The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-01-30
IA However greatly we may have


come to us from day to day, the agitation
O. the question has not been without goo,
results. We have been enabled to se,
more of the inner life OF the Confedersc,
than ever before during the war.
We have had bosh and nonsense, to be
sure. Changeable as the chameleon, ths
peace sensation has come differently col
ored aud clothed each successive day.
.--The venerable gentleman skilled in nego.
t'aiions. twas it really Ii g p with his
negotiations for peace aud a cessation oil
hostilities within ten days from longer
than that ago, seems to be grievously q,
FAULT. III. G.. sitting in his hotel at
Washington. with eyes turned toward
II chmond, singing his refrain OF peace to
tue ''errlng sisters, and holding so olive
br'nch on Jetf.'s blind side, isn't any
more successful in his mission as a peace.
maker than when in his hotel of the Nj
agara river he Negotiated with Saunders
on the Canada side, with the irrepressibis
Je~ett for dispatch bearer, aud didn't
bring peace
Old Mr.. Blair, of the beniguan, TEN.
per and conservative politics, whose heart
ms melted Of any feelings Of bitter
ness that may have ranked therein
against his S,uthern brethren, and who
wishes the benedction in the Beatitudes
pronounced upon peace makers TO rest
upon him, has not been as successful ns
he. and all of us, coold have wished. He
has visited Richmond, to be sure, and
the rebels he found very amable and well
disposed TO himwards, and tbs said that
when the optics of Mrs. Davis rested UP.
on the mild features of Blair. Senior, OF
the unbiliary temperament, that, laying
aside all questions of propriety, and with
out any previous negotiations with JEFF as
to whether the result would be domestic
peace or war, she kissed Mr.. Blair. That
is proof Of the venerable peace envoy's
amiability, and proof also, it MAJ be, that
Mrs. j d. is fond of--kissing. 1t was a
nice tableau, 10 be sure, and may make
an interesting chapter in the yet TO be
written romance of the war. Yet, how
ever, there may have been peace between,
Mr. Blair aud Mrs. Davis, peace has at
come to the country. When Mrs. Davis
"presenied arms the rebels ddh't
"ground" theirs. Mr.. Blair has not
brought peace.
I'VE will have continuance of the ru-
mors, and you may, for the most part,
call them all bush. and yet good resalts
have we gotten from the agitation thus
far.
jeff. Davis has been omnipoent in the
South, but his power, latterly, is passing
from him. The Southern masses b ave
had confidence in him, and Justly. TOO,
for be is the nerve, aud brains, and
strength, and life of the rebellion. His
iron will aud strong arm have alone Eep,
the Coulederacy off the breakers. With
Alexander H Stephens al the helm With
him for President instead of f'Vice Pfesi-
dent, clear headed and rar.sighted Though
he be-the Confederaey would have fou,.
dered long aga. Were it possible for the
REBEL on to have succeeded, Davis is Il e
mn 70 make success possible. and to
reach it. 1t could not succeed even
now il is dying. The rebels feel it-feel
the change-know that their life is pass.
ing from them, and they charge tu the
mismanagement Of Mr. Davis a result
which is due to the overwhelming power
OF a great nation determined not to perish
by treason. 1t is the dying pe,ien.
charging upon the ssilful physician who
has vainly endeavored to save him the
issue which Death has wrought
The widespread disaffaction and dis
content. the lack of confidence 10 the sue.
cess of the Confederate cause, now for
the first time existing throughout tile
South, is well illustrated in an item found
in our dispatches
The Richmond Examiner, OF the
24.h, says: A long series of blundere,
convincing some sooner, others later have
now produced very general, indeed. we
might say. q uniyarsal helief amoar all