The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-14

forces and the restoration OF the national authority
,bnnehout all the STATES in the Union colaterallv
lin suhcrilns;ion 70 the proposition which was
'trr s nn,;-sIavery policy Of the United States was
viewed in all It's bearings. and tlM President an
= ,,rce,i thst he must net he. expected 10 depart
am the positions HI had heretofore assumed in
-; rroela,n .tior Of emancipation and other docu-
ents is these positions were reiterated in his an
nus message ,
,mnle,e restoration of the national authority
everywhere was al indispensable condition Of any
sset on our part to whatever form of peace might
lp proposed The President assured the other party
ma: while he nn:st adhere TO these positions he
would be prepared, SO tar as power lodged with
~ Executive. 20 exercise laeralitv. It's power
hoyeys. is limited by tho Constitution, and when
mace should be made Congress must necessarily act
IN regard to appropriations of money and TO the adj
mission Of representatives. from the ssuyreo;ionarv
States.
The Richmond party were thY informed ,ha,
to,crcsS hal e.: tie 3Ist u.sfsno ;aontei by n CON
sl:u.tonal majority, iont resolution submitting to
the several States the proposition abolish slavery
throueho,t The Union. and that there is every req
san e. exrt. that ii viii he accepted By three
t,ur:ls IT the states 80 is to become part OF tho
,ational organic law.
The conference came 10 al end by mutual eeoui-
cSesfcc without producing agreement of views
upon thc several matters discussed, any of them
NcvcrtheieSS is perhaps Of Importance that
We have been able 10 submit. opinions and views
directly to prominent insurgents, and 10 hear them
lick. an, sir, Your obedient servant,
sWM Ii. SEWARD.
TIE READING OF TIE CORRESPONDENCE
IN THE YANKEE CONGRESS.
The reading of this message arrested
the profound attention of the House and
a large audience in enc galleries. When
The Clerk read that part of Mr.. Iincolu's
phrascology in W hich he uses the words
1.-TWO countries" zone common coun>
try" etc, there were cries from the Re-
publican members of "Good! gocd!"
accompanied by applause. The instruc-
tons 10 sIr. Seward also elected evidences
Of appreciation.
Mir. WaSIburne, Of Illinois, said he |
believed this message would meet with |
the cordial appreciation of the entire
people, and in view Of its Importance lie
moved that twenty thousand copies Of
the message be printed.
Mr.. Brooks sad he did not think the
message would meet with the cordial APP
probation OF the people. As he undcr>
stood tic document, and the report
which comes 10 us from the rebel papers,
two things are evident: First, that Ir.
Lincoln demanded Of the rebels unouali.
led submission; second, that the Prcsi
dent would enter into no negotiations
with either the rebel Government or any
single rebel State Mr. Lincoln is silent
On this point but it is positively as
serted by Davis and the rebel agents. If
the President had desired peace sincerely
hcshould have brushed away the cobwcbs,
and come at once to the point with Ste>
phcns. As the matter now stands, the
end must be by resort TO the sword. lie
referred to the cheers OF the soldiers
when the peace commissioners passed
through the lines as showing
the spirit Of the soldiers and
the people in favor Of peace 1t required
no inconsidcrable courage on the part OF
Mr. Lincoln to throw Off the importunate
radicals here and meet the rebel agents !;
for this the President deserves credit,
and he has my thanks for holding the {
contcrcpcc. 1t was what | desired and
ASKED Of him in December last, but =
which was not received ons the other
side OF The House with appreciation
But regret that in this conference Mr..
Lincoln did not act upon his own re- :.
sponslbillty, and ask no other terms than
submission to the Constitution. He c
should have ayailed himself of this OPP
portunity. No Lincoln Or Davis could v
now make peace with the turbulent ele-
mentS now arouscd-no peace maker
now but the sword. May God preserve p
Us from this arbitrament; but it Row :.
seems there is no other North Carolina s
and Georgia are in condition 10 make $
peace if their sovereignty can be pre-
served. The elements of peace are also
III Alabama. | regret that Mr. Lincoln
has closed the door against these States. 8
Mr. Brooks referred to the concessions s
once made successfully to South Caro- :
Ina to avert civil war. Such are the L
prcccdcnts that should have governed 1
Ar. Lincoln. The speaker was in favor
Of an armisticc-somc day Or other this -
war must end, and prior to that there {
must be an armisticc. He regretted that y
Alr. Lincoln had not availcd himself Of q
The opportunity recently offered, as he st
Mr.. Brooks did not doubt that peace o os
would have followed If again the battle co
5 wagcd there is no hope Of peace short ca
II suhjugation Of one Or the other of the
parties.
MIR. Stevens Of Pennsylvania: can r. .
Use no cpthcts sufficiently expressive of Of
condemnation Of such speech. If the Q,
resident had agreed upon an armst;cc si
lpon the basis of separation of States, b
&c would have deserved to be impoached 4
~ this House and convicted by the other \
Cor his (the speakers part he believed "
me or other Of two alternatives must
'ome=-the rebels must lay down their