, 1864-09-03

tne way OF naga2lnH Hft1c!C8 and lectures ut
twenty. five CT nts PER heao. He can nosuow
which tbeec eplee have carried North by al-
ltgiDg "tle extreme inaccuracg Of Mr. Gil |
u0re1s 8 narrative II
Perbaps the most absurd thing in all this
buffr ess, Is tue manner In which Mr. -Burfa-
min has addressed ILLS long refutattun Of the
6tits-'lo Hon. James M. Masop, Commis-
eie ner to the Continent, &C. dc ct cete1A,"
Nj. Mason is not = Com missioner to any con-
will read in all probability eisnsi' c a1 nara! sst
tion thereof Why does not air. Bsnj .min
fend communication to the newspapers at :.
cnce, and &c lthe and scorch thosB spies to the
best Of bis abtlityy II anything eau aggra-
yate the, provocation Of seeing Cabinet
Minie1er OF the Confederate States engaged
put on fuch prcposterous diplomatic airs,
turning parsgrnpu into 1rotocal.
TIE so-cAL1RD ssFEACE N1ss1oE1cTo RICH
AoND=TaE TRUE HISTORY or THR AFFAIR.
: CIRCULAR. ; :: -
DEPARTMENT. or STATE, RICHMOND,
SIN: Numerous bubliestiol5 lo1 Thleh @ baye
recently appeared in the Journals OF the UNI
ted Stats, on the subject Of informal over
1ures Tor prace between the tn federations
OF Stats nov at Tnr On this continent, rem
der it desltable THAT J ou should be fully ad-
vieed Of the vieWs and policy OF this Gov
erpmeht on natteE OF such paramount i'm
sht u]d be accurately INFORMED Of what has
occurred On the several occHsious mentioned
In The published st1temeuts
You oaye heretofore been furnished with
copies OF the manifesto tskned By tho Con
grees Of the Conf derHte 6tatcs with tho ap-
p1oyai Of the President, on the 1ieh Of June
laet, and have doubtless acted In conformity
with ile resolution which requested that
copies of this manifesto shoull be laid b.
| 1t're fOriiga Governments. " The principal
sent{ntnis and pnrpoaee BY which these
| States have been ana uge still actuAtch,n are
I due to, the solemn dcclRr ztiOn Of the leg1sla-
tive and executive departments OF this sovs
trnn and with clearueEs which leaves
no rom for comment or explanstion. In &
| few instances It Is pointed ont that all ITO
| ask Is immunity 1iom interference with our
! lett in the undisturhed enjoyment Of those
iralienable rights of life, liberty and the pu1-
| suit Of happiness, which our common auces-
ters DECLARED t. be the equal heritsge Of i'll
parties to the Eoc1al compact Let them for
bear aegreEsicns uEon us, and the war is at
ali end II there be questions which require
! adjustment BY negotiation, We hive ever
| been willing. and arc still willing to enter
Into communication with our adversAries, in
a spirit Of pence, Of equity and manly ttank-
| ness" The manifesto cloted with the de-.
clalation that I'VE commit our causs to the
| enlightened Judgment OF tho word, to tne
sober 1ef1ectlona OF our adyerss4ies them.
selves, and to the solemn and righteous arbI-
tlament OF heaven. =
| Within very few weeks after the publlc&-
ton of this nanifesto, it seemed to have m ct
with reFponse from Preeident Lincoln. In
the early part Of last month 4 letter was r.
ceived by Gen. Lee from Lieut.. Gen. Grant
In the following words: =
"HEApen.s Aaxt1s or r,,x r1rrrrD sr.rv. !,
'~ C1TI PoISy, Va. July g. iga
Gen. r. E. Lee. Comm auding Confes erato Forces
near Petersburg, y,1eluia:
:" GENERAL: would request that Colonel Jauues
r. sacquesr eeseri5-lhlrd lltuAis Volunteer 10
la1:1y ano j. T. 1t!more, E.q, be allowed - meet
ano lsePet f Uaio' OomInis ssloner Tor tile E1
ines of The two armiss ~ xn & p,sss @ 1ne
object Of the meeting Is 1celtimsfe Wiz ihs ,ntfes
Of Cul. 0nld, as Commissioner, :~'
III OF consistent lot Jon to grant tbs request
here stkeds1 weld beg tnat this be referred to
gna,s tos a.l, r's aG a ION.
nrstto, es 1nn ~ ~ II can1e ~ st t4s
enhtrr1ha m,se}f ysrv resn.cttniiv Tons nhaIi,snt
servant,
"U. s. GRAST, Leut General. q, 8. A.
