, 1864-09-08

A. we tock the proGered ssa.s.. thu c,one',
drs :. ,ug i his "dnhler," and Displaying hrs nni
p: !9s :: 81 81 sifs e ':s1s
Or m eount shall he, fos ,oa e:ms 10 talk o,
peace ftses !. mt tos w. ,ss. rea.;.a
zee Nr Dasi-. Can we teo him, s.rs"
% s"q 1'ns any e's1faf*s to him from 5oFs
NJ, slr, We bring M ovef.ur-a aud bave M
nutf orisy from "ur rGussrpmelt .~We et4te th1t ii
our nute We y onld ba glad, however, to Know
Il ley at all hsrmop'ze @',h Mr. Liuc"lo'a vi@ws,
w will rrpor~ 1bem to bin, and SO open the door
tor faci-' utEut'at}o"s."
r.; ys5 e ;Ssas,Stts ;a, with Mr. 1'ns0as rts~s'
III ID mr; Lalcoln, In any wtf, authorize you to
s'r NJ. III rir. We eamc with hla pass, but not bv
his request. ae rsy. distinc:ly. " have no I'D
clal Vi pbut1ci,l authority. We cone as met aud
Chr1ecsns~ Loo dip}omsti-ts, huplnC, II n ftatk
TAX eith Mr Davis: to oitc"yer roma wss BY
"WeEl. rtDuamen. will repeat what yuu say 70
tie PresldeD', ant II he to.l"~s my advi:e-and I
thu hu wll.-he VIII meet ynn. Hu will bu at
church this afternoon; 80. snupose .ou csl here.
II this evening. Ii aoythfpg should 2cc1r ia tue
meaptiu4e 10 prevent his seeing you. VIII let g.u
know trout il judge onld.'-A0a"tse Naahtlyjor
This convcrs alton I took do VII within ecv-
eut{ ltufr a1fer 1t occurred. aud cunid nava
10 osslble motive Il, m1srepreseut It. Mr..
B. piauin has RITZ upted to report 1t thirty
rgAI coys attrr it happened, and te evtduntly
had =" csse" to bAke ont That case is,
dors to Mr. Dsy's, has, In msnner, recoz.
nix+d the 'Suutbtrn Co.tederacY." 1t would
n It be * diplomatic to say that afr Ben:
ian il r. report is faiee and u'tne fs true, but
/ tbirk etInpte truth will sand au7 warre
against aorolt :" diplomac5," and a'a will
= IL upf- @hnT
and tthe rest OF .oanki"th" snail }u4ya
between Mr. Benjamtu's staeemest and my
own. .,- =. -. .
But the secretary's memory served him
he1ter in bis barrasive OF our iutervie ~ito
Mr. Davis. II is true. he. ltts bis hs,ire t.,
Of ills as we'll as of,the other ln'ervte y, mud
he .sils to report Or even to aluda to al :rge
p0rt Of The conversation Oh that occasion:
bet the etseDt'A', and Wtnt seems to one most
important por:lnn Of Mr. Davts's resuarks,
b. elves In much stronger sud more ctn-
pla'ic 1arguage thao .xre reported:
He tayB lhnr Mr. Davis sselated that If
they {Jaque+s and t;ilu,oce) were themselves
20 nppcqubit ted WITH the form Of to-t. own
govern meDt ss To make Such prnpos ti3us
propositions tn leave the questiobs ut issue
bet~+tn the North ard ,hs SOU Il to dect.
tiop, ny ballot If tbe whole peopIe,} Mr.
Lincoln ongbt to have known ~hen giving
Of The Cot led: zate govesnWtnr to art on the
subject of the oomertic Institutions nf tue
several EtA1ee, eAch Stnte t8efnE exclQ-ive
jurisdiction Oh that polut, still less t., com.
NIT the decision Of such u qu+at1on to tho
vote Of fo1tgn people; that 1ha 4ep4r ,tton
of the Stst+s Waa an accomplished fact; Ih It
ht bad III authority to rectlve propnsals for
negotiation except BY virtus of hts uifice as
P,tt>dcut Of I'll independent Clnteder4cy.
ann on this harris alone must proposals be
nude to him"
= ith tie exception Of the a}lusson to, D1s
Lincoln (which Mr. Davis did not mskr)
there remarks arc, in sub,taacr, CORRECTLY re-
pu1'ed. The tone Of di+coort :sy, ho wevrr,
which Mr. Benjamin makes pergade tuem,
dots ipjusti: u Mr, o via
lursatd to tits - hole matter &ill add.
thai, With Mr Bel jautn's circular bsfuEe ne,
bavt carefully re-read what lh.rs mitten
IL retpecs to the interview 18th uIn, ta4t
with M1 Davis, aud the .ttendins ctrcum-
stanceP, ahu 1bat no part Of my wnole narra-
tive can ne stirred ur atEeu1 led, and hare it
consistent p ith the truth.
In IL, published report hare, Us explicitly
es larguuIe cau do 1t tTrctnime1 having 10
an5 WY, act- for MIR. Liucoln, but will
r.. pest tDat ntitter Cal Jaqutrs Dur a.yself
bad apy eflicial authority srum tue Pre-idrot;
G1pTt es Ills Tle@e, Op'nl0ts or 0e5lr-s tO Mr..
Davis or any one eIse; that oar missioa't to
Redmond WIS Initiated an executed Butely
On our own p1iyate accountaud resp11sioltl-
ty, and tbat VIC have u1ilo~.nty aud Atways
taid 60 both inside and outside Of the reoel
lutB.
