The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-06-10

~ courtcios he remarked that he va then prepsret
conversation Of ,he day before lie then s.ked me
shAt y. ving 70 do told him, In the nfn psoS
by u, A. "bclsercru" lrcaute no military tqsn
could 20 beyond that tact The Attorney General h~
upderSc"i IL lstcre there "a. no dTcrcncc upop
that roint ~ To the men aud officers accotnrsny ms
ss s 1 Of sS sIs s5 s,o. Nv ,Os S.b~ prS.ns
ton bad cnabled every man ~ the southern Con.
rIcte A,py %. nc lam ~ i0o"n inc ~ ne he
oath OF allegiance 10 the nted States. aud asrcebs
70 80 to III. home and I'VE N p"r r ny ,",m
To the officers OF the rsnt o. Nrigadier '''helnl an'
upward including the highest ohcct m To- 'oni'd.
crate Army. viz. Gen. zee, NC iominalfd'i.iS.
Ch'cf Nv therefore wilkins to rtocri sin blur
ul9n The same principlc, Then conversation aro,c
the south Wen the states there to lc iis-vcrcd.
mo ~rtc The rcp,c to he NcnI r'l',en''
ne co'nnon lanWsye OF the people ~ she south
,'.'c' to the we Of the Notth' ~ course. 'sid
ssc,.. OF tho I nitcd II tc, ir,c ard equal ~
~ AZ r'yecw ani ~i,h approximation. uron the cor
United states defined nv the Consultation. the
niud stNc' Courts and the suthor,tc. OF the
remarked TO We that zen Breckintii -. . MAJOR
Gene a. in lAr tcuic'rrat" atmy, -s. nrar hy aud.
sent, called Ina ntp nou to the fact thar had on
the DAY before, cI ,inod to him that suy nccoiis-
lie replied that he understood th-t PERFECTLY 60 Bat"
SAID he " hrcckinidre' -hon o! 10 not know sa,e
w
Major GCneral give you NV votd for that Have
you any objection ~ his being present. Major
military ufcor sou desire being prrreu. ~ ~ -t ~
your r"rsou.l stat myself, had my own ooicer'
me, whom | had never spoken 70 In M lit, sui h.
loineI In the Conversation. While thnt convs saItor
was goint on = courier arrived and handed to t'cr
Johnston r~ha-e Of per'u he and hr,kinrdse
.at do~n and lOokcl over them tor come time aud
| anew not. lut one OF Them ". a sip Of ~
per Nrttou, - tea. Johnston told me, nv NJ
ieicrar they .cctn"d to talk about Il 'Ino roc,-
and hnslly handed u To me glanced over u -
Nm lar,ed.d by, preamble s'd closed Win iev
goherN ttrmr rejected u At once. ~ then dis
cusscd mattrrs talked slout elsvcfv, talked ahou,
everything. There vas az uni,e'sl asscnt that
w.. one of,hr issue. NJ the va, Ions since % deier.
mined and even ten. Johnston laughed ut the Jolly
of tho Confederate IN raising negro sol
dietr, uherchy theV gave rs all the roins oi the
told them that slavery had been trra1ed nv ~ NJ
dead institution, fret b' one class of men from the
Initiation o the war, and then from th" date oi the
Emancipation Procani ,ton OF President lincon,and
hnall, w. the usscni 81 All pnftcs ~ TO t'consiue-
tou, told ,i,m did not know what thc We've VI
the administration w"te Mr l.colu, up To that
me by ali the vordp shch could be- used Ia erner.
tcuf to lclic,c not onls m his Willingness, hut 10
his drrt,~, that should make t"tns With ciNtl Hu-
thortrs tovrrunrs aud iccslAuT-s oven lar ha1I
a. l,6a II then occurod tome that I m,sht write
Oh som" g"u"rai PROPOSITIONS, meaning lttl', OF
meaning much srco ding 90 the constu, ton OF pa.
| tios shu would tcrm 'rli't'rug srncrsliiie'"
| aud scnd them To Washington, which could do In
| tour dN- That would enable she new iIcsident 10
| give ne clue IN hi. policy Ia the important june
va oycr. the hi.hes, military au-
thoritiu Of the southern Couirderscy 40
confessed H. me 90. nly uuronre sIedly al fvp,.ted
w. therefore drew NJ the mcmoI nnduin {. Ils has
hgn uh 10 the ~ordl Tor IN, purpose OF leiaf-
ed States, AMI enabling HIN To dchne N what
might ptomi" simpll to cover TIA. plide 81 the
To tie s--o i the nited STATES. civil ani military.