On the reference Of this letter to the Pres
fdtn he authorized Col. O1ld to meet tue
pertoIs named IL Gen. Grants letter, and
Col. Ould, after seeing them, returned 10
Richmond and reported to the PrrsidenL In
ff< TrfAef;rf4 IF i'm Eprraforr of 1Gcr -
nn1 se,5 ans ttir1 =, ~, ohnt Huu More ~ nag
Commissicner for 4rehenna - ,s.;s $3.50 20
M ther aeted n eSgoanse o. psoners
moEd tur the purpose OF aeeing the Pr.sI.
dent; thst they came with the knowledge
and spproy4l Of President Lincoln, und IN:
- ulo pane tuat tAe3 Hete informal mess'
engets sent VAIN new ot paving the way
1or meellng OF formal Commissioners, au.
Ia NEsynf3AfA md ia,
views Or Nj I,fnco1n and ~ nh,ai, ~ ~
Prs esident's views In return IN "a foo-ran1e
fnr mnetfno ~ 1,omm,s5,n,s~s - ~ Ga;nI
nn,5 etated th.t h. L.d Via ths.s ~o.oa,as 1oo94
to talk ofpeace on any other terms td "a The
recognized Independence of the Confeder1cy,
and The, wefe, nereriheless, confident tt tut
their interview won1d result In peace The
te1mi4ed to permit tnem to come to Rich
mond under his change -.
On the evening Of the 10Th Of Jn1y, Col.
Ou1d condnctea these gentlemen to hotel
In Richm ouo, ) ,whsre room was provided for
them, In which they were to rrn1aln under
snrTsillance d4riug their. stay hera and the
next morning receiy d the following letter:
sPuTswoop Ho1x1, RrcuxosD VAL
July II, 1854
Hon. ]. r BENJAMIN, Secretary Of Stale, Confed
eta1e s.ates o. America:
DEAR PIE: ihe undersigned, James F. Jaquee,
- a,,s onus; s ano saTs =, Gmofe: of 3assaehn-
pIeiaens nsYe They VIE Rehad ss Tln
citizens, andha1e no omcia character or authority:
bat they arc fully possessed of the viewr 0, tic
United States Govcfnment relative to ADJUST
o. so1 s,a w Tences noH e1stns 6etHeo1 tae
ffee nte1rhanpe ~ rir,1s he uopps s;aana tna.
Davis and themselves, would omen the Hay IN
6nch official negotiations Is would Ultimate N re.
W,1 nf NJ N}ntr faH
co2nny: x...-,.-.,.
ane5 aaer1oE nen an 1l'a ieaeW "ita the tfesf
ee1'' ~" Host trni3 ond rlsn..c1f5,tr S =. :
Yor1 obedieHt serYynta
is. +: F:JAcouEss.
JAS. 4. GuxonE.
The word "ohc3sF' fa undertcured; aud
the word peace donbly underacoredi in the
After pe1nsing the letter, invited Col
Ould TO conduct tne Hrtefs 70 my othce,
and on thelf arrival stated to them thzt they
must be conecious they could not be admit
ted to an Interview with the fIes1dent @lth-
out informing me more fully Of the object OF
their mission, and satlsfy me that they came
by request OF Mr. Lincoln M: fillmore re"
piled tnat they came nnottictauy, hat With
The knowledge and at the desire OF Mr. Lin.
coin that they thought the War had gone.
lar enough; that 1t Gould never end except
By some sort OF agreement; That. the agree
ment might as well be made now as after
6tll, further bloolshed; that they knew by
the recent ADDRESS Of the Confederate Con-
grese that we were willing to make peace;
That 1bey admitted that proposals ought to
coma from the North, and that they were
prepared to .make these proposals by Mr..
lincolus authority; TINT it ~as nee :ssary
to hare sort Of informal understanding in
advance OF regular negotiations, tor ii Com
nissios ers We appointed without some such
unue1stanf1;np ti1ev Rnu1d meet, uparrel and