The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-01
THE REi.EL VIEW Of THE PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS


The Richmond Examiner OF July &c has the
following comments upon the Niagara confer
enceI-
"For the first time We have tho pleasure of
heartily approving state paper of Abraham
Lincoln. 1t is his letter adore, sed To whom it
may concern IL concerns MeSsrs. Holcomhe, C.
&, Clay, and George n. Sanders, and, We Wo nd
fOndiy believe, Lo other person or persons whom
EoeVer. When OiciOus individuals go creeping
round by bsrk doors, asking interviews with
Lincoln for "a full Interchange of sentiments, il
gives us sincere qualification to them spurned
yes, kicked, from the said back door. 70 Ahra-
ham we deliberately say, Bravo Z or if he likes
bsiter, Bully! Think Of an ox-scn ItOr from
Alabama al d II Nirginiau member Of COngrtss-
for VIC say nothing OF the third 'negoLiator-
exposing Themselves gratnitnusly, idly, aud
unbiddcD, to eceive such an ignOminious rebuff
at the hands OF tho trucnlent bulioOn OF Illinois.
81 he eccentric procedure of these two gentle
men has all tho air Of device df the ingenious
Sanders. He IL was who, finlps Mr.. CLAW and
Mr.. Holcomhe travelling In Canada TO- their
health, and sujourning nc the Clifton II lUse, be-
thought him of getting them into e c1rresp md
ence about peace; and II was he who opened Il
himself by letter TO no less a person than that
sanguinary phlanthrOpiSt Horace Greeley, ask
ing him (GTeeley) 10 procure a safe-conduct for
the party to Washington, and thence 10 Rich
mond. IL appears that Greeley, az first think
ing this was real embassy to Offer submission,
eagerly promised the safe-conduct in the
Presidents name. They replied they were
nob eAhctiy dnu altogether plenlpOtentiafies,
but had no doubt that If the circum-
stances disclosed in the correspondence were
communicated 70 Richmond they or somebody
else would be invested with full powers. Aud
what were the circumstances disclosed We
learn this from long letter OF Messrs. Clay and
HOlcombe, written after their repulse. The cir
cumstances disclosed were nothing in the world
except Greeley's unauthorized offer of safe-con-
duct. They say-and, In reading what they saw
remember that it is two eminent Confederate gem
tlemen addressing paltry abolitionist editor, not
having the presumption tothe write 70 the Empe-
for Abraham himself exacting no conditions
but that we should be duly accredited from
Richmond, as bearers of propositions looking
70 the establishment Of peace, thus propOs-
ing q basis for q conference as comprehensive
as we could desire, il seemed TO as that the
President opened q door that had previ-
ously been closed against the Confederate
States for q full interchange Of sentiments,
free discussion Of conflicting opinions, aud an
untrammelled effort to remove all causes OF con.
troVersy by liberal negotiations What right had
they TO even allude 70 propositions looking to
the establishment OF peace Who commissioned
them 20 interchange sentiments with Lincoln
And what do they mean by causes OF controversy
ana liberal negotiations II these officious gem
tlemen had been received at Washington, and
baa been accredited from Riehn1ond, NC should