Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-11-04
OUR VISIT 10 RICHMOND.
wmY We WEST THERE.

Why my paniOn, the Rev. Dr. Jaquesa Coll
ouel OF the Seventy 4 bird Regiment of Illinois
Volunteers, recently went TO Richmond, and The
circumstances attending his previous visit within
the Rebel lnee, when he wore his uniform, and
mixed openly with ecoIes Of leading Confeder-
ates, II shall shortly make known 10 the public
ln a volume called "DJwn in Tennessee. !,
may now, however, be asked why |. q cisir'
individual, and not in the pay OF Government,
became his travelling g-onmpaniou, and, al a time
when all the world was rnphlng North to the
mountains aud Tho watering places, jOurneyed
South for conference with the arch-Rebel, in
tue hot and dangerous latiluda Of Virginia.
Did II never oeeur to you, reader, when you
have undeTtaReB 10 account for some of the sim
plest ( your own actions, how many good Teas-
ons havo arisen in your mind, every one OF which
has justified you IN concluding that you were Of
"soupd and depOsing understanding 80,
now, in looking inward fur the why and where
foI Q which know will be demanded Of me at the
threshold Of this article, 6Dd half c duEen rvs-
sons for my Welt 10 Richmond, any one Of which
ought 10 prove that am sensible man, alto
gssher TOO senslble TO 90 on SO long journey, lr
the heat of midsummer, for the mere pleasure Of
the thing, Some OF these reasons will Snums,
rate,
First Very mRdy honest people at The North
sincerely believe that the reVoltei States will re-
turn 10 the Union, II assured Of protection tc
their peculiar institution, The Government hRv'
ing declared that bo State shall be readmitted
| vhieh has not fret abolished Slavery, these pee
! Pile hold it responsible for the continuance Oi
! The Nnr. !, TO- therefore, important to kuow
whether the Rebel States will or will not return
II allowed 10 rttnip Slavery. Mr.. Jefferson Da'
7 viz could undoubtedly, answer that question
and TINT may have been reason why went &c
$50 him.
Second Gu the second of July last. g. q.
! CLAW, OF Alabama, j, P HolGombe, Of Virginia
aud G Y. Sanders, of no where in particular
appeared at Niagara Falls and publicly annou-
/ ced that they were there 10 confer with the Dem
ooratlc leaders in reference TO the Chicago nom
ination. Very soon thereafter. few friends o
/ the Administration received lntnationa from
those gentlemen that they were Commissioner
from the Rebel Government, with authority Il
negotiate preliminnries of peace on something
like tho following basis, namely restoration
Of the Union As 1t was all negroes actually treet
by the war to be declared froe, and all negroel
not netuRlly lTeet hy the war Ia be declare,
slaves.
These oveftuTes were not considered sincere
Ihoy secmad Ooncooied to embarTass the Gov
ernmenl TO throw upon 1t the Od.um df eontnn
ing the war, and thus to secure the Triumph o
the peane-traitorB at tho HOvembaF election
The scheme, il well manuged, threatened TO b'
dangerous, by uniting the Peace. men, the Cop
rerhpn1s, and such II tue Republicans as love
peace better than principle, Ia cns opposition
willing 10 make peuce that would be inconsist
cot with tho enitiy and dignity Of the country
1t waR, therefore. imp0ittnt 10 diseoVeI-wha
vas then in dOuht--Whe;her the Rebel envoy
really had, or hud uut. any official authority.
Within fifteen days OF the appearance nf Ties
a Peace Commissioners" Jeaerson Davis ha
SAID To an eminent Secession divine who, late II
June, came through the Union lines by The Mary