The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-06

,rv,rRN OF THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS
IINCOLN'S TERMS.

Tho great news OF the DAY is the re-
.,r, "a Richmond of our Peace Com
u;ssioners, Mcssrs. Stephens, Hunter
and Campbell. They returned as they
had ronoZria Petersburg and reached
This city Saturday nig ht. The result Of
their mission was immediately made
Known: that there is no prospect OF
ocace. Mr.. .Lincoln's only terms were
unconditional submission to the laws and
constitution Of the United States.
All the particulars of their trip, and
If what passed at the conference between
them and Lincoln and Seward, have not
,yanspired. We will state SO much as
has come to our knowledge ON this sub
,s,t and which we know to be al
thcntic:
On reaching Fortress Monroe, they
were met by Mr.. Seward, Lincoln's Sc
cretary of State and our commissioners
cxprcssing a desire to see Mr.. Lincoln
he was sent for. and came Immediately.
Oar commissioners had five hours free
and unrestrained conversation with him,
The all-mportant part of which may be
briefly told. Mr.. Lincoln said. he had no
PROPOSITION to make to the people Of the
South, except that they must lay down
th,if arms and submit Internationally
70 the laws and Constitution Of the Uni
/ ted States, the terms upon which they,
= the people Of the North, would hereafter
| Ike toeether must be settled afterwards.
| He would exert himself to make the
conditions as favorable to the people Of
the South as possible, but he could not
interfere with the laws or Constitution OF
the United States. The question of sla-
very had passed beyond his control. It's
abolition had been decreed by the Con
cress Of the United States, and would be
ratified by the Legislatures of the loyal
States without exception.
Having heard this. ultimatum, our
commissioners returned without delay.
Both Houses of Congress and the
Virginia Legislature will to-day request
Mr.. Stephens to deliver public address
tonight, or at any other time that may
better suit his convenience. We hope
that if the weather will permit, the ad-
dress will be delivered on the Capitol
Square. No room in the city will &C
commodate one fifth Of the people who
would crowd to hear Mr.. Stephens. An
audience of twenty thousand persons
may certainly be counted upon, and the
African Church, the largest building VIC
have, will not hold more than twcnty>
five hundred persons. Mr.. Stephens
delicate health would make it imprudent
for him to attempt to speak in the open
air at night. But he might select his
own hour--twclye, one or two o'clock in
the day. We trust that this suggestion
will be considered.
GENERAL WIsEs ADDRESS.
Brigadicr-G General Henry A. Wise, by
request, addressed the Virginia Legisla-
ture and the public generally in the Hall
Of the House Of Delegates on Saturday
| night. The hall and rotunda Of the
capitol were. dcnscly crowded before
\ General Wise began his address, and hun
idreds Of person who had come to hear
him were unable to gain admission to
the building. The address will be pub
! ll5he1 in full.
ABOLITION OF sLAVERY By THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS.
1t will be seen by cur extracts from
Northern journals that the Yankee Con-
J gress have passed an amendment to The
/ Constitution aboliahing slavery through
| ont the United States, which, in their &C
Ccptaiion Of that term, means also thu
Confederate States. Before this amend
mcnt can become law of the United
| States proper it must be ratified by tn
! Legislatures Of two thirds Of all tn,
] States. including the States of the Con
federacy, or by conventions of two
thirds Of all. The Yankees have twenty
eight States, all of which, their papers
say, will ratify the amendment, thu:
giving it the ratification Of the necessary
two thirds Whether the law shall eve,
be carried into effect as regards thes'
Confederate States remains to DO decided