The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-08-11
Tho Peace commlssloners Again.

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The country well knows that scarce
ly year has elapsed since the pure
and gifted Stevens of Georgia was du- '
ly appointed and commissioned by
Jefferson Davis and the Confederate
Congress to proceed to Washington as
Commissioner for tho South, to en-
deavor to negotiate for peace.-EdgIe.
Now, the writer of tie above knew,
when penning the sentences quoted,
that he was writing two deliberate
lies.
Everybody who remembers any
thing about the mission of Alexander
II. Stephens, knows that the object of
his attempted visit was to consult with
reference to the treatment ofprisoners.
And he expected, and had the pro-
sumption to propose, to steam up to
Washington on rebel gunboat, gath
er whatever valuable information he
could, and then steam down tho Poto-
mac again, Haunting the rebel flag in
the faces of our people and armies
Nobody but the most unscrupulous
and lying coppcrheads of the North,
ever claimed that Stephens came as
duly accredited Commissioner from
the rebel government, with a treaty OF
peace.
All tho pretended indignation ofthe
Eagle at the snubbing Of the rebels
who opened a correspondence with
Mr.. Greeley at Niagara, is the most ri
diculous fustian. They were set of
officious and meddling rebels who
wanted to make political capital for
the Copperheads, and gain some noto-
riety for themselves. That they had
any commission, verbal or written
from the rebel government, is claimed
only by themselves and few of their
Coppcrhead allies in tho North. Tho
President condescended to tellthem that
if they came with propositions from an
authority that could "control armies
at war with the United States," they
would bo received. This was STUN
per. They had no authority to treat
from any such power, and, Of courses
they turned away disappointed and
chagrincd at being snubbed, and fell
to bolaboring tho "tyrant" Lincoln in
a style which would do credit to any
Copperhead in the North.
Not only were these advcnturcrs
and runaway rebels not accredited
by the rebel government, but thcy'are
condemned and sneered at by the rob
els for their officiousness. The Rich
mond Examiner, of July Goth, an Off
: cial organ of the rebel Government,
warmly approves the snubbing which
the President gavo them, in tho follow.
ing style,
"For tho first time wo have the
pleasure OF heartily approving q state
0 paper OF Abraham Lincoln. 1t is his
8 letter addressed "To whom it may
Concern" 1t concerns Mcssrs. Hol
combe, G. G, Clay, and Geo. N. Saun'
ders, and we fondly believe no Other
person or persons whOmsOever. Wher
o cfficious individuals 60 creeping rounc
8 by back doors, asking interviews will
}. Lincoln for "a full interchange of sen
y timents," il gives us sincere gratifica
- ton to sec them spurned, yes kicked
% from The said back door. TO Abraham
), wo deliberately say, "bravo," or, if hi
}. likes it better, "bully!" Think of al
o Elk Senator from Alabama, and Yir
q ginian member Of Congress-for W,
!, say nothing of that third "negotiator
y exposing themselves grdtuitouSly
" idly and unbidden, to receive such al
1t ignominious rebuff at tho hands OF tn
80 truculent butfoon OF Illinois"
4? The Petersburg Register, anothc
at robid rCbcl paper, thus speaks of th
(. peace farce:
10 "Thc whole Confcdcracy, with th
,r exception of tho traitors in Mort
Carolina, will bo not less astoundc
y than indignant at tho disgraccfr
s, peace farce lately enacted by som
< southern amateurs at Niagara Falls.
10 "After somo correspondence, Lir
coin gave them most decided snul
and most richly was it deserved b
'S those audacious and oflicious informed
no dlers, who, as they arc out of the tel
N ritory of the Confcdoracy now, shoul
70 keep out of it until they learn how I
abstain from disgracing it. 10 a
whom it may concern, quoth the &c
rilla To Tom, Dick and Harry"
;, If thoro was a particle of shame or
~ n spark of patriotism in that nest ftrai
10 ors who edit tho Eagle, they woul
=; not be cringing and crawling an
- - begging for peace Mt tho feet of robe
~ who insult them thus. They deser,
hho h to be whipped and spit upon by ever
:, rebel in rebeldom.
,ir GEN. AVERlLL'S VICTORY.
i'll Special DiSpatchto tho Cincinnati Gazette.
=, WASHINGTON, August Q