Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14

Wood was correctly informed. the information
could only have been derived from the separate
States or the Confederate Government.
But Mr. Lincoln says in reply to Mr. Wood,
al strongly suspect your information will prove
TO be groundle-s." Wood is informed OF the
willingness oil the i~nsurgent States to return.
He informs the President. who disbelieves. or
Processes 10 disbelieve, the correctness of the in
formation. Wood offers to establish the cor
reciness of the Information thus. Il suggest
that a gentleman, With forme political and So
cial relations with the leaders of the Southern
revolt, may be allowed to bold unofficial CORES
~pondence with them upon this subject. the cores
~pondence to be submitted to you" Who are the
leaders of the Southern revolt? Are they the
members Of the Confederate Government? Are
they those having power to control the revolt?
1t is with these men Mr.. Wood offered to open a
correspondence from which no possible injury to
our cause could have arisen, because. first, il was
to be unofficial. and, next, it was to be submitted
to the President. There could therefore be no
objection to the mode of proof offered 10y Mr..
Wood, and certainly il would have been conclu-
sive. 1t would either have established or refuted,
beyond all cavil. the correctness of bis informa-
ton. But If Mr.. Wood had never been thus adj
vised, or if the Information he received was
groundless, these facts are known only to himself
and those who gave MIN the information How can
Mr. Lincoln aver that he has never received an
intimation of this kind2 If Woods information
was correct, Mr.. Lincoln's friends will not claim,
in the face of this correspondence, that he has not
received any intimation "from the rebel army, or
from any of the men controlling it, in relation
to any peace compromise" Its transmission
through Wood does not alter the fhct of recep-
ton. The intimation was conveyed TO him as
coming from the Confederate Government indi-
rectly. He has acknowledged its reception, and
was offered the proof of its correctness in the
proposal of Mr.. Wood 10 open a correspondence.
He ear not escape by the bubble that il did not
come directly. He denies having received an
intimatiOn, which is defined as a 'hint; 40 90
scure or indirect suggestion, or notice" Was not
the letter OF Mr.. W Ood an indirect noticef The
suggestion was direct. Thus we see that:
! Mr.. Lincoln denies having received such an
intimation from the rebel Government
2 That he did receive such an intimation,
purDorting to come from that source.
3 That he ~proieSsed TO doubt its correctness.
4 That proof was offered him to establish its
correctness.
5 That he declined to accept the proof of
fered
Is he not piIloriei before the nation to-day, as
a deliberate and shameless equivocator and falsi-
fier1 This in any event; and IL Mr. Wood was
correctly informed, are not Ahtaham Lincoln and
his advisers intended aSsas-ins of the nations life.
and murlererS of every nan whose life has been
offered upon our countrv's bai;le6elds since the
18th of last DecemberI How dare they assert
that he was not correctly informed when they
rejected IA test of proof so simple, but conclusiver
lChicago Times.