Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-09
DAVIES Objection to LInOOIn's Plan
OF ReeonStFuetIon.

OF RECOMMENDATION.
The southern papers have just published
a correspondence between President Davis
aud Gov. Vance of North Carolina, which
occurred last January. Gov. Vance recon-
mended an effort at negotiations for peace
with the United States authorities, in order
to remove the disAfectiou in his state
Davis replied that he doubted whether it
could have any such effect, and advised
Gov. Vance TO put down treason with the
strong arm, Offering to send all the force
DE needed for thai purpose. He also re-
minded him that three efforts had been
made to open negotiations for peace, but
they had all been rejected. Mr.. Davis then
warns up over the terms of peace offered
by President Lincoln, aud vents his indig.
nation very euergetically
But suppose it were practicable to OBJ .
tain conference through commissioners
with the government of President Lincoln,
is it at this moment We are to consider il
desirable or even at all admissible Have
We not just been aPprIsed by that despot
that We can only expect his gracious par
don by emancipaIing all our slaves, swear
ing allegiance and obedience to him and
his proclamation, and becoming in punt OF
fact tue slaves OF our own ntgrses3 Can
there be in North Carolina one citizen so
fallen beneath the dignity OF his anc. stors
as to accept, or to enter into conference on
the basis OF these Iermsf That there are
q few traitors in the state who would be
willing to beLrAy their fellow citizens TO
sucD degraded condition, in hope of be.
ing rewarded for treachery by an escape
from the common doom may be true. Bul
dc not believe that tue Yilest wretch
would accept such terms for himself.
cannot conceive how the people o.
your state, Khan which none has sent
nObler or more gallant soldiers TO the ield
OF battle tone of whom it ia your deceived
honor to be,) eau have been by anything
TO which you refer in "the recent action Of
the federal House of Representatives"
have seen no action of that House thai
does not indicate by n verydecided SHORTY
the purpose of the enemy to refuse all
terms of the South, except absolute, no.
conditional su6jugatiOn or determination
But If it were otherwise, how are we u
treat with the House OF Representatives
II il with Lincoln alone that we ever could
confer, and his own paFtisans at the North
AvoW unequiVocalIy that his purpose in his
message aud proclamation was to shut out
all hope that he could ever treat With us
on any terms. If we will break up our
government, dissolve the confederacy, dis
band our armies, emAncipate our slaves,
take an oath of allegiance binding our
selves 10 him and Of disloyAlty to our own
states, he proposes to pardon rs and not
plumber us of anything more than the
property already stolen and ouch slaves as
still remain. In order TO render his pro.
Posals SO insulting as to secure their rejec-
lion be joins to them promise to support
with his army one tenth of the people of
any state who will attempt to set up
government over the other nine tenths.
thus seeking TO SOW discord and suspicion
among the people of the several states, and
to excite them TO civil war in furtherance
of his ends. know well 1t would be i'm j..
possible to get your people, it they pos
sessed full Knowledge OF these facts, to
consent that proposals should now be made
by us to those who control the government
At Washington"