Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-21
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'Ese3esoHd attenpt he succeeded in rekching
the headquarters Of Geieral iDeyin, at
Eoyettsyille, one of The ID of General
Sheridan paEEsd on hin ii received from
him 2 letter 70, sscrstaI Seward, dated
JspuaEyl aOi 1853 In stter Nj. Foote,
Eafter having referred l6 h fcfher opposi,
tion to asssipn ysti g, proceeds to
ssAg't1 stogtc3etsssi -ifFs5 sglit4 t,ssut5 .J4-
~ now hay ih6u % say, for my.
/ self and for. 8 IkFee hun fa Of the most
Weightg and Influential dsn that the
south S2ntaias, ana,;es sYe good rea-
son ins res with the
Eishea Slso Eofza very i1ntge majority of
the esoVereigupe people fthe Southern States,
Ehsther in or out of the Confederate ar
mics, that we, the onssrVatiVesz of the
South, are. ready and anxious to enter once
more into fraternal union With our fellow
citi8ensiof the North; thlt We are resolved,
If an Opportunity of ddug so honorAbly
shall be afforded us, toIWithdraw at once
from all political connection with the gov
lerAment now located in the city of Rich.
mona, and to place ourbslves and all We,
hold dear once more under the protection
of the fsg Of our father. ~
+ q No one knows betterthan ] do that moi
such paeifca4ion as thatRhich / now Sro-
tposeeaniever come frog Mr.. Davis. His
official position aud hls devotion to bis
own selfish schemes of individual aggranl
disemsnt alike forbid it, But let President
Lincoln issue 3 formal reclamation ad-
dressed to the People lef the aContederate
,StatesI offering To- them complete Amnesty
for ftte past, aud sfhil Restoration Of the
enjoyed and they will Immediately hold
lin all of tie said States and
vote themselves back into the Federal
Union, calling home their troops at once,
and leaving Mr.. Davis to enjoy, as he may
be able to, do, the despotism which he has
established, together with such Foreign
Protection for himself and his iguoble prof
ects as it shall be In his power to secure"
Mr.. Foote thought that Kentucky, Vir.
ginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Ar.
kansas would be sure to follow. the exam
pie of Maryland and Missouri and abolish
slavery, and therefore 1t would be safe to
leave slavery where the Federal Constitu-
ton left it; but If circumstances should
exist which would render such plan i'm
possible, he was prepared to say in behalf
of those whom he represented, that they
will agree to such a change of the Federal
Constitution as will secure the entire ex-
tipctiOn of slayery on the, lat day Of Janus
agy.. 800, and which yin provide also for
sass fEooanm Of al epers0us6 6F An loanT blood
who shall Lbesborn aftertbe lst day of 5an-
uayy. 1890. o.
". - leo 4 81, - -
ready: . '.g' ~.
ITO make such further revelations, both
as to facts and psrSonS, as will leave no
doubt upon the minds of President Lincoln
and his constitutional advisers that ample
facilities exist for the bringing about, in
the short period of forty days. too, such
counter4revolutiou as is above referred to.
All that desire is, to receive assurance
that the Information which deem it pro.
per- for reasons alike of prudence and hon.
or, to hold for the present in reserve, if!im
parted; will conduce to the restoration of
peace and the re-estsblishmeut OF the Fed.
eral Union, In manner and upon terms
consistent with the present honor and fu
turs safety of the South, and will proceed
at once to make full disclosures"
MRS. ward acknowledged the receipt of
this Communication, aud stated that any
further communication which Mr.. Foote
might think itproper to impart to the Gov
ernment might be communicated in the
same manner as the first. Major General
Sheridan was directed either to pass Mr..
Foote back within the iusurgcnt lines, if
he SO chose, or to send him to Msjor Geu-
eral Dix, who would be Instructed to allow
him to pass beyond the jurisdiction of the
BUnited States. MIR. Foote choose the latter
course. From New York he addresses a
second letter to Mr.. Seward, dated FebrUA-
ny g, 1855, reitereting his former eepti.
meuts and statements, and especially em :,
phasiHing his readiness to establish the
fact by testimony of the mosttrustworthy
"character, that. q large majority of the
more enlighteued citizens of the South
have at last come to the conclusiop, in
which confess that do for opemost fully
\ concur, that should they be ever so sue
cessful in the prosecution of the war now
lin progress, they would find themselves at
the end of; it an euslhved aud Wretched
Epeople; and that Southern Independence, at
| one time, go thoughtlessly coveted and SO
4 zealously striven for, would be, If sttsfned,
precisely the most deplorable calamity
which could possibly befall them"
r. Mr. Foote did not wait for reply to this
Communication, but at once engaged pas
sage to liverpool. COT board the steam
J ship hewas informed that his secoud com
municstion had been placed in the hands
of President Lincoln for consideration, but
having no special reason for. supposiog
that It had been more faVorably received
than the former, he aet sail. On board the
mail steEmsr he wrote another letter to
President Lincoln, urging modification
of the resolution then before the Congress
at, Washiugtonto for abolishiug slavery Uy a
eonstituti6nsl amendment. and expressing
the belief that the enforeementof the Mons
roe doctrine would be a means of cordial
lteconctlemen Il - - - 80 (,
1 lco1ntrymenf 'hWhateyer may be the ac.
ton of President Lincoln upon the propo.
sftions submfttedito him, to Eose no time IN
i rEtl,rninO to the bosom Of the Federal Union.