Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-08-03
TEE PEACE NEaoTIATIoNs.

A Rebel OpiRiOR-TAs PresideH's " UEh-
npatunr .Hsartly Endorsed- SANDER
Clique Rspudiatsd-z3s VIIt Of RIrEs
and JaqEss to Richmond DOGbtsd-0f il
a None Knsi0-Lf they did Enter, they ara
Denounced 0s Spies and PeddlsTs-Peaes
Neither to be Negotiated for nor ASked
from Mr.. Lincoln.
The following article appears in the
Richmond EzamiRsT Of last Tuesday, the
goth ult A perusAl will show what the
rebels think Of the "peaoe negotiations"
and of the " unauthorized and ofhcious
persons " who were prominent in conduct
ing them; .flL .-H .H -l ..1
" For the first time We have the pleas
ure of heartily approving State paper OF
Abraham Lincoln. Il is his letter address
ed "To Whom it May Concern" 1t con-
Germs Messrs. Holoombe, O. O. Clay, and
George N. Sanders, and We would fondly
believe no other person, or persons whom
soeVer.4 When oficious individuals 70
creeping round by back doors, asking in
terVieWs with Lincoln for q full inter-
change Of sentiments,' it gives rs sincere
qualification to see them spurned, yes,
kicked from said back dooE. To Abraham
we deliberately say bravo or, If he likes
it better, bully = Think of an eK SeOa-
tor from Alabama, and Virginian mem
Der of Congress-for we say nothing Of
the thief negotiator'-exposing themselves
so grAtuitously, idly and unbidden, TO re-
ceiVe such an ignominious rebuff at the
hands Of the turbulent buffoOn of Illinois.
"The eccentric procedure of these two
gentlemen has all the air of q device of the
Ingenious Sanders. He it was who, fnd-
ing Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Holeombe travelling
in Canada for their health, and sojourning
at the Clifton House, bethought him ofget--
ting them into q correspondence about
peace and 1t was he who opened it him
self by letter TO no less person than that
sanguinary philRnthropist, Horace 0reeley,
asking him (Greel0y) to procure safe con-
duct for the party 70 Washington, and
thence to Richmond. Il appears that Gree
ley, at first thinking this was real embas-
sy to offer submission, eagerly promised the
safe conduct in the Presidents NAME
They replied they were not exactly and
altogether plenipotentiaries, but had no
doubt that eff the circumstances disclosed
in the correspondence" we're communicated
to Richmond, they or somebody else would
be invested with full poWers. And what
were the circumstances disclosed2 We
learn this from q long letter Of Aessrs.
Clay and Holcombe, written after their re-
pnlse. The Circumstances disclosed were
hothing in the world except Greeley's IN
authorised offer Of Q safe conduct They
say-and, in reading what they say, remem-
Der that il is two eminent COnfederate gen
tlemen addressing paltry Abolitionist
editor not having the presumption to
write to the Emperor Abraham himself
texacting no conditions but that We should
be duly accredited from Richmond as
bearers Of propositions looking 70 the es-
| tel hIfahu,ane ~ khua nrOnOeiNR a ba-
sis for q conference as comprehensive as
we could desire, il seemed 70 Ms that the
President opened door that had preVi-
ously been closed against the Confederate
states for full interchange Of seutiments,
free discussion of eonhieting opinions,
and an untrammeled effort TO remove all
causes of controversy by liberal negotia-
tions.' What right had they 70 even al
Iude to propositions looking 70 the estab-
lishment of peaee7 Who commissioned
them 70 interchange sentiments with Lin
coln7 And what do they mean By causes
of controversy and liberal negotiations7
If these ofieious gentlemen had been re-
ceiVed ct Washington, aud had been ae-
credited from Richmond, We should have
felt very nervous on the subject Of those
liberal negotiations. However, Lincoln,
90 5000 as he Was Informed there we're
such people looking about that back door
surmisipg that it was partly open though
previously closed and pAFlying with
New York editor to the hope Of getting ad-
mittance-shut mp the door with bang
ght in their three noSes- and warned them
of By 9 nOtics@TOW whom it may concern
SIT Is suggested that perhaps the cum
ming devise Of Mr.. Sanders was only 4
contriVance for helping the Peace party
IN the enemy's country; that the answer
Of Mr.. Lincoln was just the every kind of
answer which the the umany eOunselled"
George expected, and thatit Is 70 be used
to show how ferooiously and unrelenting-
ly the present Yankee Administration is
S;nt S1s - ~ ysaes A. nInaI LEI ~ - -
cessively cunning schemes, this one not