, 1865-01-22
= JEFF. DAVIS OK PEACE: :"
Important Letter zfom the Rebel Pre-.
8fdcnt. .

lAAE 4Uu0HAA$s A18pa4e4' WY
received On Friday morning Just as we were clos
ting our forms, and lbeing rendered illegiblc by
Tccgraphfc errors, We were unable to insert 1t in
the whole Of our yesterdays edihon.l
The Riehmond Wig qt the 18th inst:; publtshes
e ee,sR sRs senASss the Of ao had
brought n2 In resolutions then before the Georgia
Legislature. After some preliminary paragrnphs,
'.1Aave not contemplated the use Of any other
Is the Constitution of he Confederate ststes.
ts palPoses ffee fom tnjnrious Consequences thst Il
Eetted. The objection to separate state action,
conclusive as to adult of no reply. % The immedi n m T.
ate and inevitable tendency Of such distinct action
begins to create dis:ens1on instead Ut union,
iy q lie di=eo1ation ii he conisderaRey, I and
70 encourage them By the spectacle to moro
asa sop 5eGn a on ofay e ye sasa
Of the confederzcy are disposed to abandon their
sister States, and make separate terms Of peace for
tns o. sste
heed to the proposal, but upon lss adoption by cit
the expression 0, their opinion, was led 10 a &C.
1ioua toasI1t ration II the subject 31y first inl~
press1ons have not been changed by reflection. II
cet III convention, it is plain that such meeting
can Only take Place after an agreement as to tinc
and Ilace.o1 which @ they arc 70 meet Nov with:
sac n = t1 noGn 5 nGt oac y
ccrtain that the States would never consent t. i
m s pscs19os @ a. To- ths
conference must meet on the basis either that no
state shon1d against It's own will be bound b. the
bound; but It il plain thst an agreement on the
lasie tl,atno Stale should be bound without its
consent, hy result Of deItbesations, would he m
ob1nd0nmen1 on the part OF the North or Its pre-
tended right Of coercion, would b. an absolute
IecoEnition q he lndependenec Of the several
complete a conce-sion Of the riehtlu1ness Of our
= nercemcat In advance Of thc meeting Of
The only otEer possible basis otmectng is that
;.; otate as1Se 70 De bound BY the d.
Gistons 1f ihe @ Consena1n M and such agresmcn. is
1at nnu'nef ioIm q snomissaon 70 Northern do
nminlon, as Me well Know that IN such Conven-
M ~ ~e Mou1 ps 6ntanmeelea @ nearly twoto one
t.tnt Gn ns resy aaresno.a o. me scheme pro1oece
e oe tt % Is not tne ampfacttcabe character
ot w 1ae , bto1esa appafent!
consent ef TIE tEo belligeIsnts that consent can.
hn WILL sa rneEooau2ha. the Plan
ncnpc1nn,, a1f ~, nat ane
~ ~ III ~ s4o14u neGuaa " asIcc1ent
nnse5s fg freafG s '3r 70 oI ake pso
ps a{nnI ~ eer esea T. Rsompt
nesotiate ioT tns appointment of who
... arc 10 meet Wltnont power 70 90 nnythlnE but
StaSes x 9t,. III y & 1i INC uu'!eo
esen ,,rscin n,1iSi Reaie % II VII t1eat iof
reate ot3euy, IL 9nWilHnf u VIII reiasc 10 con.
sat ssad 10 taS sGnsennon q Sntes The author q
rica e1'9n. ~ ~ ann =, nHo eoneu1 ~ hs
snnrto. III thnt ~ on.tn1 ~ ~, estos VI
hfFh ". III a.sr. nnnsists -, H., 1'fat an tsaea
Gnir,e nro1,er a-cY,csc. Fnr nc5-niisttn, ~
thc wjoie scone az the resouiions enis in no.hins
hut ihc saegcstien that II she cneny viii treahthG
convention; whereas, Tho whole and onIr obstacle
if that the enemy viii not trcat at ali or entertain
any other ptopoa1ton than that so submit 10 tcir
yoke and acknowledge That wc arc criminals, aud
ITO this tta1emcnt Of objections It may appear
eupcrhuous to add others OF less E1ayity. 1writc
a full exprcseion Of my yicWa, will add
TINT history s replete with instances Of intrrmia.
1smpt ,onegotiate great and 'conticting interests
when the PARTIES to the negotiations arc 70 uu-
mcrous. 1ftltis has been ne caae where the par
ties possessed full power to conclude a treaty,
what can We hope for an nssemhlagc Of necottn.,
tors from thirty or forty Suites who, in the midst
Of an cxaspesntfnE warfare are to nHct without
power 10 conclude anything. In tho history Of
our rountry ,wo hnd that IN times Of profound
rcace, when the most cordial Brotherhood Of sen-
ttment existed, Ard when long and bloody vur
had been brought to triumphant close it &C.
Qn1red TWO years 10 asecfnh!e convention, bring