Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1865-02-14

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i::1a ;-7,,;;ins .i:a sIe, Ea!e,i us i.i,soic,
to sit'3 ;i.,:;' aa: o3cjIr. . i'urir4sc Wcuios
.,lsln corning frr,, the rraai'ea, Wtnit
ius.i Ia ! icing !'.oasil: = cblb!o from t
f,pa,t e! i'..Ic ,or9";eritun win Lieut.. Gen
G. rGnt rhat II t. R;ci:G.oEl party would, in .le
msuner I:CscI ibcI ,rcrjt tho condition psna
lion IT, the Secretary Of ) aio WAS charged BY
lle Ff- snlem. with The dat: o Iu .sseniiEg this
GoYcrrracltl ~ :hs oap.':',d Informal conferences
Til; $ :. et'ay dr :Yei :; fortress Monroe un
the sight :? ~, H.; Ily Of Fobru4ry. Ma j.r
Eck,r. ,H:, BIN on Ike mIr.irg Of tue : OF
February, With !i:s information thst The perSons
who hn'l como from, Richmond had noi accepted
in writing :ha conditions upon wbic. hs WA; al
Low ed 10 give them conduct 10 Fortrers Monroe.
The Nj ir had s'vsl :la sane information
by l:ltg'nph TO the P;;.i;:cnt as Washington
On r.csi7.ng :i.ls !aS. la::0n the Pr;g:den!
prepar:d fs!-S!ani directing the Secretary to
return 10 Washington Tho Secretary wss
preparing a. IDS atn. moment 10 90 return,
wit::ouL waiting for Gf0r:Ga:iui from the pt.s.
id,n. brt It. t!.is .j;,!cturc l.isas. Dan Grant
tslngraphs4 - iho Secretary VI War, So
atli u 20 tie SECRETARY Ct Safe, tina! tic
party iron Richmond lid remembered and
accepted thc I1rdI.ioL rendered them through
Major Eck.r:, anl ten. Grant urgertIy ad.
vssd sao Pfesit;r: &c c"nicr in peTa0n with
The Ricbmcrd rart;. IToder tees, circum-
s:anusa, the S:csttnrT hy hs Presidents d.
reitior, r,msined vi Fortress Aonrce and the
Prssite:t ,iEei cim s:,efo On ito night OF tho
q OF February.
Tbs Rem ,rt;i party wns brought down the
james river il 8. United States s;asui :rsns-
pert during the DAY, AID the TRANSPORT was
anchored in jl-nlpi01 Roads On tho morning
Of tho 81, the i, esijSnt, Attended by the Sec
re:ars, received M;esrs. S;epheps. Hunter aud
Campbsll on hoard tse United States ssesm
transport River Qlsen, IN IInr ptou R,h's.--
Tee pa!e:eaes was altogether informal. There
wns T.: attendance Of secretaries, clerks or
other .;itnesa,a. Na.hiT < wau written or read
TIE on---Esti:n, though earnest and frss,
Wa calm ani courteous sad kind on both sides
Tha Richmond psrty approached the di.cue-
SIGN raLho: in1il eo:ly, and ct no time did they
make categorical fCIosn3s or tender fvrmal
stipu!aIione or absolute rs!ussls.
Nevertheless, duriEg Tho oonforcn3e--which
lsated four h;u:s-:le several points at Issue
between tie government and the insurgents
Here distinctly rai..t Ind discussed fully, in.
tellig,n!ly, nnl IN En- anicsbo spirit. What
tho insurScns IaIly scsmst oai.a5 10 favor
4ss p.s'p0romen Of III. question OF sepa-
ra:icn upon which IL. wa is wag:d, ~ i
mutl"l direction 9! ia .lfcrts Of tho goysrn
IN IN: IS well as L: So ofths ncurg:nts to scme
e1 riusie policy u: scheme f,r = s.a7an; during
wa:ch pa1sir;tS might be expected to slbsids
sni 10, arolihs bs reduJal, nu,i trad, end 10.
ter,Ousu betsaoa tie petpla of both nsotioas
he rcsunnI ! was srlygsGta'l ty them that
ht ouA. rnch pri lpCnc:us.;i Va mi KAT now
ia &c ir!msGi2.H G.Ecs, VIA ms not very
Gert.in prGlpeut IF hn ultimate sstis factory
s6u,.,nent Il 20 itiosl relations hst@een tse
snssrrlncr. aud thc States. Grat;3a ii people
nov eu2as d III 90 tie: 9Th Il.
,rbc suggestion, t;,9psc ie''bc-s iev coasid-
o:.l. wes rcTe.theiess rrgarfe.! By The Pres-
dua. az Ors q armis.iGs or trrr-, aud hs 10
rOuncc! TN. NO oar fGrse ~ no ceasstiOn Ur
eusren,ion o: h"a'ilit;:s except on tha LGsis OF
tho ,!isl andraer.i ot .hs insury.n. foraea and
The restoration e tie rasonrl authority
thr0ue heat Fl! ro %.a;7s ~ "a. Union. Col.
Literally sn,i Ill rub mIin .tlOn fo the PROPOSE
lion whioh w..R thh4 Grnouncs' the Anti
81. :srv pjiiAy 1t TIA flnited States wag 70.
voiced in oil ia ienric-,. and TIM prsiden,
announced ;hEi he mus: q"t ~ .z 3aJt.i t. de-
part from the pl.'ti';ns he aad hsrsttf,rs as
Eum.d in HE TrOram-ticn ii eTancinatDo
and o.her Gncup,en:s, H, thesa pdHsiors were
r-i!cenl.1 in '::s Annual Message.
1t waa furth.r DECLARED l-g the President
that the cnmplsle restoration of ths national
authority everyThera was M Indispensable
condition nf any asacnt on our par! tn whstev-
RI iOTr Of peace might hs pror0fed. The
President arsursG tEs other party that, willis
hs mus! adhere to theEo positions. no would
bs prepared, 10 far rs power j. l,dgsd with
the FIX ,cn!ive, To exercise ibsraliiY. It's
prwer, however IS tiruitei hy tne Constitution
ant, when rneco rhGulG be Eisde, Congress
must necessarily act in regard TO approp1ia-
;iocs Of money a:d II tbs imissioa Of rep
rea.n' stisss from !hs in.urrtotionary States
Tha Richmond aarty vera thon informed
that C)ner-.ss bsA, on the 3lst ult., adopted,
BY n constitutional ma jori!T, q joint resolution
rubmittir G h the Severa) States the prHpooia
lion to sb,liah slavery throughout the Union,
and that thsrs il evorY r-ason to expect that
il will be eGeoptel by thrte.fourths Of the
States rn "a To l,srcm. par Of the national
organic law.
Tha Conference crma /" ~ end hy mutual
acquieaoepoc. without producing IN agreement
q! view. upon .h, severnl matters discussed,
or any Of them. Novai ihnlns1 it is perhaps
IF rnpo :npartsnGe l!rht We have been able
u submit onr cfiniGap AMI views directly TO
:rrxia,rt irsu-c ,atI, aad To hear thcm in ALL
swar in & chl.t,,up and noe unfri.ndly man.
ner.
| ALI mir, Tuur nl:Gient servant.
WILL. SrTARD.