Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-08-13
- From New York HeralA.l
THE PEACE MOVE MENT.

THE PEACE MOVEMENT.
Asa,t.,s.l ,, Detail. e ths ni.g.r.
ley 1Dtalme0 authority FROM presf.
dent Ltnc0ln to become = Peace
ma; 70 Ia. .n.
der tho 1Djunc tion OF Ola Abe.
The movements for . negotiation have
been going on much longer than is sup
posed by The public. It commenced fully
four weeks before any suspicion was
aroused. 1t orig iginated between Sanders
and Jewett, in a general conversation
over the probability Of the commissioners
getting hearing from President Lincoln.
Jewett suggested the idea Of seeing Gree
ley, and prevailing upon him to get au'
thority from the President to move in the
matter The idea Of having anything to
do with Greely, the "white coat philar.
tbrophist." was secuted by Messrs. Clay
and Holcombe, when Sanders suggested
the idea to them. But Jewett, with his
usual pertinaci,y, insisted that nature had
invested him with the diplomatic qualities
that would enable him 10 bring abou: just
that result. While Sanders, Clay and
Holcombe we're debating the question
whether they would have anything to do
with Greeley, Jewe,t starts of to New
York for Greeley, and came back just in
time to inform the above gentlemen that
bis mission was success. to prevent their
rejectirg Greedy altogether. Saunders, at
an early stage, became an advocate Of see.
ing what could be done through Greeley
but the other Confederate gentlemen
as Greely calls them, held out to the last.
and even reluctantly agreed to meet him.
GREELEY COMMUNICATES WITH OLD ABE.
Soon after Greeley heard Jewet.'s story
he sent a communication to the President,
through private hands, declaring wha.
representation had been made to him, and
suggested the propriety of bis going to
Niagara, vested With full power to ascer-
tain whether these men could not be
brought in direct eommunication with
him (the President,) and thus ascertain,
through the only legitimate way, what
terms, if any, they had to propose for
settlement.
Several messages and communications
passed between the President and Greeley,
all Of which were kept perfectly secret,
and were not even trusted to the mails.
The result was that Greeley left for Mag.
ara Falls authorized TO the fullect extent
necessary to bring about an interview be.
tween them and the President, without
any conditions whatever being agreed upon
between them as to the terms Of settle.
ment. Their visit was to be unconditional
in regard to the terms or details Of their
propositions for peace, the ouly condition
being that they were willing to present
terms Of settlement on their arrival, all
else to rest with the events of the negoti.
alton. On this Greely Was authorized to
give them safe escort to Washington and
back, or through our lines to Richmond,
a. they preferred. That Mr.. Greely bad
delegated to him all the powers stated
above appears to be certain. At least be
gave all with whom he had anything to do
with so to understand and SO the public
will believe unless It is contradicted by
the Official correspondence. .,.~.
| Nprpv <,oyc ~
Having thus fortified him with authori.
ty from the President, Greeley packed up
bis traps and started for Niagara Falls.
He arrived at the International Hotel 90
Sunday, about noon, and there made it his
headquarters during the negotiations. His
6rst move was to bring about an interview
or com munication direct with the parties
or reputed representatives of the Southern
Confederacy stopping on the Canada side.
Here Jewet. was again brought in use. --
At this point the correspondence com.
which has been published. But al that
was done was not placed in writing. But
ashort time elapsed before Greeley secured
m interview with the reputed rebel am.
bassadors on the other side, when be in.
formed them verbally Of the conditions on
which he was authorized BY the Presiden.
TO guarantee them safe escort to Wash
ing,on. These conditions we're accepted
By the representatives Of rebcldom, and
Greeley telegrapbed this fact to Washing.
ton. Then came the muss that was kick ed
up at Washington, which brought the
whole affair to- the attention Of Stanton
and Seward, AID through the bullying of
Stanton aud the appeals OF Sewa,d, Mr..
Lincoln backed out OF his original posi-
ton. Il may be that if this message had
beep sest By private hands, instead Of BY
sslegrapb, the whole affair might have
been 30 managed that Greeley would have
walked into the White House, With San.