The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1864-10-01
n. BLAip.

The rumorcd peace ncgou atoms continue 10
attract general nttontion, ani, In the absence Of
positive official information tho reports are nee
essarily vague and contradictory. A Washington
dispatch positively denies that General sher.
man has entered into any pescc negotiations OK.
ceps those involved In the ten days truce for the
the Richmond presa however, Indicates thst the
movement wos regarded as highly important in
that city, and excited considerable apprehension.
The DsPAros has The following significant article
On that subject:
There IL no mi stalking ,be object Of sherman In
desiring 10 hold . conf rence with Vice-President
stephens and Governor Brown. II In " detach the
State Of Georges II possible, from the Confederscy.
through the agency ~ these two gentletnsu, whom.
iroin their course with rvgxId to the Habsds Cor.
pus Act and other measures, be takes TO lie 81 hear
well disposed " promote such the ASSURE We are
confident that be Will find himself disappointed In
his estimation q these two gentlemen. yet we very
inuch regret that hey should have advocated sny
Inc 81 policy which nc Yankee general candy any
Feasibility, thus Interpret We trust the meeting
viii not te accorded II can answer no good rur.
pose, and Is ,.esign0l Tor no good end. Ii there
were no other ~ lection to IT, I've very fact that II "
PROPOSED 10y sherman is Sufficient OF itself 70 ipii
cate its tnpropriety. No god citiIen ought, erps
cially at ~ time Ike Ibis, to do any thing which
may, In the slightest particular serve - indicate
that there is difference. In his oIini on, between
the interests VI his STATE and the inter, sts II the
COuiederscy The Governor 81 Georgia ought NJ
least 10 rccollect that lie State one ~ the
first Ohio frs, after South Carpllns) 20 sccedc
from the Union, and that II she NV treats of
Ieace on Der own terms, a sovereign State, she
withdraw from the Confectionery, and lsav@ her
sisters the bar 10 hold aNer having got them into
this scrape We make these remarks because sop
rrntc State action has been a,tscd Of late IN more
quarters than one The lat d.plorablc peace delr.
sion gave rise h. Il, and the depression equcnt
upon the disappointment Of hopes raised by {, has
kept hup We hope = has not spread 70 any sTea.
heard ~ ~ and ,hst encourages him to ssSk this
conference. The Constitution confers upon the
President, by and with the consent Of the senste,
authority 10 make peace. II State make peace IN
her own account she wi'tdrsws from the Ccu'ed-
eracy. Sherman knows this and thinking he has
his heel upon the State Of Georgia Re hopcs IN this
wa 10 bring her bach into the Union Are the
recp'e not the pofticians-ne The people ofGec-gia
prepared for this SEPT viii they consent 70 ahun.
don Virginia, which entered into this Con,edcracy
because she was determined TO share the fate Of her
sisicrt viii she abandon virginia now, AFTER hav.
ing dragged her into this war We cannot and
will not believe IL Of the gallant state Of Georgia.
Her sons have fought too galisnuy to warrant such
belief
"pesce" movement has started from q differ
ent quarter, and Is vouchsd for ~ follows by the
Warrington REPUBLICAN, an administration Jour
nal -
We learn from o source reliable that we re-
hevc the statement. that hr Jacob Thompson ex.
secfetsry u the Interior, now residing ut Niaears
Falls, received few days hnce prop sition from
Jefferson DAVIS " BE- subIntted to our govern
ment, for pesesb'e settlement Of the present diff
heultses. DAVIS proposes that the rebel armies
shall lay down their arms. return to their ale
glance " The United States AMI that the Uniou Of
tts States shall H. preserved formerly. Slaves
that have been made nee during the rebellion to
remAin 81 and slaves In slavery In the re-
tellious States w reulan as they are This letter
o. DHvis WA banded Oh Monday last to y respons-
Die aud wealthy Manufacturer, "a DEMOCRACY of
New York State, who left Niagara that DAY en- ruute
for this city. II he has arrived here, be has no4
yet communicated with the Government. That
such letter exists and Ia in the hands VI y party
authorized to present Is t. the Government Of the
United States, We have not the slightest doubt.