The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-07-24

His death at this time is seriors, we had
almost said, irreparabe loss.
Peace--Proposltion from the Federal
and Confederate Governments
To the Eii:ors Of the Y. Y. Express.
We have all heard much about the "peace
propositions" which Fernando Wood SAYS
the Confederate authorities submitted
through himself, to the Federal governs
ment before Burnsde's battle of FreAer
icksburg. Mr. Wood tells US that these
propositions were honorable were such,
had they been entertained by presiden.
Lincoln, as would have received the ready
approval of the whole people, ending the
war and restoring the Union. Bat he al
so tells us that he caunot make these prop
osi,ions public untI he receives permission,
as understand him, from the Federal au-
thoiiIies, ana when that permission is
granted, he will publish the propositions
Now the people have got wearied wait
ing for the great disclosure, and as AN
under no obligation to keep unspoken
what NAV be the whole truth about these
"neace propositions" make the following
statement
Some time last summer thu Super:nten-
dent of the ola Capitol Prison, Washing
ton, asked prisoner Of state if he would
90 to Richmond aud take to the Confed-
crate authorities certain propositions of set
neutrality-suspicious. that would be semi
official, coming from Secretary Stanton
through tie Superintendent. Sufficient
evidence was presented TO convince the
prisoner ofstate the propositions did come
from the Federal government. And these
were the propositions:
/. The Federal government will assume
all the deb: of the seeding States.
.. There shall be two Congresses =
The one, called the Federal congress, shall
be based upon the white population alone !;
the other, or Southern Congress. having
Jurisdiction over slavery and all domestic
questions, shall be based upon the whole
southern population.
Slavery shall be excluded from all
the territories, but, if upon their organza-
ton into States, they choose to establish
slavery. they may do so.
4 All fugitive slaves shall be returned
by the State into which they escape. The
States falling to return them 10 pay the val
ne Of the fugi;ives.
This prisoner of state SAYS he was semi
officially invited by Secretary Stanton to
take these propositions 10 Richmond for
,I,o ,,rrD-,ao of e,b,>;t,;pr ,lo,,, 70 tho
Confederate authorities. He farther says
he has the evidence to make good lis
statements. But upon reading the propo
sitions, lie says he informed the Superin-
lendent thai to go on such mission, with
such propositions, would be obly FOOLS
errand he therefore refused to 90. al
though he now regrets the refusal, as some
thing Of advantage to tie country might
have come cut Of the mission.
The prisoner Of state SAYS he then wroj,
y latter &c Fernando Wood, giving an ac~
count of lLoSe semi-official propositions of
the Federal government. The letter Of
course had to leave the OlJ Capital sar.
reptitious.v. A Confederate o., o., -, vino
"yrr.o>eu to be exchanged at Baltimore,
agreed to take this letter and place it in
the hands of friend in that city, Who
would see that IL was safely Transmitted 10
Mr.. Wood. Contrary, however, to ex
pecta'ion, the Captain was not exchanged
a: Baltimore, but at Fortress Monroe. and
was Immediately taken within the Con
Tolerate lines. SO the letter got 10 Rich
mond, and doubtless in the hands of the
Confederate authorities, thus cqu@in,ing
then with the propositions Of the Federal
government. Some time afterwards the
prisoner of state, having been released. met
Fernando Wood. Mr.. Wood informed
him that lie bad received his letter from
Richmond, accompanied bv another, sub
hitting proposals for Reconstruction, " ich
he presumed 70 be of semi official char
acter, like those from our government
AMI these were the propositions
l. The government at Washington and
the government at Richmond shall each
;,bdicate,
.. A provisional government shall be
appointed.
,. Delegates shall 10 chosen in each
State to meet in national convention and
fix mp the terms Of reconstruction.
THESE propositions. demanding that the
Confederate authorities shall be recognized
as de tacio government, and proposing 10
wipe out the past and begin anew, were
submitted Ivy Mr., Wood says this gentle
man, to the Federal government before
the battle Of fredericksburg
In making the above statement, have
simply spoken upon the authority ofanoth-
er. | think | have made no material var
iations, perhaps. none at all.
What has Mr. Wood 70 saw