Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-01-16

Turn CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN PREsL
DENT DAVIS AND THE POPE. -Accorolhg 70 'h0
Paris journal La France the following CORES
pondence has taken place between rreSloeD'
Davis and the Pope:
"R1cHnoND, Sept, 23, 1868. cry Yener-
h]e Sovereign pontlff: The letters which you
have written to the clergy OF New Orleans ana
New York have been communicated 70 NC
and have read with emotion the deep gliel
therein EXPRESSED for the luln and devastation
caused bv the war which IS now BENG "ageu
by the United States against the otates anu
neoDle which have selected me as their IeoA-
dent and YOUR orders to your clergy to eAhor'
the people to peace and charity
L am deeply sensible Of the Christian char
itv which has irpelled you to this reiterated
appeal to the clergy 1t is for this reason that a
| teel it NY duty to express personally'
and in the name of the Confederate otates'
our gratitude tor such sentiments OF Chrlstla al
good feeling and love aud to assure your lloll-
ness that the people, threatened even on CneH
own hearths with the most cruel oppression
and terrible carnage, is deslrous now, ao IL HAS
always been to see the end OF this lhpl041S "al'
that we have ever addressed prayers 70 i1eaVen
tor that issue which your holiness now oeS!ieo
that we desire none otour enemy possessions,
but that we fight merely to resist the oeFaSta.
ton ct our cOultry and the sntuUln6 " ool
best blood, and to force them to let Us I'VE III
peace under the protection OF our own lnstl-
tutions, and under orr laws, which not only
insure to every one the enjoyment OF his tenn
poral rights. but also the free exercise OF his
religion. | pray your Holiness to accept, on
the part of myself and the people OF the Con
federate States our sincere thanks TOR your
efforts in favor of peace. May the LORD pro
long the days of your Holiness, and Keep you
under His divine protection.
THE POPE's REPLY.
''IlIustriOus and Honorable President, salu-
uation:-We have just received, with all sulta-
bic welcome, the persons sent by you TO place
in our hands the letter dated 23d OF oeptem-
Der last Not slight was the leasure we ex-
perienced when we learnt, from these persons
and the letter, with what feelings OF JOY and
gratitude you were animated, lIlustuous ana
honorable President, as soon as you were III
formed Of our letters to Our venerable orother
John, Archbishop of New \ ork, and John,
Archbishop of New Orleans, dated the 18TH OF
October of last year, and in which we have with
all our strength excited and exhorted those
venerable brothers thatin their episcopal plety
and solictude they should endeavoE, with the
most ardent zeal, and in our name, to bring
about the end of the fatal civil war which has
broken out in those countries IN order hat the
American people may obtain peace and con
cord and dwell charitably together. 1t IS par
ticularly agreeable to us to see that you, illus
trous and honorable President, and your PEG,
ple are animated with the same desire OF
peace and tranquility which we have IN our
letters inculcated upon our venerable brothers,
May it please God at the same time to make
the other peoples of America, and their rulers,
rejecting seriously how terrible IS civil war,
and what calamities it engenders, listen to the