The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-01

Nuion VIC can now spare since FOrt bnor nn0
lhllen-should be dehived for this service. A
sight of Uncle Sans new navy would accom-
plish world of good in Europe just now.
Moro Peace Negotiations-No Hope for
Pence Except Through the Armies.
Yesterday there was report tnat MT. Alex
ander ii. Stephens, the rebel Vice President,
and Mr.. r. M. r. Hunter had made their appear
ance At General Grants lines and asked to be
allowed 10 go to Washington. This piece of
news. when heard in Wall street, sent gold
down to 2O2. Gold got up again; but the story
naturally started once more all the discussion
of the various possibilities Of peace. We have
got much faith that Stephens and Hunter will
DO any more in Washington than Blair did in
Richmond. Mr.. Blair's Wits 10 Richmond were
not any more effective than were those Of Ho-
race Greeley and Colorado Jewett to Niagara
Falls. There is no peace yet, and no other
prospect Of peace than that which Sherman
and Grant give us. Perhaps Mr.. Blair's visit
on which the rebels will lay down their arms
and go home, and these new visitors will once
more put him in possession OF the same terms
but Mr.. Lincoln was in possession Of these
terms four years ago, and if he could not accept
them then why should he now? They are
tmpracticable and such as he cannot accept.
Having fought against the same terms for four
years, we will not accept them now when the
ultimate success that will finally destroy the
whole rebellion, terms and all, is fairly within
our reach. Having fought for the unity Of this
nation until we have annihilated nine-tenths of
Che power opposed to it, we will hardly consent
to the rupture Of that unity at last, when the
enemy himself regards his longer resistance to
our armies as hopeless.
1t is time to be done with this nonsense of
peace negotiation. 1t is a deusion, an ignis
fatuMs, thai tempts us away from the true path,
which is the vigorous, inAexible prosecution of
the war. Negotiate peace with the bayonet
There is no other possible way. All this mat
ter Of peace negotiation is corrupt pretence
on both especially on the enemy's side.
Davis and his adhereAts see that the lions skin
falls short, and they would exc it out with the
fox's. They have no generals upon whom they
can depend for any success at all, as opposed
TO Grant and Sherman; but they have diplo-
mats great deal shrewder and abIer than
Blair, and SO they maneuvre to hold us still on
their weaker side and outwit US on the stronger.
Hard, real, practical war would inevitably be
their destruction in three months more, and
they have nothing to hope from it; but negotia-
ton may save them yet, and so they will ne
,gotiate Hence they send for Blair to make
second trip to their city, and they send
Stephens and Hunter to the national capital.
Negotiation is their only hope, and they will
sgiveft every chance.
On our side it is trick also-not against
the enemy, but a trick to advance some part-
cular politician at the expense of the national
cause. Any man in his senses can see that
negotiation is not the safe way to peace, and
that it is not even the shortest We have the
enemy on the hip as the war stands. Never was
human event more certain than our complete
success. We are concentrating our two largest
jeff, and will indisputably crush that army if
we do justice to our own. By that means we
viii have real and legitimate peace. But
some politician diverts attention from this SIM
pie issue, upon which the national energy and
attention ought to be intensely fixed, and asks
Us to let him make peace and little repu-
tation. Let us have done with that, and go on
with the war. General Sherman has recently
given expression to the whole state Of the ease.
If the people will furnish now the men and
money necessary to continue the war for four
years II need not last four months. That is the
law and the gospel Of the position. We must
strike with our whole power now, and one
blow will do it If we will consent TO concen-
trate our power-if we will put out now one
tenth Of what we will be compelled to put out
eventually as the war drags on-we can end it
at once and have peace. We cannot have
peace certainly and honorably In any other
way one-haf so soon.