Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-24
LATE REBEL NEWS.

Richmond Dates to the 1sth-Excit-
ing Times In the Traitor Congress
-Jefr. DavIs'S Letter on Separate
State ActIon-The Newspapers full
OF Peace DIScussIons.
Social Dispatch to the N. Y. Tribune.
-a WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan. 90.
Richmond papers of the 18th inst, re
ceived here state that on the 18th, in the
House of Delegates, Mr.. Machen of Ken
lucky "let out q burst of defiance" (what
this means we don't knoW); after which
Mr.. Orr of Mississippi rose to thank the
gentleman from Kentucky for the "noble
and lofty sentiments he had uttered; there
was pot sentiment which that gentleman
had SO elOquenty expressed to which he
did not cordially respond. We must
strengthen our means of resistance, in or
der to increase our chances for speedy
and honorable peace, and send commits
sioners to Washington with the olive branch
| of peace in one hand and the power of
popular determination and heroic resolve
in the other"
The Wing contains the following letter
from Jefferson Davis, bearing date Rich
mond, Nov. II, 1864:
To the Hon. Senators of Georgia: Messrs.
| A. R. Wright President of the Senate, J H.
Guerrey, J. M,Chambers, T. E. Lloyd, Fred
erick K. Mast and R. B. Nesbit in which he
takes ground against separate State ac-
| tion in movements looking towards peace,
as tending to create discord instead of
unanamity. &. 7.
10 publishing Davis's letter The THhig
holds the following temperate language.
:"In the present temper of the public
mind the new tendency to admit questions
about formal and irregular negotiations
H with the enemy is q significant symptom,
4 Ond the tendency is no doubt strengthened
by the mystery with which the custom
of sitting in secret must invest the
most important proceedings of Congress-
while it would bein the highest degree
unjust to censure errors it is only natural
that the people should feel some anxiety
concerning the language of their repre-
sentatives at this extremely critical mo.
ment."
The following is the letter from JEFF.
Davis: Do. .a...t ra+ ,.a.a.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. II, 1864.
To tho Honorable Senators of Georgia, Messrs A. R.
| Wright, President Senate ]. l.. Query, ]. NJ Z.
| Chambers, Thomas E. Lloyd, Frederick &. Mast /,
| Z. b. Nesbit.
GEETLEMEN Il answered by telegram
requested, aud now respectfully comply
with your desire that l should express my
views on the subject to which you invite
my attention. In forwarding to- me the
resolutions introduced into the House of
Representatives of Georgia by Mr.. Stephens
ofHancock, you say that you are notinclined
to favor the passage of these or any similar
resolutions, believing them to have con-
duCed TO create divisions among ourselves,
and to unite and strengthen our enemies !;
but that it is asserted in Milledgeville that
1 favor such action on the part of the
States, and would be pleased to zee Geor-
gia cast her influence in that way. You
are kind enough 10 say that if this be true,
and if the passage of this or similar reso-
Ilutions would In the slightest degree aid or
/ assist me in bringing the War to a success
full and speedy close, you will give
them your earnest and hearty support, l
i return you my cordial thanks for this ex-
preston of confidence, but assure you that
there is no truth in the Rsserdonss which
YOU mention, and presume that you will
already have seen by the closing part of my
annual Message, which must have reached
lyou since the date of your letter, that
1hRVe not contemplated the use of any other
4 7laRencies in treating for peace than that
established by the Constitution of the
lO0Qt6Q6EaL6 SLhlebs 4uhG hSSnSJ SCCWo
to me to be well adapted to its purpose,
and free from the injurious consequences
that would follow any other means that
have been suggested. The objection to
Il separate State action, which you present
i in your letter, appears to be so conclusive
as to admit of no reply. The immediate
and inevitable tendency of such distinct
action by each State is to create discord-
ant instead of united counsels-to suggest
/ to our enemies the possibility of a dissolu'
ton of the Confederacy, and to encourage
\ them by the spectacle of our divisions to
more determined and united action against
us-they would readily adopt the false
idea that some of the States of the Con-
federacy are disposed to abandon their sis
ter States and make separate terms OF
peace for themselves, and if snch susPi-
cion however Gnfounded, were once en-
gendered among our own people, 1t woplt
| be destruction of that spirit of mutual
confidence and support which forms our
chief reliance for success in the mainten.
ance of oar cause. When the proposal OF
separate State action was first mooted 1t
appeared to me so ppractIcaole-so Yold
! OF any promise of good that gave no
heed to the proposal-but upon It's adoP-
!: tion by citizens whose position and ability
! gave weight to the expressions OF their
opinions, was led to a serious consider
alton of the subject. Ny first Impressions
Bhaye not been changed by reflection. 1t
: all the States of the two hostile tederations
) are to meet in convention it is plain such
la meeting can only take place after
an agreement as 70 time, place and