The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-08-05
THE NIAGARA PEACE OVER
TURES,
Statement of II. "--Peace not
so Very Far Off.

MIR. GREELEY gave great prominence in bis
paper of Friday morning to the following
statement:
The telegraph stories concerning Peace con-
| lerchces at Niagara Falls have a slender foun-
uatiou III lact, but most of the details are wide
pl .ne ruin. The editor of this paper has ia
h hth I;rrt IN ana been privy to no further or
o.n y noSoliaIlohS IMAM were fully authorized
"to more nan authorized; but those solely to
| bringing the antagonists face 70 f,na in an;;oo
bic rather than belligcrent attitude with a vie1v
NtO the Initiation of an effort for noooo ~ bo
| prosecuted at Washington. The moyament
! has had no immediate success. 'Oi'iOn'
OF course, all reports thai the ,,r;to,, 1,o-
been engaged in proposing Or receivin1r or ti;-'
cussng, hypothetical terms or bases If naonn
| whether with the accredited AGENTS IF ~,
| Richmond authorities or others. are ,tto,I,
| mistaken. lie has never had the slightest NJ
| thorzation to do anything Of the sort: and he
| is quite aware of those provisions of law
which relate to volunteer negotiations Win
public enemies Those provisions he heartily
| approves, and i5 noWioe inclined to violate
| them.
| More than this he does not IS yet feel at lib
| erty to state, though he soon may be- All that
| he can now add is his general inference that
the pacfcation of our country is neither so
difficult nor so distant as seems to be generally
supposed.
In response to paragraph in the Albany
1,yos, Mr.. Greeley further says
We certainly deem the abolition Of slavery
most desirable, alike by the south and the
north but we have never presumed TO dictate
to our government the continuance of the war
one moment longer than il shall deem ncces-
sarv. We have probably had less to say deci-
siyely rs to the conditions OF resurrection"
than any other prominent journal Whenever
the government shall find satisfactory. en-
during peace attainable, we have not & doubt
that we shall heartily support it in making
peace: while the drggs VIII probably oppose
that peace as bitterly as il has hitherto oppos-
ed the war.
ADDITIONAL. FACTS AND CORRESPONDENCE.
The telegraphic reports have failed, as usual
to furnish full statement Of the facts which
TRANSFERRED at Niagara. 1t appears that, in adj
dition TO Horace Greeley and Nv Lincoln
Private Secretary, Mr.. Hay, the Rev. DR.
Breckenridge of Kentucky, President Of the
recent Baltimore Convention was there and
had five hours interview with Prof Hol-
combe, who is his cousin, and, it is said, en-
tered into the spirit of the occasion. The
same dispatch says:
Mr.. Hay brought Mr. Lincoln's reply yestcr-
| day. 1t was of such a nature that Mr.. Gree
| ley would not deliver it to Sanders, but came
| over and introduced Hay, who handed it in
| person to Sanders. When Greeley was leav-
| ing Sarders the latter said, This is not the
end of this affair, and you must not think that
| we are backguards mnch ., TO say that
| Lincoln and Seward We're
DISPATCH FROM THE CIIEvAiIEE COLORADO
JEwETT.
CATARACT HOUSE, NIAGARA FALIs,l
July y, 1864.
Distinguished representatives of the South
are in Canada urging peace.
was selected to secure an armistcc for ne
gotiation.
tanned the sanction of President Lincoln and
authority to escort Clay, HOlcOmbe, Thompson
and Sanders to Washington. Mr.. Greeley in
person is here, negotiating through me. avoid
ing all reference to the Union or slavery
The President through letter to Maj Hay,
has changed entirely the instructions of Mr..
Greeley, making negotiations conditional
The rejection, reply of the South and cores
pondence, go to the Associated Press TO-DAY.
make this statement for history. eXOnerat-
ing myself for acting in the matter under the
government authority held by Mr.. Greeley. l
| rely on the constitution for protection in eX-
| pressing freely my views.
The government thus refuses the only pos
| sible means of peace. | cannot understand a
| policy that forever excludes negotiations. Not
only is it the desire of the south to treat for an
| honorable peace, but the whole of Europe
urge it.
| How just and noble the position of the South
| to negotiate independently of a condition for
| independence or jurisdiction over slavery, sub
hitting disputed points to fair tribunal-to
| Switzerland, or to an international congress.
| or otherwise
| | see only determination OF the administra-
| ton, in pursuing the present war policy, to
| revOlutiOnize the North, with the entire de-
| struction of republican liberty.
WM. CORNELL JEWETT.
| In the last number of the R0uAd Table, July
| %, we find the following statement:
We have reason TO believe that the meeting
at Niagara Falls of Jacob Thompson of Missis-
sippi, Clement G. Clay of Alabama George
Sanders, and several prominent politicians of
the loyal states, is not accidental as the pub
lie may suppose Nor is the presence of Mr.
Greeley as much of Il joke as some of the daily
papers would like to make out. 1t is reported
on good authority-although we do not vouch
for the truth OF the statement-that during
Secretary Fessenden's recent visit in this city
Mr.. Greeley told him in plain terms that the
war must stop soon, and that any further n-
crease OF the public debt would cndanger its
payment by the country. Whether this be
true or false, whether the meeting at Niagar
Falls has any significance or not if the opposi-
ton go before the people with the promise OF
an honorable settlement of the war and par
tlal or complete restoration of the Union in the
event of its success at the polls, there can DC
no doubt as to the result of the presidential
election.