The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-18

and dozen numbers and several bound va. umes oi
TIC dtdnHc Monthly and In the centre of the apart
| ment vas back walnut table covered with greoi
| com, ana huod with multitude OF Estate papory
| AZ this table sat the Secretary lie rose as yIo en-
/ hands and said - 'S'' Jus
/" am clad, very glad, TO moot YOU. gentlemen
| uaNe read your note, and"-b0wing TO met IN,
| olen letter you bring from ---. Your errnnd com
| mgnds my respect and sympathy. Pray be- seated ,
| As We TOOK the prOherci srats Nho Colonel draw
/ lng on ms "duster' and displaying hs uniform
| We thank you for this cordial reception NJ
| as yOu are 10 sec rs"
no doubt ! shall he. for you come TO tax Of
ut Is indeed; and for tat reason We are b7re TO
| see Mr.. DAVIS Can W. SEE him, sirI'
| do you bring any overture 20 him from your
| boycfnmcntY
''ho, sir. We BRING no overturo4 aud have no au.
th0uty rom our hovernment. We s'ate that in our
| note. We would be glad, however 70 know what
terms will be acceptable 10 Nr DAVIS. VI they AT
al harmonic with Mr. L1yCoLEs u0W-, We Will ro-
port them TO- him and 80 open Tho door ioT Official
,,AIe YOU acquainted with Nj L.HoolN. evi,wsYr
.Did Mr;. LTcoiE, iH aI,g egg authorize you 10
"No, en-. We came with li. pass. but not bv his
request. We say, distinctly, We have no official or
t 1aUl'iu. % auln93ily. We com, ~ men aud Chris
VIII Mr.. DAVIS, to discover some way by which tins
well, gentlemen, 7 win repeat wbat Won ssv n
me fies dent, and ~ hC follows my Rdvice-and 1
think he will-he will meet you. He viii bo az
Il
nine this evening. II anything should occur in the
meantime TO prevent his seeing YOU. 7 win lot Won
know through Judge ouLD."
After day spent in our room. conyer-,pg. with
thg Judge or watching tine passers-by m lho street
- should ike 70 toll WHO they we've and how they
looked hut such information II just now contrahgnd
.1, Nc called again az nine o'clock az The state Oo.
Jefferson Davis
MT BESJANN occupied his previous seat AZ the
table, and nt his right sat o spare thin ieauIrod
eve tull OF lie and vigOr. He had broad mas i've
forehead, and mouth and chin denotinF great
energy aud strength OF Will. bis lace was emnsiated
ana much wrnkled, but HE features were good e,ne
cially his eyes, though Of them bore scar an
paielnuy made by some sharp instrument. lie wore
suit oi greyish.hrown evidently Of foreign manu-.
iaclure and rs he rose saw that he was about five
ieot ton inches nigh, with slight stoop in the
quite IasciLating; and he threw an mdescribable
charm INTO his voice, Us he extended his hand, and
~ am glad to see you, gentlemen. You ere very
welcome TO Richmond"
Ard tins the man who was President Of tho
United states under FRANISIr IN PJTRcg and ,ybo 4;
now the heart soul and BRAINS Of the Southern Con.
tedeTacy
lfs manner put me entirely at NV case, the
Colonel would be at his II he stood before CEsAR;
ave thank you, Mr.. DAvre. Ills no, often vor
mondn ~
mot often, not so often as could wish. and 1
uust your coming NAV lead TO more frequent aud
q n more ore inendIy intercourse between the North and
1--WE sincerely hope n may"
MT; BE JA"IN tells me you have asked 10 SEQ
And he paused as If desiring We should finish the
sentence. The Colonel rephed.-
"1ts sir. We have asked this interview IN the
hope that you may suggest some way by which this
war be stopped. Our people want peace: YOUR
peope do and your Congress has recently said that
about" - N'i' w ''OuR"'
In a very simple way. Withdraw your armies
from territory and peace will come OF itself We
M pyiY,or
an offensive war except far az It il ofens;vt-le-
nsiyethat s 50 far as we are forced 10 invade con
TO prevent your invading us Let US alone and peace
will come at once"
But cannot let you olore so long as you repu.
people VIII not surrender"
II know. You would deny TO Us what you exact
for youlseyes-the right OF seli-government"
mo, sir" remarked 1--WE would denv Won no
natural right But we think Union essential TO peace
and ana Mr. DAVIS c9wd two people with the same
language, separated by only imaginary line live
at peace with each otherf Would not dis 1ute9 con.
