Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-11

We Yesterday presented 90 our readers the cor /
espondence te'~een Mr. Wood and President 1
Lincoln. in December last. relative to the will |
ngness Of the insurgents 10 return upon being /
xranted an amnesty Excess of teleeraphic |
matter In our Yesterdays edition preciuded CON
ment The correspondence has not before been
published becsuse of the Injunction of secrecy laid
" Mr Lincoln upon Mr.. Wood which injunc
ion most honorably and faithfully observed
~ him until the direct charge of f4l-ehood made
,gainst m in the Presidents letter released him
rnm further obligation under it We we're very
confident, from Whist knew OF the circum
s'anres that the publication Of the Presidents
Springfield letter would unearth the FOX. We
have never credited Mr. Lincoln with extraorii-
h,ry cap CITY. but supposed him possessed of too
much -hrewdness or low cunning. TO thus remove
~ Injunction which he ought ~ have known was
ne m,-t efirent shield from ufsmy
We reproduce The following extract from his
Spr'r ghed letter:
IN W. allow me to assure you that no word or
niimatiOn from the rebel armv. or from sny OF
the men controlling it. in relation 10 any peace
compromise has ever come % NV knowledge or
relief All charges and intimations 20 the con
,rsrv are deceptive and groundes-, and promise
vou that II sny such proposition shall here after
come. il sh III not he rejected and kept secret
from YOU freely acknowledee myself To he
he servant of The peopie. according TO the bond
ofthe service. the United States Constitution, and
that ~ such I am responsible 70 them"
Here il n positive declaration that he has re
ceived ono word or intimation from the rebel ar
NY or from anv one OF the men controlling u.
in relation 10 anv pence compromise" Webster
thus define: ''Intimation-hin,: obscure or
indirect suggestion notice; declaration OF re-
mark conveying imperfect notice 4"
We now anDend the following extracts from
Mr. Wood's letter:
"On the 25th II November last was advised
nv authority which | deemed Iikev tn he we'll
informed as we'll ms relibe and truthful. that
he ) ,uthern States would send representatives.
70 the next Congress. provided that full and
general amnesty shou d permit them to do 50.
Now. therefore Mr. President sug
gest that gentem N. with former political and
social relations with the LEADERS, OF the 'uthern
revolt. mnv be .llowel 10 hold unofficial CORES
pondence with them on this subject, the cores
pondence To he submitted to Won"
This j. no, an obscure or indirect suggestion.
hut plain. frank statement He who commu-
| nicated il believed il To he based upon informa
| ton drawn from reliable and truthful sources.
| The utter imnrobsbilitv that those who thus ad
| vised Mr. Wood obtained their information from
| the separate insureent States. compels the con
clusi"n that i, was derived from members of the
| Confederate Government. from some of the linen
| c,ntrolling the rebel army " This assumption
close. Mr. Lncoln's loop hole of escape. IL Mr..
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,
| II strongly suspect yonr information will prove
To be croundless" Wo,d is informed of the
willingness of the insurgent States to return.
| de Informs the President. who disbelieves. or
processes to disbeeve. the correctness of the in
formation Wood offers to establish the cor
| rectness of the information thus. Il suggest
that a gentleman, with former political and So
| cia relations with the leaders OF the Southern
| revolt may be allowed to hold unofficial 'rreS
Dondence with them upon this subject. The cores
| ponience 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 10 control the revolt
II is with these men Mr. Wood offered to open IA
correspondence from which no possible injury to
our cause could have arisen, because, first il was
| To he unofficial. and next it was To be submitted
to the President. There could therefore be no
objection to the mode Of proof offered by Dir.
Wood. and certainly it would have been conclu-
sve. Ii would either have established or reiuted,
beyond all cavil, the correctness of his informa
ton. But if Mr.. Wood had never been thus adj
| vised, or if the information he received was
| groundess, these facts are known only 10 himself
and those who gave MIN the Information How can
Mr. Lincoln aver that he has never received an
intmation of this kind? If Woods information
was correct, Mr. Lncoln's friends will not claim,
in the face of this CORES pondt nee, that he has not
received any intimatOn from the rebel army. or
from any of the men controlling it, in relation
| to any peice compromise" It's transmission
| through Wood does not alter the fact of recep-
ton The intimation was conveyed to him AS
coming from the Confederate Government indi
recfy He has acknow ledged its reception, and
WAS offered the proof of its correctness in the
proposal of Mr.. Wood to open correspondence
He can not escape by the bubble that il did not
come directly. He denies having received nm
ntimation, which is defined 'hint oh
scure or indirect suggestion. or notice Was not
the letter OF MIR. Wuou All indirect notice. The
suggestion was direct Thus we see that:
| Mr. Lincoln denies having received such an
ntimstion from the rebe Government
? Tha, he did receive such an intmaton
purporting to come rom that source.
3 That he profe,sed TO doubt its correctness
That proof was offered him TO establish it:
correctness.
5 That he declined to accept the proof of
fered
Is he not pillored before the nation TO day. as
a deliberate and shameless eQnivocntor and f,lsi
ferf This in any event: and II Mr. Wood wa.
correctly informed not Abraha m Lincoln and
his advisers intended asssssins of the nations lite
and murderers OF every nan whose lite has beer
offered upon country's hattlefeld- since IN:
18th Of last December How dare they AS err
that he was not correctly informed when they
rejected a test of proof so simple. but conclusive
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