Delaware gazette. (Wilmington, Del.) 1837-1883, 1864-09-30


"DEAR Sir; The undsrsisnsd respectfully sol
CIT an Interview with President DayIs.
"TheY visit Richmond onyAs private citizen
and have no official character or authority; but the
ars'acquainted with the vews oftbe Uaiied Stat,
Government and with the sentiments of the North
Orn people relative to an adjustment Of tue difel
sncss existing between the North and the soutt
and earnestly hope that free interchange of view
between President Davis and themselves may ope
the way to such official negotiations as will rssul
in restoring PEACE TO the hVO sections Of our di.
tfsetsd country.
"They, therefore, ask an interview with ID
President, and, awaiting your reply, are
"fEuly and respectfully you're,
"JAMEs F. JAQuEss, of Illinois,
JAMES X. GTLaORE, of Massachusetts,
We have seeen how these men wese authorize e;
to say that they knew Mr.. Llucoln's views, Thei
proposals therefore, were, of course 10 accordance
with his views. Wbat1was the proposal2 Rea,
1t, as they themselves state that they laid it beor
Davis:
"suppose the two governments should agree {,
something like this To go to the people with tw,
propositions, say peace, with iisunion- and South
srn Independence, as your prOpOsitiOn-sn psao,
with nnionI emancipation, no confscation, and
uniserSal amnesty, ours. Let the citizens Of The
United States las they existed before the war
vote yes or mo on these two propositions, at :
special election within sixty days. If u majority
votes diSunior, our government to be bound by 1t
and to let you go in peace. If majority vote,
union, yours to be bound by it, and to stay in
peace The two governments can contract In thi,
way, and the people, though constitutiopally una.
la IN
the two propositions shall govern their rulers
Let Lee and Grant, D'eanHhife, agree TO an annie
ties. This you'd sheasLe the s,ro,d; and, II once
shsdthedya3t tseuld Meier again be dratoa 6v shis
generation"
Hero We have LiusOln's plan Arm siice and
disunion in 60 many words wo ask the solemn
consideration of the American people to the facts
here revealed by the confidential trierds Of Mr..
Lincoln
1.Mr Lincoln told Mr.. Gilmore sa clss- d:seei
tsay, the terms he would give the rebels"
2. Mr. Gilmore was permitted by Mr.. Lin :oln
to communicate these views 10 Mr.. jacques.
3. These two mon we're permitted to go South
by pass in Mr.. Lincoln's own hand, to have an
interview with JET. Davis.
4. They gave written pledge to the rebel
President that they we're in possession of the
views of the United States Government, in respect
to terms of peace.
s. They laid their views before Mr.. Davis, aud
thus embraced, 6Ist, srmistioe, and secondly,
dsunion, or Union with abolition, az the only queS
ton between the parties
Q. These men spoke of Davis US President Davis
and of all negotiations US between two govern
ments.
If the Democratic oonvsn ton ut Chicago had
Incorporated proposition so monstrous iato IT.
platform, 1t would have been condemned as high
treason by the indignant voice of every loyal man
in the land; and yet Mr.. Lncoln's party pretend
to be Mortified at the idea of 80 cessation of hosti
idssW 1t Is this proposal which the friends o.
MIR. Lincoln assured MT Davis to be the views Of
Mr.. LincOln, which they we're put in possession o.
before they came to Richmond by his permits
sion
Mr.. Lincoln ia therefore pledged by his friends
to this treasonsbls proposition. We have only to
thank JEFF. Davis that the Infamous proposal waS
net accepted
If ii had been accepted by him. where would
we be to day The South would vote for dis
union and independence, and the abolition dis
unionists of the North would vote for disunion
ss they are pledged TO do, and as Mr.. Lincoln
knew they would, and thus maj lrity Of the
people would decide to dissolve the Union and
let the Southern Confederacy become an &C
complshed fact.
This was the proposition made BY the COM
missiOners who went to Richmond In full pos
session Of the views Of the present Administra
ton We shrink with horror from cOntempla.
ting the gulf into which the country was on the
verge Of being plunged
But with the same disunlon men In power
with the same determination to divide the coun
try unless they can secure universal abolition
We are exposed to the same dangers every day
and God only knows in what uulucky hour oul
ruin may be consumated.
Mark how Mr.. Lincoln constantly keeps NJ
the idea Of negotiating only with Jefferson
Davis. Why does he never address himself t
the people or the States of the South He car
treat with people or with States. But no, hi
disfranchises the people, declares the Statel
dead, and proposes to treat for union and aboii
ton, or for disunion and independence, will
JEFF. Davis and only with him. Compare his
policy with McClellan's ezpession of readiness
to receive any State when its people offer t.
submit To the Union. Mr.. Lincoln declares the
Union already dissolved. He regards tn,
States as dead and gone. He magnifes ant
strengthens the osition of the Richmond dynas
ty BY everything he does. He recognizes Dayii
substantially from day to day.
See the testimony of Mr.. Dawson, the editor
Of the Albany Evening Journal (ViOlcnt radically
as to the state Of feeling among Lincoln men il
Washington, on this very subject, The Mutton
al Iatsltigsaesr says:
We have the authority of Mr.. Dawson,
prominent ofice-holder of the present Admins
tration, who is at the same time one of the edi
tors of The Albany Evening, for saying tina
there is such yesrning for peace, such
WEAKNESS of strife and bloodshed, and such
dread Of cost and taxation, that it will requir,
immense labor and constant appeals to the ma
tional pride and latent patriotism to hold thu
people up TO tie sublime work in which tn
country is now engaged" It might be suppos
ed that be alludes primarily to the opponent
of the Administration. But not so. Writn
from this city to his journal, under date of Au
gust 9th, he says;
The question of peaos is still one Of the lead
ing themes discussed in all circles, aud ind
lmopg the wsak kResd and dependent Uaion. me