, 1865-04-28
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contains schedule Of the terms of surrender
agreed upon by Johnston and Sherman. 1t is
too lengthy for publication at this late hour. 1t
reinstates the rebels in all their rights and privi
leges upon the same conditions as ifno rebellion
had existed-based upon an armistice of sufi-
cient length to receive a decision from the War
Department at Washington. Immediately upon
its receipt by the Department, Cabinet meeting
was called, at which Gen. Grant was present,
when the terms were rejected and Grant went
to the front to resume operations against John
ston with Sherman's army. Sherman seems to
have been impressed with the idea advanced by
Secretary Seward, about years ago, that at the
close of the War the Federal Government would
display such magnanimity toward the misguided
rebels as would astonish the world and delight
the friends Of civilization. But be missed the
mark badly in submitting such terms to the Union
Cabinet. Of course he will be set aside now for
exceeding his authority and submitting such
repugnant terms to the Cabinet 1t.4
The following re understood to be the only
terms on which ,nders viii be accepted
They are in Lincvl is hand writing, and givento
Grant by Stanton during the caPitulation con-
ference with Lee;
| WASHINGTON, April 3, l965.-To Lieut.. Gen.
! Grant The President directs me to say to you
that he wishes you not to have the conference
with General Lee, unless it be for the capitula-
ton of Lees army, on some minor or purely
military matter. He Instructs me to say that
You are not to decide, discuss or confer upon any
political question Such questions the President
| holds in his own hands, and will submit them to
no military conference or conventions. In the
meantime you are to press to the utmost your
military advantages. III. rsfT
(Signed) assf r. STANTON .
jeff Davis is trying to reach some foreign
country-Mexico or Europe-andis is said to have
in charge vast quantities of treasure .nsb5aa
Nothing is giyenin relation to the assassins OF
the late President. 100 noi' -i"
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Union Papers on the Surrender of Lee.
The leading Administration journals of Cali
fornia in discussing the surrender Of Gen. Lee
forces to Gen u S. Grant, arrive at widely diff
ferent conclusions as to the merits of the sur
render and the political aspect of affairs to grow
out of it. The Marysyille Appeal condemns the
whole proceeding and cateehizes Grant for pre-
suming to meddle with matters pertaining tc
negotiations for peace. The Appeal says upor
the subject: Ill
The terms of General Grant to Lee do no
give general satisfaction. The glory OF Sheri
dams victory at Petersburg has been dimmed by
the policy of the Lieutenant General Lee, II
his letters, does not admit that he Is whipped
, and accepts Grants propositions on the under
standing that his "condescensiOn" is to be as al
entering wedge to peace through compromise
Cen. Grant mistakes his vocation when he ne
gotiates for peace 1t is his duty to make war
1t was his d1ty to have held Lee IN the tgn
{ place he had him If Lee had held Grant by th
throttle Grant would never have been able =
get out of the trap byks to us like tbs ina
tarrosr of 'afnorher effort at treating for peace
der some compromise on slavery, punishment O
rebels, and confiscation We can whip the reb
els in the field, but at diplomacy they can dis
count us.
The rebels are again granted sort of armis-
tice, and viii, unless they can get terms on sla-
very, &C.. &c, keep the field We should no
be much surprised to hear that jeff. Davis him
self was in Washington, compromising peace
instead of occupying a cell. We thought yes
terday that the war was closed; but the cond
tions of Grants surrender to Lee does not look
much like it. Had Grants terms reached us at
the same otime of the news of the surrender, we
think there would have been less rejoicing. ad
But we notice that some of our Union friends
are pleased with the news The easy souls, who
are tender of rebels, and think the leaders OF
i this hellish rebellion should not be punished by
death, are pleased at Grants magnanimity =
! They and the Copperheads may yet celebrate
/ the victory They go for killing the fatted calf
! on the return of the prodigals. Thank God our
I loyalty is little deeper. = \
1 We insist that the leaders of this great rebellion
shall be punished by death. We want to see
them ascend the scaffold. They have forfeited
their lives athousand times, and justice demands
their blood 5o l5ba sfe eaon..-
By the terms of the surrender Gen Lee and
the other officers of his army were to go unpun-
| ished, in common with the rank and file, and
that is what the Appeal is so indignant about
It would not, according to the terms, get to see
all the leaders, probably amounting to thou
sands, ascend the scaffold, and boiling over with
rage at the prospect of being deprived of wit
Messing the hanging of so many persons, it
finds some relief in making an attack upon
General Grant, the hero of the war, by whose
powerful agency, above that of any other man,
the rebel armies were overcome and the leaders
brought to terms, And while the Appeal and
other journals of its ilk were painting to see Lee
and his officers ascend the seaffold, Lee was
endeavoring with hearty good will to get Gen.
Johnston to surrender his forces upon stipulated
terms, to the federals, which it appears he was
successful in bringing about And further, it
appears that Mr., Lincoln, if he did not dictate
at least approved of the terms of the surrender
of both Lees and Johnston's armies 1a
But the Appeal can now congratulate itself
upon the sudden change which has been wrought
upon matters of public policy, by the untimely
death of Abraham Lincoln and it may yet see
the fulfllment of its wishes and demon-like
gloat over the bloody scene of witnessing the
rebel leaders ascend the scaffold. Brave men
like Grant would not exult over such specta-
Gle, it is for those who carry their fendish ha-
tired to the EXTREMIST cofnes of this world and
pant for the blood of fallen men, to do that
Andrew Johnson is now President of the United
States, and we are given to understand that he !.
says the rebel leaders must be punished. No