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T Gen. Butler at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
md tic soatgivings Of the administration
since that time are all to tho same purpose
THE MsrEsIxL INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY
FAVOR THE WAR.
That an offerlwill be made in good faith
NAV well be doubted. The men who cleo
tsd Mr. Lincoln and who spent the MOST
money to givshim a. second term at the
White House, did so deliberately, because
under his administration the war was more
likely to be continued, and the disburse>
ments of the government would conse.
ouently be greater than if peace were in>
aueurated. Indeed ell the material inter-
eats of the country are in favor of the war.
Merchants who have goods. to sell specu,
lstors who thrive upon the disturbed stat
Of the currency, and the fluctuations in it's
value. and the horde of contractors, oil
profit by the. present anomalous state OF
affairs. and peace, with its reduced cur
rency, it's lowering of prices, and the ois
tress it would at first cause to the laborlng
population, would be to them ruin.
WHY THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD PROPOSE
''i- AN AMNESTY. .iV
At the same time there are other con /
siderations which will be likely to immedl-
ately affect the government and give rise
to q desire for peace; and the administers
ton is, at all events, determined to make q
strong effort in that direction, because 1t
sees that if it has no other effect, it will
nrohabiv damage what is left of the Dem.
ocratic party Of the North. They reason
that if favorable terms were offered to the
South and the confederate leaders, and II
it formally refused to enter into negotia'
tions except upon the consideration OF indie
rendence, it will silence for time the or
CARS and speakers of the opposition, and
there will be restored to us some such state
of feeling as existed Immediately after the
out of the war. OF course the
Democrats here do not believe in aHy pres.
ent prospect of peace they doubt even now
whether an offer will be made in good
faith, and whether il is not simply trick
to put the southerners more than ever In
the wrong, and unite the North by ques'
tionable means. In what form the offer will
be made to the South it is not understood.
An amnesty proclamation is talked OF, but
that would be of no more practical account
than the emancipation proclamation. The
rumor that obtains most currency here is
that commission will be appointed, com
posed partly of Republicans and partly of
to meet similar commission
appointed by Davis, in which such men as
Alexander Stevens would be the most
prominent. .,.... D..
THE TERMS PROPOSED.
Of the terms proposed it has been as we'll
a. decided that should the southerners
consent to come back with exactly the
same power and position as before the war,
they will he welcomed, only with the I'm.
that something will be done
by the several southern States to get rid
Of slavery before the year 1900. As an ad'
ditional inducement to the South to come
back, the abrogation OF the three 'tifths
rule of the Constitution is talked Of In
deed that provision would be imperative,
because, there being no slaves, the negroes
would count as part Of the population, and
the number Of members of Congress from
that section would be increased. The South
is therefore, offered the same power in the
Senate as before the war, and q greater
power in the House. The amnesty will in>
cluds all the present civil and military lea,
ders of the rebellion, and should peace be
restored it is within tho bounds of proba
bility that jeff Davis, Lee, Beauregard and
Toombs, may occupy seats in a Senate of
which, perchance in time, men like Grant,
Sherman, Mcclellan, and Butler, would be
a.l
OBSTACLES TO PEACE.
Political circles here are stirred to their
very depths by these rumors and by the
hope Of peace; but it is not to be disguised
that among the most intelligent and we'll
informed people, it is not considered prob
.ble that an accommodation can be arrived
1t. Were Mcclellan President, and the
Democratic party in power, there would
be no consideration of pride or self.respectl
to prevent the southerners from treating
With the heads of the government But Is
they made their original quarrel because of
the election of Lincoln, and the advent to
power Of q radical administration, and be-
,ause they believe the war, as carried on
BY the Republican administration, to be
attended with unnecessary and barbarous
measures, it is not believed that the south
.fners would listen to any terms which |
lincoln or his associates might propose e.
they have made war the business Of their
ives, they have still large armies in the
asld, they have supplies sufficient to sup
,ort those armies, they have still vast ter
'itory under their control, and it is not
considered likely that these "proud and
,hivalrous people" as General Butler called
hem, will over consent to come under the
,stsd Lincoln dynasty. They are still
Iovereign in their own dominions, they can
IT'LL bid defiance to the aboitionists, they
ave the sympathy Of the populations of
Europe. and though there is no present
nope Of Intervention, the accidents of war
nay give them powerful allies. The North
,ss been. not little nisled by the stories of
he exhaustion of the southern people from
the war. True they suffer tor the want Of
many luxuries to which they have been ha
nituated hut thew havo q au{, c;cncv cfI