Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-02-14


The Peace Ceuserenee-Tbc aesuif.
The president has reported to congress the
subst.pce Of the conference with The rebel peace
commissioners. Messrs. STEPHENS. HuSTEE and
CAMPBELL. and The circumstances attending i
II appears that 10 bis Instructions to Mr. saw
AID in regard TO the interview. be imposed three
indispensable conditions. or "things," as Mr..
SrwArp expresses is. as basis in the negotia-
tons. We qaate them:
Iss. The restoration Of the national authority
throughout ell the states
ID No receding bv the executive of the Uni
tod States on the slavery question from the 20
si,rsn Assumed thereon In the late annual mes
sage to congress. and in the preceding docu
ments
% No cessation OF bos,iIities til the end Of
the ear and The disbarding Of all the forces hos
tile to the government
Nov what says Mr.. LINCOLN Is regard to the
interviews We use bis Own language:
On our part the whole substance of the in
structions TO the secretary of state hereiEbefore
recited, vas stated and insisted upon. while By
the other party il not said that in any event
or on any condition they would ever consent TO
reunion, and yet they equally omitted
to declare that they would not con
sent" To quote further ihe language
Of Mr. LINCOLN. "a far az reconstruc
ton vas concerned. the rebel commissioner,
"sssmed To desire postponemeot of that CUES
ton. aud the adoption of some other course
first. which, as some Of them seemed
to argue. might, or might not. lead to reunion.
IL secu1s. then, that the rebel commissioners did
not absolutely decline the ultimatums OF Mr
LtscoLs. but preferred some other way to restor'
peace
Mr.. LINCOLN insisted not only upon reunion a.
condition Of peace but the abolition OF slavery
The negro must be free or the must 20 on
In other words. the war could not cease until tn
insurgent states should concede the right of thu
federal government to coutrol the domestic insti
tutions Of the states not only. but to consent L
the interference Are Mr.. LIScoLS and the re
publican party consistent with themselves in in
sisring upon this concession as condition o
peace? In Mr. LIscoLSs inaugural message h.
says:
II have no purpose. directly or indirectly
to interfere with the institution of slavery in tn
states where it exists. l believe | have no law
full right 10 do so. and / have no inclination
TO do %"
Yet We 6Id him insisting upon a condition
which he comedies he has no right to do Nor
Of 1860 the following resolution. which he de
clared TO be law to himself and the party whic
elected him:
Resolved, That the maintenance inviolate o
the rights Of the states, and especially the RICH
of each state TO order and control its own do
nestic institutions according to its own judgmen
exclusively. il essential to- the balance Of powe
on which the perfection and endurance Of our 20
litical fabric depend.
Can there be stronger declaration of the RICH
OF each state To control it, own domestic institu
tions than thsf Let us follow Mp the record
little further After the presidential election c
1860. on the ii,h Of February. 1851 the Hous
Of Representatives in congress passed the TO
lowing resolution-yeas l6l. nays none.
Resolved. That neither congress nor the pec
hle or governments Of the non -layeholdin
states. have a constitutional right To legi-ls'
upan or interfere with slavery IN any slavehol'
ing state IN the union
Forget not that these are The declarations
the party nov In power Mr. LINCOLN saws II
peace conference "ended without result All
whyf Was IL to be expected that the rebel cou
mssioners would yield a constitutional right,
right conceded bv the party in power both 10 n'
tionsl convention aud in congress, as condto
of peacef Had wea right to make such IL
msnd condition of peacel What then is n
concusionf The peace conference Was withs,
result. for the reason that MIR. LINCOLN demans
ed the rebel commissioners To yield right essei
tisl 70 the balance OF power on which the perfe'
ton and endurance OF our political fabric d
pend. Such IL the record that Mr. LiScoI
makes in his peace conference with the reb
con missioners.