inWie no Couc"ssons Ia G.u. Iohnston's army, or
The ttoois under his objection aud nmodiae control
| rnuFe - IA a
t"rui,, they were made becauS then believed aud
nov believe, !hcy Soad have delivered iuto the
| hands Of he nttel States the sbrolute control ot
| oNer tonirderat. ofcct aud foldrral tholr muste,
rolls and all thsr arms, II would save US all the in.
cidrntA ttpon-e resulting nom the military ocyupa
| ton 81 that country hy provost marrhas provos,
guards, military governors, and oil the machinery
| by which alone military rover rearh the people
oi civilized country u .ould have -uIrcndet.
| mfcl"t to US by erhaustlng the resources Of
| Tue vholc country upon which We ~etr 10
! dcp"nd tor the future cItiugulahment Of
dent. forced upon ~ hv their wrongful and rebeous
| conduct. never Dc iRnci 10 shelter a human being
from an iAiity inc ed In iuOnce oi pat
I" tn civil ritunII. ot or country and do not he
lie iair and man, iuterprrtatlon OF my term, can
- nuhstuiv th'u' iur the nords " lnIted State
iuui,' "lu ICi states a1thorities" "limitAtions
| OF executive p.rer" occur c,"v plrvrarh And
would desirc 10 BE- given To III" touthern people, II
studied orly AMI vel 1t vail be- found that there u
al hSo'ui" sunni..on on their part to The toyoEn-
m"nt J the n,tcd states either through i'seNecr
i've, legislative, or judicial authorities. Livery rtep
punctally, clearly and fully by the most rapid
| Of Communication that hal. And yet neglected
not one single pIec1utiJn necessary to reap The iui
| b'n'nls Of my ID.t.lou The toye unie NJ
amended altered OF absolutely annullcd those teIms.
~ those matters were necessarily mingled ith tho
miiIA-y history Of tna period, would like at this
point % submit 10 the Commute zoe my oicis report,
whiCh has h'en in the hsIds nt the proper OihoeI,
Btig ten Kawlinr. Chief OF stan of the Army IL
the mtsd states, since about the l2th instant, II
| wts mad. by me at Manchester, Va, after had re-
| turned from Savannah whether ! went % open
| w no Savannah diver and reap the fruits Of ny
nt so' htOnh with General johnston, and TO give
ten fal Wilson's forces In the interior n sale aud
sue base, from which he could draw the nec,,i
supply O clothing aud food for his command IL wac
Uniy aef had iu'tll,d all this, that learned, Tor
IL" Inst time, Trough the public prers, that my
! conduct hd been auimaiyuTted upon, not ouly nv
the secretary Of War hut by General Hslleck, and
tie pres OF III" country at large. did ie, hurt, and
annoyed that MI stanton coupled W'th the terms Of
| my monoi nnduIn, conided ~ hlnI a copy Of .
| telegram 10 General Grant, which be- had never cent
Ia me He knew, on the contrary, that when he vi.
a. Savannah, that had nCgotiHt ions With ciyI par
tts Ih,t" Tor lie Sa present In my room when those
| parties were cOntcring With me, and wrote him
"ttrr setting ioiti many lnln, Of IT, la which nai
ulu"d To make spit IN Jrh, Davies doninions
hy scrresAtinA Georgia from their couTre. Those
| eva nesotinIon', aud iar hom being discouraged
non mA.iug thtm, ! CncOuT14tHl By secretary
stanton hIniset mnks them. u, roup
pins IL. Eott 10 LcneIL bfant Win NV
n,.'ilorardum he sa,e the world mrly and
cl'ruy o. ,nlrs at Wss in pos-essO. OF u. Nos.
Ma no. 10 ~ ,euson ot H., Gld I have reason "
kno" that NJ stanton kree was not IA possession
oi IL N,ht met mo teen. ilaecks "log ral, indOued
by ~. Stanton IN Nhich taof rihilclv a'cNe al
n VI - indy namely, the violation VI ny turmr
viuch mad ri-ht 70 mAlo, aud which by The laws
Of VA ana tAo ia~r Of COnrIesa /. punlIhahie nv
death ami no other punisbmeut, Next they ordered
an army ~ pursue my enemy, ehn - ha known to he
surreudruur W tue, ia the pits ncs Of Gen. Grant
ui.ilL heir tupe. OIL ~, aud nnnly they .ert
GRACE 10 Grii IlsOn And To t,'u. Thomas uli
ordh'ic+ a-1ing unu"r ~" Jn plan Of the u,Os usf
uit 'n. SAFE hdiu.,Hblf "Atcu cd to 4, =, q NV
0rItir aud 10 thSat thu Interests OF the Government
oi l"r niI"d states. DID iecl Indignant io t"l