The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-05-19
THE NEW YORK Sun.
rhe Vol ul Sind, nn,s.
fRIDAY N0nNING. MAY b, IsG

Tho Work OF Nincii bays.
B,ssLr .Lroo LloatAs have ulpsei siree JtrT.
DAps -pured VIII contempt the Lonora !, aud
nsgns nimous terms 4 pasre ogsfti him hs Prosl-
bsni sooL-, tarough tho conference 1t H.mr.o1
sis. Hal be accepted Me generous rr-l.,.-
dons nsdo a, that tr.e, himself AMI h.. colleagues
uould doubtless havsroos 70 iomun.t- from tef-
eonsl harm, and every rucAs 10 e. rccornruction
7rpuld have been framed With view 10 lsuieaSy.
Put DAVE hr1Iyh lie CONN -soner', s.Orninlly
Earelled The generous prefer q Mt L,'oILS, and
in doing % reorened tur srclc, Of var which our
lsnenied Ptea1cu, % saAiousi. desired TO sup
press. Thousands Of brave sollicrs -rrc slain 10
the succeeding ba,es at Peters uurg AID elsewhere.
al Of which might hsvs toer svertcd but Tor tue
ohetinste pe. sislelcy IN treason which character.
izc1 Tho rebe' eAla- In squirting tie propos,t ~.
submitted % him Al the Hampton R,.ds
Peace Conference Diys shut out himself
aud bis cosIGilr, from any furhsr
ca,n b. forDes.Auco On the par, o. our govc-u.
mont Nc. LrY COTS knew 81 tho time o. ,ho
conference, ualue overthrow of u. etclliou vas
ellya question Of days, but his kindly disposition
rpYed m to make personal tender u rlor g.
=
~ lie might 10 avoided Rat vn, only ne.s 81
such Efforts NAVAL ~ but "a, trroyn''c and un-
pudenoe o. JuT D,vi1 rtls,so 90 Tho peace con-
ference vcro almost rsHTcr,h.. lnmcdiAtly
after the negotiation term. .sisi, aIere,"' infau-
history meetings were he'd ~ Il hmond I'D else
where throughout mo al, under g. g auspices Of
DAVIS, and intended 10 tro auov 'tho > uthern
hear" Al tl~so meetings nc Utr.s suluittel 20
tbe rsue'sty Nj LtScJLs vcred l!orie' iu;srcpre.
scented, AID u, 60 appe,r m odois 70 'Ae
southsrr masses - thc uge7I',y n D,v.s ,ul the
members o. hs 'yovcuuout' could mako
thcn, tho dea!sn to'ny to couutcraI lie
grJwiny Union sentiment ~ ihe South ly
tbis dsspical'e nc.us. lie was tho LIST u-s-
ptraie attempt u tie crLhy robcl leaders
~ retrieve ,ho.r hopeless Jr,uncs, bu, tho Ts.uls
pr5vcs low UnGvaiug was tie effort. A. Tat
time the array u Geuoril LEs VM dciia..ly hold
Ing Rchg.onG aud Pg,orshlry fo1r other import
ant de arm c. we % tn, fe!d, minor forces
vct' scattered about through the South, md with
ne exception oi the belt drawn across . Gulf
sstcs by snGlr,,, .hv hitter were Amos, entirely
h posscs.ior o. tie rcbos. s.utn Carolina WAS
utll def an, North Care ina al ost only Whining
Ton, and the situation a Virginia was apparently
very much We same "a Il had heon for very long
time before The backbone Of tle "Con'ederacy,"
in fact still seemed 10 lie intact, and ~ even the
most esnyu.us frieUl of toe Union, tAt suppression
Of the rebellion sppearei 10 bs Btil far in tno
future. Rat he Confederate" iabnc was Ike
ibe house In the liLiical parable which was
"ioundsd upon Ihs ssnd"--when tho foundation
was spped II cruribl,d, "sud great was tho fall
thereof" Lisa AL was uuqGesti,usb'y the
ra,nsiay - the rebellion. Don ell tic IJpes OF
the rehelu rested. and on IT'S presumed In.
vulnsrsbiiiy tho 'o-tunes 4 the rebellion were
S'aS6t. Boins tho ms.n pillar and chief support
Of 1he "tllie!e-ary,' ~ navAi caused The rapid
d't.uts. INton W ich has uIarsr TIE rebel struo-
tgre durlns lhs last three ruoIthF. Never before
did military poNer eqGGl 30 ih.t pos'essed BY
the retclstrIHe NOR he sgo, melt s"sy rapidly.
JIM. DAVIS vAs tl.u the head NJ powerful or
rog 'tt,an upheld by perhaps two hunnrei thou
slnd soldiers T.-iay he 10 an Imprisoned criml-
nal, when only iyr weeks 400 Ne bod the power
- en- 1utNcrat. Syol - the fA;e Of tho REBELLION.
which General GGSr tola Ne WIS mere shell,
phioh EE"pN Houll coon Prove to the people ri
the NorrA. The pr rhery hiss tsen realized much
,o'nsr than a." prophs, or people expected.