, 1865-08-15

Niagara Falls. Peace Conference .dis:loses
many interesting facts heretofore only dlmly
perceived, CT shrewdly guessed al, by the
public. Mr.. Grealey's letters show that he
Was guaking With terror at the time this cor
1espondence vas going On. The language
which he employed could have been extorsed
only from one who saw, In bis Imagination,
Gen. Lee already beyond the 6usquehauna,
and watering hts horhes in the Croton Reser-
volr. sour bleeding. bankrupt, almost dg
ing county longs for peace-shuddets at the
prospect Of fresh conscdptions, Of further
Wholesale devastations, and Of new rivers Of
human blood. = n !negotiatton] may
sase ~. .Jrom. a Northern insurra9lon."
No wonder Nj. Lincoln feared that so
tremendous q coward might infect some por-
. ton OF the loyal population, as well as am
the Copperheads With new weapons OF mis-.
chief, II his letters were published as they
were Hxitteu- The sua,e qu. pe.R Of SApo-
leon's broken legtons, with Blucher's hussas
sabering at their heels, Vas not more demor-
aliklrg than the cries Of terror put forth by
q. G. in the beginning Of july, 1861. 1t does
not appear thst Mr.. Lincoln felt any Of this
alarm, either before or after he received these
agonizing epiatles. he Was only concerned
lest Other persons, not 50 we'll informed rs
himself and Il. g., ehould catch some portion
Of The latter's panic md ial1 to shiye,ing with
him.
Next to Mr. Greelsy's fear Of the rebels VIC
think that Ar. lncoln's con e1npt for Mr..
Greeley Is the most saliant feature Of the cor
respondeuce. Throughout the affair Mr.. Lin
coin betsyH an entire unb.lie3in the state.
meuts made By Il. G. and he Eeems to enter
into the business more for the purrose OF
making Nj; Greeley "pcrsonal witness"
Of his own folly than for sny other result
that might come Of 1t. WGcn Mr. Greeley
T1ote on the 18th Of July NJ haye now IN
formation On settch I can s,7v thai two per
eons duly commissioned and empousred to ns7o-
1idt for ptaet a1c At this moment not far from
Niagsrh' Falls" etc Mr.. Lincoln replied.
II VAS not expecting you to send me let.
ter, but to bring me man ormen. =
I not only intend sincere effort for p.sce.
but Intend daaf you sl.a7 b. pertoma1 ,cil,,t.s
that il made" There could Of course be no
object IN requiring Mf. Greeley TO be per
eonl witness n the matter, excer, 10 shut
LIS mouth o1 the pesce question daring the
reminder ID the ~ar-ar sch3evcE:ut which
Mt. Lincoln evidently deemed worth An
effort We presume that Ma5. Hay : 5,ke In
rendering lii. Greeley pass to 70 from New
Torl TO NiaEMa Falls, ard theucc 10 Wash.
ingtm,> without uolestation, Was one
Of that joyis1 " urr raar's own coarent{on
1hn next striking feature Of tho CORES.
ronde0ee is The utter ee,t3shn,ss of Mr. Grcc.
ley and the paticnt forbea,snce or Mr. I'm.
coin. The N,aenra Fan. f1,sco mn, ~
lincoln. and t.r ,,a,.v whose c.nad.+o y:
wsa. IN nost c1n1,.rr .,n1 ,>o,,,ion Thas
could only be ext.icated by The nnnrrcat,o;,
OF the letter.. For reasonx a1re.dc s-.,5s,nsa
Mr.. Gree1ey's letters c:uld moi he nnh;,sb.d
as written without greatly imne:iI;n1 ths
loyal cause. Mr.. Lincoln asked IL. Gnee,ev,s
permission 10 erase the ranic paraeranbs and
publish the body of the correspond dence. for
the purpose Of recovering to himself, and the
cause Of which be yas The standard he,rrr
the strength vb,ch Cr.a,.,v h...s.,c ~.
..,,..s - E. nuuseu nso
cAAsen " " u1ttefed away oy dlckeung with
S4adeIs and JcKcts at Enc1.a Fal6 Nn.Ht
e.vonld have hissenors or nothing. P:oiess.
1us ~ 1Nse oeea actnatea BY desire to aid
1e oupa Iaa1S N me coming elections he re.
4osso :" auo" Inc ffeslfent to take the
1oas oof4oas step 10 recover the confidence
VI ans peopte' 4es1 sc. u. W should appear
~ tne country - sao1cnious rs he really was.
!. - p'a1n taat tae paragraphs which Mr.
Aaacoan ".eaeo 70 suppress were not only
not essential, but that Mr. Greeley would
nave appeared even better without than with
thcm. MI. Greeley is good enough Judge
q the force Of language to be aware Of this.
dcnce II Il obvious that hls objection lay
against ony publication OF the doculn-n!s,
and IudtpE that tGey contained nasks raa