Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-14

yHE press Of the United States, not less than that
4 OF the Couiederacy, is pulling ITS br.m' to
know what is the meaning OF Francis p. Blair mis-
; on TO Richmond, If that cah be called a mi'Nl'n'
in which the Missionary comes of lis own ac.pr i
aud Is sent by nobody II all. BlairS enterprise !
.nineutly and peculiarly OF that description. lie
cones without credentials and nobody asked INN TO
come. SO far at least, Is we understand. The
views he Shall express aud the propositions he ma!
,,ta ar,. hi, own views and ms Pfoi oSitonS-
MOI So. however the information he may pick up
. ar the observations he may make. These viii moi
long NJ ahy rate, remain his Sole property. They
,,,l M, distributed 10 the whole world through tie
medium of the Northern press as soon as he shalt
have returned 20 Washington laskeedom, i0S' Al
Ans. tip,e- is i,ari pressed for men 10 Oh up
,bs caII for three hundred thousand men, htely
mad, bv Lincoln. BlJr ha, no authority 10 pro-
s,,, terms. and Lincoln viii hear OF none
~, .i,solute submission Blair viii propose absolute
liss;,i. and IL viii cot course, Zoe rejected. Then
b will publish TO ~thG North the fact that. tie
p.t.Is have rejected all oycrJures, and by ttat
means il is hoped tie North Will be induced TO
sa,l forth its recruits more literally That the
o-..-,b il hard run Tor recruits does not admit OF
Jo,bt That basest of al. trahekers in human flesh,
e. Andrews. OF Massachusetts, Is already IN Sa-
,.,,b buyiug up negroes Tor the shambles, to sub
s,it,t, the Yankees who quite particular about
i.s,;r,. ,bs,, skins whole This OF itselfis proof
,,o,,6 thai there is no sUrperduity OF conscripts
there. >Ihe tale that Blair EiI tell may poss'0i!
HELM on the draft In addition 10 The refusal Of cur
authorities co accept the only terms Lincoln VIII Oh
fer he will discover, as every Yankee las discover
"a for the last four years that Ne are in bad way
here. and that Grant Is quite as near taking Rich
Inond as he was last May.
another great object Of this mission i 10 doubt 10
ala he cry for peace, which is raised in certain
,p,rt,rs a,d persisted IA, with per'maci'y which
1s,,.. mn d,Yb, that those ILo clamor for it would
80, If ON onv term.-vcrid IN fact, rather prefer TO
take II ON tie terms upoi. which Lincoln offers it
thai Is absolute submissiou These gentlemen know
shat Lincoln will not even receive deputy from US,
or listen to anything We have 10 say, but no mat
ter. Blair has been here op peace mission and as
there is no peace, the fact viii afford ample ground
t. assail the GOyerumeut! The peace mania last
summer did rs infinite mischiet-trought Us 10 the
verge Of ruin indeed. WhaJA feather in Blairs cap
II he can produce another such f'g0rs. Then what
an opportunity to operate the disconnected in Ger
tain States aud produce disinegration Of the Con-
tejerScy
: What purt6se the Executive hopes TO accomplish
by bringing This man here sc are ala loss 20 under
stand. since he comes clothed with NO diplomatic
power. But it dSss not seem thut the Yankees an
rieipate from i all the good which 'cicar they will
derive. The Triyas, Indeed. boldly declares that no
good can come Of it at all The government, it says,
laealAs the Yankee govyrnment,) holds and has
e.. ,yr u II