Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-13

called to commemorate ictory. But il
was not only pleasant; tslt . proud and
ecbtatic joy to see, his g qsEgmen looking
I Whatever disasters there had been in the
face, and pluckiug fre adyetsity new
courage apd resolutio1t nd itwass sat this
speotacle that his be- beat high with
hope. It was we'll thai here should COM
nence here i'm Vifgiaie that ETeactionary
movement of the peOple t1 preparation for
q new proclamation to- eete the demands
Of the hour All musei eR be laid on the
altar of country. II SpSh E feeling should
4 now otake possession ot the aheRrts,of the
people, If they should fybs,a hearty and
unanimous answer toI he demands Of the
present exigeuoy upon hem, then he could
say we stood now uphn thsV6rRe of sue
cesses which would teach the insolent en-
envy who bad treated 1nr, propositions with
contumefy, that in thst eonfefancei ID which
ne had go pinned hin With aIfog ga1ce,
heiWas, iudeedI Ctalki 70! his slmasters.- -
tremendous eeE9 tl s&
Hs said he hau never hoped anything from
propositions of peace made to the enemy
unless aecompabied with victories of our
armsi thatthe trde hope Of the coAfederacy
was in brave soldiers in sufficient number
to contest her elaine ip the miliBry field;
bnt be would have been more or less than
maR, to have yielded to a natural dssire to
testify on every proper occasion, his anxi-
ety, htts yearning, anxiety for peice. He
had .receiHed a notice from Mr.. Lincoln
opening the way to an upofieial. confer
ence on the, subject. He did not feel at
liberty to decline the invitation which it
implied. In the note which Passed be-
twPeu Mr LINCOLN and himself "a fhe mat.
ter there was. one. marked dlffesence.5 He
president Davis) spoke alwaEs of two
countries. Nj. lincoln spoke Of common
country. BE could have no common coun-
try with the Yankees. His life was bound
up with the confsderAcy;' and y dng man man
supposed that under any circtpRstanees he
could be an agent of the Te50nStructi0n
of the Union he TniStook eUery element of his
nature. With the confederacy he would
live or die. Thank God be represented e
lpeoplest00 propdto estlheleek, or bow tII{G$ss
neck to mortal man. (Great cheerins6
Although5he> anticipated thai nothing1f
the way of peace could come ont of reGeft
confersncAS Iwitht the enemy, yet he5ssSs
not prepared for such extravag 4nce 0fSfn-
ssolence .aaIhe Yzhad, shown, They 6d6ot
so much az proposed that these Seites
might come back even on those conditions
which were the first occasion of their sep
aration from the Union; but they were to
come back as a conquered people, 81 bmit |
ting to all the recent legislation of the
Washington government, inGlgdiug the
abolition clause in the Constitution recently.
enacted in Congress-, and pushed with the
greatest haste through that body before the
Commissioners could arrive e5 Fortress
Monroe. Aud butSa q few days before this
one of fMr Lincoln's Cabinet had satat-t the
feet of Beecher in Baltimore, gt6Gtipg over
the picture drawn by that Yankee artisnof
words of long procession of hetpublic
men of the OonfederaoY moving to the
aaIlnws m expiatso th cf EtTTiS6 6R 1tFeEisI.
lions E'ethaps 4IincofnA : 80 stftsdAd
at the .lSagth5 Of the Preeessi65 when hej
suggested that, In case of 5afi sabHissi6n.
he might beFmsrcttul. stlSaughteF.) Hel
would never have occasion to show that
mercy. Words of cheer and Encouragement
had recently come from the armies of
the confedstacy; If only half the absen-
tees were back in General Lees army he
was sure that Grant would be taught
lesson such as he had never received even
in his eventful route from the RIpidau TO
the James. Beauregard held another army
in, Sherman's path, and it might soon be
shown that ShermGn'S march through Geor.
giG DGs his. last. (Cheers0 If There had
been mistakes in the past let US accept them
as lessons of wisdom for the future
(Cheers Let US improve the errors of
bygoues; let US unite our bands and our
hearts, lock our shields together, aud we
may well believe that before the next, sum.
mer solstice falls upon us twill be the
enemy who will be asking US for confer
euces and occasions in which to make
known our demands (Great cheerihg.l
Both the Rich uond EaQdTsf aud. :Eram-
tnsr, ofthe 9Th, have ferocious war articles
on the failure of the peace mission. The
former goes off thus
The conduct of Mr.. Lincoln in inviting
commissioners Through Mr.. Blair, solicit
ing Mr.. Davis TO send them, and then the
submtssiousI6t insults as propositions, is
qnire within the decency of a Yankee. But
t has opened the eyes Of ali, and there
leH be no Rehabilitation of these States tVheT
these terms are read by thepeopLe. Unity of
purpose and unity otaction have been se-
cured by this Hampton Roads interview.
Our people will be again united and again
rally to The support of the cause. For the
sake of harmony, more than from hopes of
success, these were sent to
the enemy, and these propositions of insult
and degradation will have the effect of Sc
curing that harmony and uniting these
lpeople in the holy war for liberty, self
preservation, State and Individual honor.
This salt water interview put a quietus on
separate State ection. The,terms required
by the enemy are not likely'to need con-
vention in any State for their cousidera.
ton. The man that now would for an in.
slant advocate the consideration of these
terms is ready and willing to be a slave to
his own negro. To such degradation and
disgrace war has not yet brought any, oi
these people. Reconstruction and separate
State action are all that this peace CONS
mission has affected; and these it has killed
dead. Gs-
The Examiner is quite as ferocious asthe
Enquirtr, and expresses itself thus;
We have had some men who have beer
hopeful of peace propositions. Not real
izing the full eumity of our enemies, they
have deemed it impossible that their devil
ish thirst for our blood was not yet slaked