New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-10
MIR. ELaEE,s EssAN.


been permitted to receive and print teegraphic
adyiceS thereof from Washington, there can be
no reason for Withholding the truth that Mir.
Blair started afresh last Saturday for Richmond,
ana is probably BY this time sQjourner IN that
city. /: there DO any who wish 70 believe that
his sole object is the recovery Of certain title
deeds aud other papers taken from his house at
Silver Spring when the Rebels had temporary
possession of il last Summer, they are at lib.
erty to do so; but we cannot share tl~ir con-
victlon. Mr.. Blair certainly lost documents on
that occasion which he desires TO recover; but
his visit to Richmond has other and higher
ends. And knowing what we do Of the passes
with which he was provided, we cannot see
how be can have encountered any impodiment
on either side of tho hostile lines.
We have already stated that no one on orr
side was responsible for The failure Of his former
essay. The simple fact is that, having sent his
letters through the lines, he waited at Gen.
Grants headquarters nearly four daya without
receiving any response; when, suppooins none
would be made, be retraccd his steps tn Wash
ington. H. had not long left City Point on
his rctgrn when the nCedfll authorization and
safe conduct came down from Richmond.
They did NOT ovcrtake him til after his return
to Washington.
lie; us say again tAa, We cherish no ezpecta-
ton Of Peace as en- immediate result Of this
overture. We presume Mr.. Blair visits Rich
mopd only as an emiuon, and hOnored citizeP,
who is familiar with the views and enjoys the
confidence Of the President, and who is sincere
y DESTROYS of stanching the current of fraternal
,loodshed If that ehall lie found compatible
with the duty Of the Loyal Millions and their
Government to their country and TO posterty.
lie does not 1--WE infer) 60 clothed with power
to make Peace, but authorized 20 ascertain and
competent to judge whether any true Peace is
now attainable. And this. wc presume, he will
be able to do
What we hope from this effort Is a clearer ~
derstandiDg, especially at the South, Of the
.,9;,,;,l,55. Of dhereuce between the contending
reasons which on either side are
held TO compel continuance Of the slriie-the
ends for which further bloodshed ia deemed
necessary. These conclusiyely escertaihed ana
deGuitiyely set before the People, we look for
developments throughout he South, and espc'
ciary in North Carolina, which will render .
persistence in the Rebellion una7ailiIg if not
OF course, we haze 10 knowledge OF what
will be pronosed on one -idc o. the other. The
end we contemplate (as we observed on Tor
mer occasion) will be subseryed rather than de-
feated by the Confederate chiefs riding the high
horse and insisting on teyms that are utterly,
glaring!y inadmissible. Hence, we shall he less
annoyed than many others On learning that Mr.
Bla;r's mission has wholly failed, and that he
is returning defeated TO Washington. Wo have
very little hope Of hearing, for the present, any,
thing else.
We pray the Loyal Millions not 20 hsg nor
pause in their efforts 20 raise their respective
ouotas under the Presidents last call. We Sin
cerely trust that none Of these will ever be re-
ouired TO fire o shot; but il is not on that ac-
count less important to raise and equip them.
Nay: if this levy Were to day embodied aud
ready to take the field, We should feel quito
sure that they would rover be wanted there
that Peace would be secured 10 promptly as to
leave nearly all of them on this aide Of the Po-
,o,oac and the Tennessee. Were our ability to
crush promptly and thoroughly the Rebellion
obvious and unquestionsble, We should soon see
il collapse and vanish. So let US speedily fill mp
the new requistion. and We MAY confidently
trust that, in one way or another. our long dis.
,raeted, devastated country shall soDD se!oics
in the returu of welcome PsanA