, 1864-08-10
THE REBEL PEACE NEG0.
Y'1ATH0NS.
Sensible Views Of ,he Su bfcct,

4tfGm tue GtQc1nnat1Gazette+1
i Mr.. William Cornell Jewett, la his statc-
mcrt about the Niagara Falls fiasco, talks
shout communicating facts for history, aud
about The President having, through hi1 let
ter By Major Has, CHANGED the Instructions
Of Mr. Greeley. hy making negotiations con
We doubt If the performance Ii entitled to
place In any history hi..hef tn n the P*ice
Gazette.. AS to the change, that took place
when these men ~ho had applied for adnis
sion and safe conduct as authorized commits.
sionere, ard had on that prt tense been graut
ed them uocondi1ional|y, owned thut the}
had 10 authority, and were mere adSen-
turcrs.:
Negotiations were out OF the question
when tht &c eupposititioua negotfator5 comics.
+! STD they had no authority, That wa prop.
| trly the end Of the matter. The Presidents
supplemental manifesto, addressed .sto
whom 1t may conc rn," ard declaring on
What conditions he would negotiete with any
parties who had power to control rebel ar.
| mics, Las pForerly no connection with the
| previous farley. It was repetition Of tar
msan conditions Of his amnesty proclamation.
He hsd previously granted consent and Eate
conduct for the passage Of these rebels to The
esptts}, without conditions, to nsgosIate
terms OF pe'ce, under the supposition that
his subsequent manifesto docs Lot 70 behind
that arrangement. The pretended regotis-
tors try to connect them, bat these Is no
proper connection. Their adventure ended
when they were granted free and uncoudi.
t1ona1 peru ission to come and propose terma
Of peace II they were authorized, and when
they 1ere forced to admit that they had no
authority.
IT negotiation having tallen through
eoltly becanee the pretended commissioners
admttted thelr want Of authority, the PresI
dent fell back on his previous general terms
Rnf M F,r.Efntru-
terted when be thought these men were an
thoriztd, they are not bUul.d to suppose that
tley will be iu.poeed II case authorized com
uissiotcrs should present Themselves. II
he consented to receive commissioners
then without preliminary conditions, there
il 10 additional reason wh, he should not do
again. The amnesty proclamation does
net require any negotiation with the rebel
toVernE eht TO convey to tile rebels its priv
ileses. They have only to lay down their
1fols and accept the clemetcy Of the Govern.
ment. The Presidents consent to receive
authorized commissioners from the rebel
GoSefnmepf, sho~s that Ee 1s ready to naro.
1iate with that Government on Other terms
than those declared In the amnesty procla
nation. Thht being the Care, the fact that
Eese 2'e.endea cotaMtssloncrs proved to be
any Few conditions- Therefore, reasoning
p77ort We are bound to suppose, In epite
of the manifesto, that If authorized comtuis
e1ouers shall present themselves to negotiate
terms Of peace, the shall be received without
preliminary conditions the same as before.
Whit the Presidents power to pardon in.
divioCal criminals is unqueetioned, yet when
an fLsnrrection has grown to great civil
War, dividing the country into portions held
By opposing armies. and when belligerrnt
conditions have been recognized, and the
toTia1 war, in -hich the Government h1s the
same be1ligereut rights as IN foreign war !;
AID hen Negotiations for peace are opened
With the belllgernt Government, we sup"
pose that the absolute prescription OF the
terms Of peace is ths province of Congress,
us fu other wars,
Whether, If the Confederate Government.
were willing to stop the war, disband its
civil and nihtsry Organization. aud all re
turn to their allegiance, on condition OF a1n-
resty and tue Constitution and slavery as
theF acre, except the slaves actually in onr
continue the WAr to wipe cut the cause OF the
rebellion, is QUESTION 1or Congrees-the
w1r making Eower-to decide. Tie duty OF
the Executive Ia such case Is to report to
Congress- the terms tIat may be had. We are
aw re that the Senate ia the treaty making
power. but Congress is the wat-maktng pow
tr, aud OF course has the 70 wer to saT how
lorg The v ar shall continue.
Whether, If the Confederate Government
Eh uld propose to stop the war, dtaband4
and restore the U1ion as it was, on condi
tionf acceptable to the President, he would
insist on emancipation as q si'te qua n9n, and
would elect to continue the war to enforce
that condition, is not condition clearly de-
duclble from his ot.ici4l declarations. He
has suggested that his emancipation procta-
nation is pnbiect to review BY the supreme
Court. He has also recently published TINT
be is not prepared to admit that Congress-
has power to prescribe that the people OF
! rebel State shsn abolish elavery as condt-
Gcyernment Yet Congress has all the pow.
er in this matter that exists; and the pep
pie Of State, ard not the Confederate Cor
ernsnent, have The power to carry out this
condition