Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-06


onr last despatch from Washington states that Mrssrs
rsnrs p BLAIR l-eniOr ami has -on Montgomery have
zone 10 Richmond ana thai l. understood that theT vr
Tand Is one OF peace-or lethap- Ne shodd aoie aecq
si ssy Il see neither any eriunatOn 81 national
strufe ~ now attanabie We presume then mission /
moi M terms oncis but Il ausurd 10 pretend
,n Who they are aud what their personal relations
., ~ Prr-dent-that q d uuauthori1rd
While &c consider Richmond about the less hopeiul
ont in the ConieeTacy al which 10 sees an accer'ae
esrr and regret that the Me--~ bdi- htd NOT ocve1
- or offered % proceed, direct 90 Raleigh instead ami
lille we can SCARCELY encourage hopes OF any immediate
,f.,ti,n a. II snt of this mission Yet pJOirc that
hss sparted and confident that H. influence viii be
Itsry and It, ulumate 'cQn-e uehce- bchrucenI tOl
- southern ue1ple need, above ali things, 70 be unde
Ven with regard to enc org.a impulses ana purposes o.
the Wal for the Union They have Dven - long hcean
~ told that the North nghuns Tor subugatVn-iOr Un
strcted dOmmiOn-tor Spohutiun de' SNtat'On ana IA
,ne-that thousands who should Auo" great deal be
- actually sean 10 believe a.
The vii OF ne Nlcssrs Blas 10 Richmond and the pro
,s,t,ons which they viii the.e ioUOue~ submit 10 tie
fsegste chiefs cannot be Kept IRON the knowledge OF
fba south ana cannot ia 10 be largely influential N dis
b,srV tie southern mind II shall thence appear thu
me Moth nobody ensaved but everybody liberated
nobody despoed but the rghis ana earnings Of every hu
ma beipg pla red under The protection at Just end ei
ava then We say i scarcey possible that the herce ma
init the yenVeiu hate which have thus Tar animated
lie rebel masses IA their war upon 'ef y" country can
retain their virulence unHlcdihed
Al All events this the civilized world VIII
evfn though pNe sbCGu stall 0>natciy bandtge - own
eyes the evidence Of sprt pei'adng our 10y peope
ana then Government quite dueteat ION that persistent
is ascrbed 70 them by theH enemies We are therefore
inclined attribute profound ~ ncGnce 70 The Visit OF
r. Nsssrs RaIrs 70 EilLmOnd and - expect from ue
e6rept even though not immediate nOs very palpabe
results
This mission, il appears, would succeed better Il
directed 10 Raleigh instead OF Richmond. let the
Confederate Government resides at Richmond The
President who alore with the advice aud consent OF
the Senate, is here, and the Senate is here. The
mission, therefore is not for settlement OF terms
b. the only parties who can settle theme Its great
object is to break up the CJutederacy Gy alternating
the States separately, else why 60 10 Raleigh, H.
other words, the Biairs are spies and come here,
ayowedly, 70 SOW dissension. We wish they rg.&
40 to Raleigh They both richly deserve hanging
and if they viii 90 there, upon such a mission as
that without first obtaining the OF tie mill
tary authorities, which they obtain. they
will get what they richly deserve to certainly
The cool impuisnge Of tue proposition is absolutely
delightful They tell "all whom it may concern
beforehand, the President among them, that they
are coming here 70 SOW dissenson among Us, ard
breakup the Couttieracy if they aud they seek
permission from the authorities TO prosecute their
mission Was theye ever any proposition So IN
b'ushingly Yankee
The Southern people are to be Undeccivci by
Blair They are 70 be taught that subiugation ana
dominion over them, and tuaV devastation aud spo-
liation, are not intended. They are cOClly to be
asked 70 disbeleve the evidences Of their owa
senses: and when Grant tells the world that
crow cannot rs over the Valley without carrying it,
own rations he meant merely 10 perpetrate one OF
those grim Jokes in which Yankeedom 50 much de-
iights-that when Sheridan SAYS he has burned . coo
blrns in the Valley lac is dece.vins his government
when Sherman cuts a road CO miles long through
Georgia, burning, numbering dnd plundering as he
goes he is merek letting OF aiittle extra gas. Tie
Yankees do not mean spohatiQn The thousands OF
spoons they have stolen-,Le tens of thousands OF
horses and cattle they have driven of or killed-tLc
pianos, pictures, table linen, wgmeu's dres es &c
20 the value on millions, which they have approprl-
ated-sre not objects OF sPolati0n. The kind, az
fsctionate Yankees, who are so anxious u bring Us
to our duty that they murder Us by the score when
ever they pass through our country, mean none Of
these things. What they do mean Is an abolition
crusade. Permit them to set free all the negroes
let them strike dead three thousand millions Of pro
perty inthe South aud they~will De satisfied.
The Tribune coniesses thar tue object OF thelnis-
sion il, not 10 obtain peace, but political adyan-
1age II saw the fatal effects Of the peace uegutia
tons last summer, and it hopes to derive like adyen
Frages from similar at present. 1t knows that
there are legislators ard Governors Of States always
seeking 20 ssssi tie government on this side and it
wishes 10 foment this disposition. We hope being
thus f0rewornel Of Their object, the Blars will
not be allowed 10 come within our lines