbeproposedwhichifacceptedwouldnotbemadegood。Afterconsiderablefurtherdiscussionhedrewupamemorandumofthetermsuponwhichhewouldconsenttopeace。Thereweresevenitems：
1。Theimmediatedissolutionofthearmies。
2。Theabolitionofslavery。
3。Ageneralamnesty。
4。TheSecededStatestoresumetheirfunctionsasstatesintheUnionasifnosecessionhadtakenplace。