The New York herald., 1865-01-05


proper efforts TO strengthea at once by new
troops the army immediately under the direo-
don Of General Grant In this View, and In
order 70 anticipate the possible contingency Of
the sale Of the South TO England and France
BY Davis, a. . last resort, one hundred thousand
fresh troops for the Union armies In January
may be worth half million In April.
We call. then. upon the authorities and tho
people Of the loyal States 10 60 10 work now In
every way 70 al up their State quotas under
the Presideats last ;cali for soldiers, in order
that tho Anniversary OF ths Arst bombardment
Of Fort Sumter may dawn upon the oolplete,
triumph u the UnioS arma =
AAethsr Psaes nntbassy u RaehHead.
II aHd It& Results. s
n Id ieading colsEnhs, and In doubie-leadsd'
typs ths 7ttbss,s Of yesterday gives what pro-
fesses 70 be tho only true, fun and particular
sooount Of The attempt Of old Blair and young
Blair 10 get 10 Richmond a. . peace embassy.
There are - many different versions Of this
affair already ~ there were Of tho soene be-
tween Teasle and Surface In the School for
Scandal Whether the Two Blairs over wanted
TO 60 10 Richmond at ALI ct least doubtful
All tho sarmises about their mission originated
from tho brief telegram reporting them on .
visit 10 General Grant They may have visited
him, a. they did once before. In order TO obtain
bis written promise not Il 70 run for
President They may have Visited him,
on the other hand, in order to get him
A. - Enu L.
under their direction. Our correspondents
have the idea that the visit was merely one Of
pleasure A correspondent Of the Tribune sug-
gests that old Blair wanted to beg back some
Of the, dangerous and delicate political CORES
pondence which Breckinridge stole during the
last rebel raid. But in opposition to all this,
our friend and protege, Greeley, who knows
everything, or thinks he does, furnishes us with
q much more romantic history Of the matter,
and makes IL his base of operations for an
attack upon Secretary Stanton, who came very
near being Chief Justice instead of Chase.
Greeley's story is that old Blair and young
Blair asked leave TO 60 to Richmond and nego-
tiate peace. President Lincoln, with his GUS
tomary diplomacy, told them that they mightgo
if General Grant would pass them through his
lines, but refused to give them any official char
acter or written authorization. Nevertheless,
they started off, and reached City Point, where
they were very Hospitality received by the
Stanton had sent a telegram TO General Grant,
notifying him that the Blalp were totally un-
authorized TO act in any official capacity, and
limiting that he had better send them home.
General Grant took the hint, and the Blairs
have returned with their mission unaccom-
plished Now, II this version Of the affair be
true we quite approve Of Secretary StsDton's
proceedings, and do not understand why Gree
10y should attack him. Secretary Stanton isnot
the man 70 act rashly or unadvisedly, and u Is
Quite likely that Greeley will soon discover
II he has not discovered already-that In at
tscking Stanton he is attacking President Lin
o0lnA Our humorous and versatile President is
one u the most accomplished dlplomatists Of
the age. He has shown this by his dealings
with he mission to France, and we have. no
doubt that bis fingers arc TO be found In the
lkilure Of this mission to Richmond. IL is more
than probable that ss soon - he had declined
10 give the Blai1s an of3cial sanction, and had
seen them depart without It, he Immediately
stepped over to the War Department
and dictated ths telegram which Stanton
sent 10 Grans-& telegram informing Grant.
that the Blairs were uaefacial ambassadors and
had better be stopped. This exquisite stroke
Of diplomacy was quite in President Lincoln's
line of business. He has made such mastery
before, and they have always been
a. successful as thia Accepting the Tri6ssne's
account as perfectly corsect therefore, we OBJ
serve In the facts as stated another signal and
convincing proof Of Mr. Lincoln's diplomatic
skill
Our benevolent friend Greeley seems TO be
affected with monomanis for peace missions;
bat he cannot inoculate Mr.. Lincoln with his
ideas upon the subject The President has at
length been brought to'arealiking sense Of the
absurdity of these amateur attempts TO patch
up peace by going TO Richmond. he rcmem-
bers how Colorado Jewett used 10 illuminate
for peace, and how many letters that phipso-
pher received fpom Queen Victoria, poor Gree
ley, Napoleon, yallandigham, the viceroy Of
Egypt, and George Sanders He remembers
the Hrst peace missionary whose name has
escaped us, but who subsequently found peaoe
in penitentiary. He remembers the peace
mission Of DIR. Zaoharie, the corn doctor, who
carried his largo nose and large diamond. pin
right into Richmond, and could make nothing
peaceable out Of jeff. Davis, after all. He re-
members the Hasco Of the Rev. Colonel Jscqass
GA Hdr,und Kivke Cyilm0re who iunrnaed
themselves upon him ss peace men, and went
down 10 Richmond; but who afterwards turned
out TO be penny -a-liners, who had engaged In
ne missionary business - mere magazine
sneculation. He remembers, too. the hass be-