"Nor am I interfering with what may still seem to you to be necessary
restrictions upon trade and intercourse.

"I think proper, however, to enjoin upon you the following: Allow
no part of the military under your command to be engaged in either
returning fugitive slaves, or in forcing or enticing slaves from
their homes; and, so far as practicable, enforce the same forbearance
upon the people.

"Report to me your opinion upon the availability for good of the
enrolled militia of the State.

"Allow no one to enlist colored troops, except upon orders from
you, or from here through you.

"Allow no one to assume the functions of confiscating property,
under the law of Congress or otherwise, except upon orders from
here.

"At elections see that those, and only those, are allowed to vote
who are entitled to do so by the laws of Missouri, including, as
of those laws, the restriction laid by the Missouri Convention upon
those who may have participated in the rebellion.

"So far as practicable, you will, by means of your military force,
expel guerillas, marauders, and murderers, and all who are known
to harbor, aid, or abet them. But, in like manner, you will repress
assumptions of unauthorized individuals to perform the same service,
because, under pretense of doing this, they become marauders and
murderers themselves.

"To now restore peace, let the military obey orders, and those not
of the military leave each other alone, thus not breaking the peace
themselves.

"In giving the above directions, it is not intended to restrain
you in other expedient and necessary matters not falling within
their range.

"Your obt. servt.,
"A. Lincoln."

THE PRESIDENT'S INSTRUCTIONS

I wrote in my journal, under date of October 2:

"Colonel Du Bois, Captain Benham, and Captain Howard, who were sent
to inspect in Genl. Ewing's and Genl. Blunt's districts, have
returned. They report affairs in Blunt's district in a disgraceful
condition. I have determined to relieve Blunt, and propose to send
McNeil to Fort Smith. I telegraphed my intentions to Genl. Halleck
this morning, and asked for a general officer to command one of
the two districts. Soon after I received a despatch from the
President saying Genl. Halleck had shown him my despatch, and
adding: 'If possible, you better allow me to get through with a
certain matter here before adding to the difficulties of it.
Meantim