Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-13

opinion on the part of the respective Govern
M nts and people as to which of the contsndiIg
parties Is responsible for The commencement OF
the present war: Therefore,
Resolved, That while 1t is not expedient, and
would be incompatible with the dignity Of the
Confederate states, TO send Commissioners 10
Washington city for tie purpose OF securing q
cessation Of hostilitles, yet 1t would he, IN the
judgement Of this body. emIuentlv proper
that the House of Representatives OF the
Confederate States should despatch, without
delay, TO some convenient point, body
of Commissioners, thirteen in number con-
posed OF one Representative from each of
sad States, to meet and confer with such
individuals as may be appointed by the Gov
eminent OF the United States in regard 70 all
outstanding questions OF difference bet tween the
two Governments, and TO agree, if possible,
upon the terms of a lasting and honorable
pace. subject to the ratification OF the repre-
Sentative Governments and of the sovereign
States respectively represented therein.
Reconstructionists Threatened.
The Richmend Enquirer OF the 9th talks TO
rebel croakers after this fashion:
Your CORES pondent croaker, in the first
stages of inctpient treason, complains OF the
President; that he meddles with military at
fairs that he retains Col. NoTthrop as commis-
sary general and Mr. Seddon as Secretary OF
War; that onr armies will be starved out of
Richmond and dissipated into guerrilla bands
Next, he violently opposes employing negroes
in the army, and ISLANDERS the soldiers by as
serting that they will be demoralized il ne
groes are employed; that the negroes will run
he talks Of pacific measures; thinks an address
from the Virginia Legislature to the people of
the United States, soliciting an opportunity
for honorable consultation and conference
would cause MI Lincoln to withdraw Grant
from City Point and Sherman from Savannah,
and then that a con vention of States could as
semble and discuss the question of dividing
the TWO countries, stop the wal and restore the
Union. Thus your croaker becomes q recon-
suuctiorist, and when his schemes of recon-
struc,ion have failed, he will subside into a
+v,kH~ u
graded slave-what he has always been at
heart There are men in these States 10 whom
the great grOundswell OF 1861 taught pru dence
without incuIcatIng patriotism.
Disasters are now developing the latent
treachery OF these men. They do not crticise
for the purpose OF correcting errors, bat they
croak in order to spread disafection. In Geor.
gja your croaker is for Governor Brown and
State Rights; in Richmond, while affecting to
condemn Governor Brown, he cannot support
MIR Davis; while with his lips he curses the
traitor, at heart he applauds the treason. Their
influence cannot be estimated by their con-
temptibIe numb hers, and these nobodies might
be allowed to pass in silent contempt IL their
inslgnificance had not been nagnified into im-
portance by the enemy and their despondency
misrepresented for q reviying sentiment of sub
m ission. "Te all whom 1t may concern"
heher IN Rsehnso,d or etssaohere, 'ge adrise pru-
dent silence. Experience has taught our people
TO become impatient OF despondency, and the
reported meeting in Savannah furnishes an i'll
lustration how seventeen nobodies have brought
uIsErdce upon the hODle people OF Inat CITY. No
man ac0ud be safe IN Virginia acho dared to erhtbt
the least ioillngness 10 reconstruct eren Hpon the
most Favorable terms. The people of this State
bave taken General Sherman at his word, and
mean 'to fight IL out like men," THU ouzht TO
hang dng man, be he Congressman, or Legislator,
Common Counc Gilman, or pricate citizen pho ex.
httis the first act Otoords submission or reconstrc.
tiGf and we believe they will do IL. But as we
would not have violence, we recommend ALI
croakiDg cabals, all desponding conventiclss,
to disband.
"A chiel's amang We takin' notes,
Ana faith he'll prent 'em."