The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-24 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 24.

GENERAL Lsz and the relics of his army have
surrendered. The most honoured and the most
trusted of the Confederate leaders, the man who
but a few weeks back was appointed Commander-
in-Chief of the whole armies of the Confederacy,
expressly that he might retrieve its fortunes and
establish its independence, has laid down his arms.
In thus acting he has been faithful to his character
and his honour. He fought gallantly while by
fighting he could hope to achieve any practical re-
sult, to hold the capital, to save the army, or to
maintain the existence of the State which had
confided to him its defence, but when
the course of events and the fate of war satisfied
him that none of these objects could be served by
prolonged resistance, he spared the useless effusion of
blood. The respect which he has won from friend
and foe will be heightened by this conduct. His
military reputation suffers nothing from succumb-
ing to superior numbers, his patriotism shines the
brighter for this evidence that not even the pas-
sionate chagrin of defeat could induce him to set
personal ambition or false pride above the true
interests of his country.
For it must be kept in view that, in surrender-
ing, Lra has adopted a course which indicates his
opinion of the result of the whole conflict, not
merely of the army which he had under his im-
mediate command. He had, indeed, though ge-
nereliesimo, no power to direct the laying
down the arms of any other than his
own forces. But as generalissimo he was
bound to have continued personally in the
field had his presence anywhere been, in his
opinion, of use, even although he could not save
the troops with which he was actually present at
the moment. And it wu in his power so to con-
tinue. His army could not escape ORANA WS,
for it could only move at the rate of march of in-
fantry. But even SHERIDAN was only on its flank,
and the Confederate Commander-in-Chief and his
personal staff might, by riding a few miles ahead
in the direction of Lynchburg, have made good his
way to join Joussrroxs's army in North Carolina,
leaving LONOSTREET to treat with the pursuers
for the surrender of the Virginian forces. But
LEE did not elect thus to save himself for the

purpose of continuing the conflict elsewhere. We
can, therefore, only draw the inference that in the
judgment of the Commander-in-Chief of the Con-
federacy its cause is now utterly hopeless. And,
in fact, we find that in the negotiations which pre-
ceded his surrender, in so far as we can gather
them from the not very distinct language of the
telegram, he was anxious to treat not solely for the
object of obtaining terms for a body of troops, but for
the object of contributing to the restoration of
peace. He was answered by Gearrr that there
were no terms of peace possible but those of lay-
ing down their arms on the part of the armies of
the South. And Lea then did lay down his arms.
It is obvious that he accepted the proposition his
opponent bad stated, and admitted that the
time was now come when it was the duty of
those who sought peace to cease from a resis-
tance which could only defer it without altering
its ultimate conditions.
It is not strange that in this tide of success
the thoughts of the North turn to the practical
questions involved in the re-establishment of its
power at home and the renewed recognition of its
unity abroad. The Virginian Legislature is, at
the instance of some among its own members, to
assemble immediately to consider the restoration
of peace and the adjustment of the social ques-
tions which have grown out of the events of
the war. The Louisiana State Government has
made a proposal respecting its new consti-
tution which has afforded Mr. Lracous an oppor-
tunity of expressing an opinion that no uniform
rule should be imposed upon all the States, but
that, within the limits the general constitution
allows, each should be allowed to adapt its institu-
tions to its own circumstances. If this sentiment
be endorsed by the Legislature, there can be little
doubt that the re-entrance of the seceded States
into the old Union will be a matter of small diffi-
culty. To foreign nations Mr. LINCOLN thinks
himself already entitled to assume that the rebel-
lion is over. He notifies to them that if within a
reasonable time they do not withdraw the regu-
lations to which Federal vessels of war are

now subjected in their ports, the United States ACCIDENT TO TEL DUCHESS OF BIICCLEIICIL
will in its own ports lay the like restrictions We regre
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of recognition of the South has during the Both gentlemen were speedily in atteediusca, and we an
war so added to the difficulties and perplexities of fttitarwiting
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