santy arise, ana cause almost constant war between
Undoubtedly, with this generation You have
sown such bitterness at the South, you have put such
an ocean of blood between the two sections that
despair OF seeing any harmony in my time Our
cnlldren may forget tins war, but iCo cannot"
II ihhk the bitterness you speak Of, sir sald the
Colonel, docs not really exist. We must talk here
as friends our soldiers meet and fraternize with each
othor ard feel euro that II the Union restored
has ever existed, The war has made Us know aud
1eapect each other better Sthan before. This is the
mony OF them, your leading citizens"
'lhey are mistaken" replied Mr.. DAVIS, They
DO not understand Southern sentiment. How con
we leel anything but bitterness towards men who |
deny US our nghtst il yOu enter my house aud
drive me out OF it am not your natural onomyf"
"1 Ou put the case too strongly But we cannot
fight forever; the war must end at some time; we
must hnally agree upon something; can We not
agree now and stop this irlghttul carnagef We are
10th Christian mon, Mr.. DAVIS. Can you o. q
hns,lan man, leave untried any means that may
NO, cannot | desire peace as much as you do
! deplore bloodshed as much az you do; bat feel
that not one drop OF the blood shed in this war on
ny hands; can look up to my God and say this
tired all IN my power TO avert this war. saw il
coming, % m ahd l9f Twelve years worked night and
mad and blind; 1t would not lot us govern ourselves
and so the war came and now Il must 60 TIL the
last man OF this generation falls in his tracks and
his children seize his musket and fight his battles
unless you acknowledge our right to sefgovern-
ment, We are not hgllting for slavery, We are
ton We will have"
And there are at least four and a-haf millions Of ~
ieit so on see you have work before you" said
Mr. BENJAMIN, with decided sneer.
1--WE have no wish 10 eNterminRto You" answered
the colonel ~ believe what have said, that there
is no bitterness between the Northern and Southern
people The NORTH know, loves the South when
peace comes II Wln pour money and means INTO your
hands to repair the waste caused by the war and il
would low welcome you back and forgive you all the
loss aud oloodshed you have caused. But we must
crush your QTmes and extermnate your Govern.
ment and is nos that already nearly doneS You are
wholly without money and az the end OF your IT,
sources. GRANT has shut you up in Richmond
SHEENAN is before Atlanta. Had you not then
better accent honorable terms while YOU can retain
your prestige and save the pride of the Southern
peopc"
Mr. Davis on the Confederate Prospects.
Mr. d Wis smiled. 60 respect your oarntstuc.-
Colonel, but you do rot seem 10 understand tha
Iiuaton. We are not exactly shut up IN Richmond
III Ntnr papers tell the truth n your capi'Gl thar Is
~ oaiLcry not ours. Some weeks AGO GRANT crossed
ne hapiaon 10 whip LEE and take Richmond LIZ
dtoVe INN in the first battle, and then GRANT exc
tulto what your people cali brilliant flank move.
Wcrt,, and fought LIE again. LEE drove him o
seconG lime, and then GRANT made another flank
mOyemenlj and 40 they kept on LIF whipping
ana 1RANr nanhng, un'il GRANT got where he Is
now.
"AGd what is tho net rosultY GPAyr bas los,
seventy -hye or eighty thousand men, more than IFr
hnd AZ the outset, and l. nearer taking Richmond
than at first and LEE, whose front has never been
bfoLen, holds him completely in check aud has
men enough 10 spare 90 invade Maryland and threlt-
en- washington! SHERMAN, to be sure Is before
Atlanta; but suppose he le, and suppose he tGkes IN
1ou know that the further ne goes from his base OF
snpples the weaker he grows, and tho more disss.
iruus deeat viii Dc 60 him And defeat Iaqg come
80, IN military view, should certainly say our 20.
siiion was better than yours.
60 As 10 money; we are richer than yOu are. You
smile bnt admit hat our paper IL worth nothing; II
answers Hs circulating medium, and hold it all |
ourselves If every dollar OF il lost we should,
o. we have no foreign debt, DO none the poorer. |
But s worth something's II has the soAd basis OF
large cotton crop, while yours rests nothing, and
you owe all the world. As TO resources; we do not
lack Tor arms or ammunition, ana we have still i
fer tvhfg IN