Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-11-04

land back door. that he would make peace OIL
| no other terms than a recognition of SOuiheri
| Independence. lilo might, however, ngree to tw
| governments. bound together by league often
fivs and Offensive, --tor all external pnrpnAp,
oa'. for all Internal purposes tiro i. but he wpul.
agree to nothing betteF.)
There wss reason to consider this information
Trustworthy, and to believe Mr.. Davis twho was
supposed to be clear minded mani giinnpthcr
Ignorant of the dnings of his Niagara eaielliies
u lhla were true, and were proven to be true -
IT the yrfai Rebel should reiiernto this ileeara
ton In the presence Of Trustworthy witness, Of
lhe very time when the sisdH Rebels were OPEN
ing their Quaker guns ou the country, y,-wduli
not tbs Niagara nesotialors be stripped Of thsr
iaiSe eolors, and their low schemes be exposed h
: Tue soofn OF all honest men. North and South 2
may have thought 80 and that may have
been another reason why went to Richmond.
Third; | had been acquainted with Colonel
Jaqness's peace movements from their inception
Barly In June last he wrote me from battle.
held ~ Georgia, announcing lila intention of again
ElHlling the Rebels. aud asking an interview with
Ine At designated place. We met, aud went to
washington together. Arriving there. became
aware that obstacles wero Ia the way Of his fur
ther progress. Those obstacles could be remoY.
cd by my accompanying him aud that, to those
who know the man and hla " mission" whiah is
to preach peace on earth and good will among
men, would seem very good reason why went
10 Richmond.
Fourth, AND this to very many may appear
as potent as any of the preceding reasons, II
hai in my boyhuod a strange fancy fdf church
he'lrles ana lberly-poles. This fancy lad me,
10 school vacations. 10 perch my small svlt for
hours on the efOss- beams Ia the old btlfry. and
TO climb to the very top OF the tall pole which
s'ili surmounls the little village green. iu my
youth, this feellnga was imply spirit OF nd
venture ut as grew llder u ietpened lnlo
reverence for what those old bells said, nnd II
love Tor The prlnolpls Of which that oil liberty
pole Is now only crumhling symbol.
Had not events shoWa that jeff Dayls had
never seen that old liberty pole, and never
heard the chimes which still ring out from that
old belFryI Who knew, 10 these days when
every wood-sawyer has mission" but had
mission, and II was TO tell the Rebel Pres.
ident that Northern liberty. poles still stand for
Freedom, and that Northern church bells still
peal out, "Llherty throughout the land tu att
the inhabitants thereof I
II that Was my mission, will anybody blams
me for tanning Mr.. Davis with blaal' ofesol
Northern wind" Ia this hot weather
But enough ct mysthcatiou The strRigbt-
forward reader Wauta Straightforward reason,
and he shall have It.
We went to Richmond because We hoped 10
pave The way for negotiations that would result
In peace.
if We should succeed, the consciousness Of
having served the country would We thought,
pay our expenses. II we should fail, but return
safely, We might st.l serve the country by max
ing public the cause of our failure live should
iall' and not return safely, but be shot or hang.
cd as spies, AS we might he, for We could have
no protection from our Government, aud no safe
conduct from the Rebels 1.-Two lives would be
added TO the thousands already sacrihced to ibis
hebellien. but they would as effectualy serve
the country as If lost on the battle field
The4e are the reasons, and the only reasous,
Why We Welt 10 Richmond