Mr.. Lincoln gave me- a,pass. 1t reads aB
fulloWs:
Allow ]. r. Gilmore and friend TO pass with
orainas, baggage, to Gen. 1raut ut his hsadquas-
tets. = a. LINCOLN.
= lie also gave ne note to Gen Grant.
ThAt read as follows:
VIII Gen. Grant allow ]. r. Gilmore and friend
South a. Lincoln.
and that ia all that the Presi1eut did, OF
wrote, or said, or caused to ba ;ne, or writ
ter, or said III relation To this whole sna ter.
So mucn for Mr. Berjamtn's circular. 1
will now add q few words to Ieievn that
gentleman from the Hood Of tii1lngagAta
which is beiuz poured upon him by the Rich
mold editors, 6ecaute, as they assert, *'on
the Introduction of nameless Yankee
friend, Mr -, heAMr b received two
etits. snd procured them an interview Nth
tbt Pfesic ctpt" '
what Yunkee has -comulte stoned sp,ts lu1o
our iiuea, ASSURED them han teome tre<tm-1t
aid access to the PRECEDENT - etc Now, Mr.,
E1dmiser, It was1.'t Yankee Ut all, nor Was
it a htr. 1t was saup1y Mat ana uear rel
stive ct Mr.. Davis, no~ residing ut the
Dav!e, Tot to Mr Ber.5aaip, aud it 90 dount
stcured to NE the cour'eey aod kin lrcss
1ecelve0 Ut the banda Of TIT Rehel President.
Furthermore, BIZ. BENZ ,u.in did not oso-
cure us ACCESS to AE Davis. Our letter to
the Secrtts1y Was r quested ny Judge 0ald,
a. be exprts1e it ia a matter Of firm"
We kp+W wntn it w:s ~sitFen, and @e kuvw
1, ur ds3 8 before u le Washington taat Mr.
Davis would receive It.
This 1acts about this are simply as follows:
4 prtniheht citizen OF the Conftdcracy,
Who oesires peste eve ht tbe .s.cr'fce Of
alager.. met Col. ia .uess at Petersburg, q
3ear ago. They huye c0rre.prnued since,
and wbrp, in May LIST, the Golorel decided
to visit tie C0efrderncy AMIN, he wrot. 1a4I
genttt Man, who at once cuaimunicased the
!: Co1onel's inteL1lon to Mr. Davis, and ssked
ii tc v ould zee him. Mr. Davis replied tuat
be won1d. 81 d suggest: That ii. gentleman
should nHke lis y " to Baltimore and e4cort
Col. Jaqu. ss through the lin 8. Tae gentle
man mel Col Jaqusss in Baltimore late Ia
June, but the C,.lontl objected 10 entering
1ebtl6om By th+ back door The 5outhefnsF
thtn said, :: Go to the fo,nt Have fl. ~ect
to Lee AK 70 meet Judge Ould. will at
once rtturn to Rich nouu aud see that every
thing works Fmoothlt.''
For thut 1eaeon I secured Mr. Lincnln's
pass to the front. Fur that reason, W1eu,
Genernl Grant said to me: II dun't believe
the rebels will receive yon. They hare not
answered flag for mouth. However, I
will send cne I soall baye 10 address Gen.
Lee Shall I Eay, .ou want to meet Judge
Onlds" I tatd to bim:Nt If you pl=ase; aud
suppose you add, toRt If there appears to-
Lee any objection toOuld's MEETING III, yuu
wopld like to have him refer oor request to
JEFF DayI..' Aud for that reason Gen. 'irant
inherited in his note to Gen. Lee the clause:
sslf Lot consistent Tor 3ou to grant thu re-
quest bere A.ktd, wonld beg that this be
;; referred to President Davis for his act1uu;''
on whirh clause Mr.. Benjamin has attempted
to build 80 much.
/ have been upder no pledge Of secrecy IS
to thee fucts, but there hage been reasons
why haze not heretofore thought best TO
!. disclose them. Their present publication
setms to be necessary 10 shield Mr. Btnia-
mic %, snd to show conc1us.vely that our
emission to Richmond" was our own pri-
1ate affair, aud undertaken altogether On our
o.n sccouut and responsibility.
Since writing ths above, notice para.
graph, copied from the Na&t ,,.4l R,pa5icnq,
il which the EDITOR Of ttat paper says: 'We
are auth oriZed add requested" to state ynri
ous thirgs about 'tlhe Gilmore Jaquess
mission" All Of these things believe to
be correct, except the statenen .B thai Gen.
and Teturn.'' ard that " the President, after
repeated soliclt4sions, consented to give
Mtssrr: Gilmore and Ja9uess pass through
our military lines"
The Washington editor must have mtsun-
derstood Mr. Liucoln on these last points,.
He could not have made the stateusnts. for
they are not true. We bad no safe conduct
from Gen. Lee. The President did not com.
mupicate with Col JHqucse a. all I asked
blu but once fnr pass, aud promptly. aud
with no hi sitxtion, he gave it-as promptly,
probably, as he woutd have gtxen it to any
one he was glad to be rid Of. do not mean
the President shall be han.ed for aoy OF mY
sipe, and do not wnnt to be 4aaged for auy
or biz, therefore make thls\ untm portaut
correction, JAMES R. GILMORE.
Boston, September Sd, 1854