The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-14
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The Miss:kss q Ps.ss Mes:sngsr Blair,
and Fal1aetes OF the North.
From the Richmond wing, Feb. lo1
When Mr. Blair was in Richmond be was astonshed 70
Union he came here fully impressed With the idea thai
we wero the point Of exhauso and that any future
rs ss Ss,
longer for Independence but 70 protract for .
brief space an existence which seemed 70 be mcnac
with drsructon and 70 avert the impending veng
OF the conqnerng North He could not therefore, under
stand the universal Of our people 70 enter
the rscognon OF Southern Independence as precedent
condition He imagined that afer four years Of bloody
and cruel war waged by us IN defence Of sur separate
sought TO escape from as curse that the object for
which were nghtng to get back into the Union,
suffered return all except terms Of nioera
Bile severity and hardship Tho logical resuh Of all which
in order TO force the South back tbs Union and the
South resisted In order 70 maintain the Independence
which she had asserted now on shs sonsra the south
Or al least portion OF the Norhto prevent recon-
ssrucuon. with Of reconcing little misconcep-
vince us that the North and the Northern government
would really consent 70 reconstruction Mr. Blair came
with his opinions a. that tnne was no fools GRAND
ne only found II 70 be fools errand when he learned
greatly TO his asonishmen that the very thing we did
not want was the very thing no had come 10 offer. 10
understood that willie Mr. Blair In this city he de-
clGred himseF really unable to acount for the int nsty Of
uWt0SOTt6pS,
found TO prevail among our people. He did not know
anything Of the fendsh magpty with which tho North
had like twin demons attended the march Of LIncolus
armies OF the thousand nameess atrocities which his sol
diery had committed in the OF the 'sacrcd Union
or these things he was totally gnoFant and he thought IL
would b. easy matter soften the hearts Of the SOUTH
ern people towards the enemy who had done nothing
blockade their ports invade their territory and
endeavor TO etarve them into submission ~ govern
men which they had repudated All the past was TO be
forgotten even the memory OF the hundred thousand
w dOt q n "a n
the future to be perennial jubilee over the
triumph fortunately gained BY the one side and the
WRONGS 70 happily forgiven by the other When Mr..
Blair left Richmond he persuaded II Ia said, that
what he considered the temporary hau nation of the
Lincoln part Al worst the refusal Of the confedeacy
70 accept benign offer would put her o0nspc
ns ad me ace Of s
war policy Of the Washington sdministraton This,
after ALL as we have more than once declared was the
object aimed at by Lincoln and Seward N the whole Of
the s'peaccn interuds.
They know that tho population Of the North-politi-
clans ed tors and ductile mob--shared the deiusion
which possessed Blair and Singleton and the Kinks and
JaqueescE, who al various times have undertaken the
Thcx .. SngnE this %
put an end TO the war but simple offer Of amnesy TO
the rbehiocs States; and that this very deluson had
weakened the zeal Of the Northern people for the prose-
cution of the precisely to the extent that early
peace imagined to be attanabe Tho dominion which
fhis ballucina had obtained the Northern mind
testified by etlmost universal belief that peace
pear ut handnot peace such creduous people
here believed might be made--but q resulting. in
the opinion Of some from kind Of ndeecrbable
Etructon and OF Others from the unqualified submission
Of the Confederate States Hence the 'bitter disap
pointment with which the news OF the result OF the
Fortress Monroe Conference received In New York
and hence likewise the expressions Of rage and moth
cation, Iinged with those or rnqucstonaLle despond-
ency, which come to u from all parts Of the North
1As '.peace fad tiusstues f5rcsd 10 suecumb to
ss popular td They can no longer pretend that nego-
tation might restore the Union, just peace here
can NO longer contend that negotiation this time might
secure our Independence Fernando Wood, thanks 70
Tho
war declares that the peace party will Join hands
with ther political advears in vigorous support Of the
years 70 discover that tho South what she said
when she retired from the Union; and tifst there
somsthing more than that sound and fury which signify
Fredericksburg, Malvern HUI and the wildernesA The
Baltimore Ae an true to tho bloody instincts Of Ito
party and faithful TO the prcconccrted programme
calls loudly for the determination OF the whole people OF
the South Not universal condscation not the b2nish
lnent Of some and the execution OF others will AT the
Of adequate revenge Nothing short Of total an
h''aon VIII be SUFFICIENT Punishment for the persist
VT , q the , South "she has refused
ss re,ec,s.. The Yan... A. . master; she, has
sdc,ed the old Gag; she will NOT vuss. her iands
0 be occupied by the Sew Highlander, and her homes
he negro to se exalted s her high places acknow
edge be- people 70 be dgraded and miserable slaves
enc North, She docs believe the Yankees 'a0
,rcates. oplc on the globe or their government the
lerctc and she must be destroyed SO shall the saints
cisn on earth and the Yankees DO enriched"
Capital-Iiow Lees Army IL to be Sup |
piled.
lFrom the Richmond Examiner, Feb 1ol
II stated time ago IN this parcr that the
Piedmont Railroad Of different gauge from that OF
sther Of the connecting roads. We have some more
precise information which not only corrccts In some
PARTICULARS this statement bit in its relation TO IA
great links OF Southern communication eng y:
this time,
drcd and fcrytwo niles all Of me same gauge That
from uanyilc TO Charlotte one hundred ana forytwo
miles, all OF the same gauge. All the roads in North
OF ,hesas gauge as hist Of the edrnont with
the exception Of the Richmond and Danve road and tho
roads running 10 Lynchburg Tho Manassas Gap Pail
road Company moved their machinery belong ng TO that
road to Greensboro North Carolina and running
on the Piedmont road ali their rolling stock.
There has been mu,h complaint Of failures the
Fiedon, road 10 transport passengers and freight In due
tine There rs something to he said in palation Of
these failures The road Is new onej II has heavy
grades and curves and has to contend against the dis
advantages Of q new set of rdilroad men.
There is reason why the stretch Of road from Dam
Vile W Charlotte and that from Donvlle to Richmond
ench az the same length, should not be managed under
two supcrntendcn.ie. Tho North Carolina Railroad Il
said To be In better order now than II has been at any
time since the commencement u the war. !. "a sug-
seste that the management Of that and the Piedmont
Cars could be loaded Charlotte and the same day IN
fourteen hours the freight could be landed in Danve
With The bulk unbrosen Tho trains Of the Petersburg
and Weldon road, Raleigh and CASTOR, Sesboard and
Roanoke, the Win md Weldon, Western North
Carolina such Of them * Are not needed for Local
freight all might be run the Piedmont road In case
Of necessity, for they have al The same guagc. with
suss III armnscn.-a t the public night reasonably
pct that freight would b put through on this road ~
quickly rs on any other Ink Of the great g9Ys
aud with an expedition that has not been
heretofore ait~incd .-,;s,..r-
-''..Sf. 49, -s.s.s' T---. -.
Tho North Carolina Commissioners TO
SE!chmcpd..
49, FROM tho raleigh Confcderasel
Messrs Pool, Carter, Person and Hall appeared IN
Richmond whilo we we're there as commissioners sent
by tho Lcsrat OF this State FOR the purposes Of con-
ference &c. II very gratifying 70 US 70 mark tho
hosptable and distinguished cons Iteration shown 70 the
state through her Legislative representatives. The gem
tlcncn were admitted imm datc and proracted In.
,erview with President Davis who notwithstanding st
he suffering from very attack Of neuralgia,
accorded reception delegation The mat.
tiers Of conference we're, presume, CONFIDENTIAL but
wc enahtrd n TINT dnnt frank