The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-02-02
Northernr News.

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! ] Northern News.
EcoMMENTsoF THEpREss ON BIAIR's MISSION
From the Tribune.
Blair has returned from Richmond
I He reached Washington yesterday. O
q course, he has not yet proclaimed the re:
a suit d; his visit, If it has had any result
Land will only DO SO when hq Cor the, Presi-
4 dent shall think fit. Meantime we may
:Esafely presume that the war is not over;
!. that the Rebellion has not COLLAPSED
that the: Union is not practically restored.
] But we abide in. the faith that, whatever
:Efhlc l direct ii issue of Mr.. BIS visit to the
Rconfed derate capital. its influence will con
Educe to the reunion and pacifcation Of
onr country
EFrom the Herald.
Does any. one suppose that. either Blair
or Singleton can change the;exprcsseds de-
Termination of JEFF. Davis and the other
leaders Of the rebellion that there shallbe
ISno peace until the: Confcderacy is an es-
I.tablished Power, or until the last man
and the last; shinplaster are gomez If
there be any who think SO they are de-
l:ceeiyed. Both parties are goingto fight
this: matter out: Tho suppression of the
|err,abellion. the submission of its insurgent
Headers: and followers to the government
and laws they have cndeayorcd to over.
throw, are tho only terms upon which
peace canlb Ecstorod. Grant, Sherman,
Sheridan, Thomas, Faiqagut and Porter
arc tobo the pacifcators; and not Colorado
EJewett, Horace Greely Francis ? Blair
or Gen. Singleton.
- From the Times.
Tho Government seeks peace earnestly
and with a.dctermincd purposozto secure
I it. But does not seek it.through ncgo-
tiations Of any sort with the rebel Gov
ernment-still less on the basis Of what
the leaders of that Government mayin==
dicate in onyeisation with individuals sas
terms upon which twill be conceded.
President Lincoln and those associated
with him, the Union men in Gongressand
else Mhere, regard tho war aged against
the Govcrnmc cntss as a rebel llio,s they de
itseas
such, and;;to suppress it-by force of arms
and from that timo to this, in spite of dis
corragements and defeats, in spite of
open hostility from those whose political
sympathies are with the rebels, and OF
the more dangerous counsel of timid and
mistaken friends, ithas pcrssevcred in that
determination. At the last election the
Issue. .wasfairly made throughout the loyal
States, and the, people, by an overwhelm-
ing majority, decided in favor Of that
method of restoring peace, instead of the
opposite plan proposed at Chicago, of re-
storing it by pegotiation. The Govern,
ment has accepted that decision as an i'm
perative endorsement of its policy, andis
pursuing that policy with fresh energy
and augmented vigor. ItscelSs peace and
freedom through ,ear-morc resolutely and
more conclusively than ever before. And
thore has never been a time since the war
began when it was less inclined than now
to seek peace from the Confederate au75
thorities in any other way.
[Erom the 1nquirerl
all the talk about Southern ineepepd-
encc must cease, and tho ancient authors
ty under the Constitution of the United.
States must be restored over every part
Of the land. The only hope of the ma:
ton is in diplomatists like General Shcr-
man. They will prove in the long run
worth thousands of amateur peace nego-
tiators. They will settle the question
forever, and teach the rebellion such
lesson that future generations will be re-
licved from the possibility Of suffering un-
der such scourge. -