New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-04
specrla.ions and Rumors at the
Capital.
Latest Facts abOat the Movements Of the
High Contracting Parties.
scmi-Of AS3ni Declaration Concerning the
Prcssdcut'e Tntentiens.
.fsstrh 10 The y. Y. Trihnns.

pCnel the day'S discussion OF the PcnVc f'''''
The relations of Mr.. Forney 20 the President gave
peculiar interest and attached 70 1t great cohso'
quence The article is as folioTS;
IL is q fact that, whenever occasion o''rs 'ne wv
armies Union ma Confederate. iraternze win peeu
liar enthusiasm Why is t!s, Is It not because the!
nre OF he same hoodf Is it not because Tic! nave
tucht on the same baltic Geds' And Is ao' f's Mon'
fsaoa al erLibaioa Of tier HrrtTGi @r''o" 10 INC o'
aag2 Thus We find in 7he Richmond S'"''"e+ CT tH'
3Ist Of January that whea Messis Stephens, Hunter
ard Campbell passed through car lines on their roy &c
Washinon the shouting along the lines prolonged
and entS usias:ic' Ana 1cnin: Once before tie ncc!a
nations of tic srmy were united. Wh2n they lay con.
tropted Of Fredericksburg llnc military baud played
IN succession Yankee Doodle, Dixie. end oihoi
nsticrcl al G. Thoso were appropriately responded to
BY tue two armies alternately; but wien the
band struck up Home. Sweet Home tie opposing
camps forgot their hosiities and united in vOoeroas
libgie TO tho common Sentiment" AMI what is lis COM
non sentiment L is common sentiment Of reIrem-
5rauce aad veneIaon sos the gJr Pst, Jis eecn-
mon sentiment 10 be respected fl this significant hour
Yesterday it ann uaecd That the President If the
United States alG started for Fortress Monroe. The
mere ramor caused tL;ill in every loyal American
heart 1t suggested that IL his sovereicn capacity he
had gone there for the purpose OF concluding peace
win the Confederate authorities; that Mr.. Seward lad
oloce1ed to consult VITA kese oli,.es suit
,ientlv known. We have b,cA overwhelmed VITA tee
grams ard letters from friends Who anxious
70 know whether these crts 10 peace bctwccn
the established Gvvc hnert of the Uuiied STATES and
the unfortunate snl MS. aided people as Hing II, hive
any foundation Ia regtg ne haze 70 sag tat ~ bole
thee eToy WAtlr e0ainR from PTicae iHdiciGrals o.
pr5I'e persons nay sueeeed. FOR ORR OWN PARE
SLAVERY BEING PRACTICALLY AND COZ.
STITUTIONALLY ABOLISHED, WE ARR
READY TO COECEbE EVERYTHING LLSE 10
RECALL OUR EEl;ING BRETHREN. On the sub
jcct Of eonil>catsn who does faow tim. many q
the leading Rerulcars ia Cstlscss objected t, tho
law Witch has been par lily and ineiesIiy j. enforced
Who does krow tlG' those WHO A.1 purchased NJ
der this law the City OF Wlstin ton ana elsewhere ad
mi that they have the II ..cs. u tesi Why not then,
at give up law, for to sa OF perpetual rcace.
which oil nations in times war have regarded tempe
rGlyl Mex. eomesiae amnesty PEyc!anotion with AL
Its exceptions great offenders Why not make this
general, without exception ire gfraid IF nss
Do We fear mir resppsaraace at the Federal Cap!.al
Are Of the free North. every State Of which is
pitted md sworn sgains; Sllvc,ywith West Virginia
Maryland Nevada and the incoming free Territories
are W. afraid to admit AM o. or cor n1y men, sub
mi,iug the Consultation aud obeyiDg tselaws. to all
The privileges Of the American Uaioa n VIC aIe.
are unworthy Of the destiny which has been transmitted
70 us by ouI fathers aad theiri On shall send the
rapidly denorasing Rcbsl AMY inlo MeE.coi Shall
we allow 1t 10 rcsn.orcs the niisicn o. Louis
Napoleon Maxniliant Shall hold The
position Of France after the Eevoulion when
her exptria,ed nobility rsot,ed the great conspiTecies
whic undermined the First Consul and contributed 10
his terrible and final overthrow Shall Te allow the
desperate nJea who may be expelled from the United
States In the cycut Of sudden peace, to intrigue against
the country they once dearly loved, shall We tasc
item back tu the fce people of the free States Of
American Wfa,over Mr. IdneoIns pole, j.. whether
he is ut Fortress Monroe in the city Of Washington
we believe be possesses tie sublime attribute os reward
ing the friends Of the Unon and forg'iag MI the
mics OF the Union who ure ready return TO the Dbl
1ag.
On this leader. in what they denoniinate the
Pleside1ts organ, many reason rapidly 10 tho con-
clusion tina, Mr.. Lincoln ia disposed to concedo
even the Slavery question to Peace. Tha. he viii
welcome back Immediately, if the two Houses will.
admit them, Representatives ard Senators from the
rpsntan. Rebel States, and welcome to their places
and light in the Union 'he States themselves, with
their legislative machinery unsmashod, and take
the flsA OF tucr ecttine III III uOtfou 10 uclcat tc
Constitutional Amendment aeolshing Slavery.
This is one side Of The mutiform debate to-day. An
impression, deep III ire minds Of many, and de-
rived from financial manifestations is, that in the
conference between Mr. Lincoln end Seward, and
the three Rebel envoys, general amnesty and
repeal of tie Con6scation laws viii be promptly
offered and as promptly received, and that the only
debate will be upon our assumption, in some form
and 10 some extent, Of the Confederate debt.
Other politicians here think that both Mr.. Seward
ami the President would be willing TO lay down {
golden pavement for those whom il is becoming
back On into the Union. To compensate the slave
States for the loss of their labor and their property
in their labor-to give them Say thousand mil
lions--the larger portion Of the hsTd-shell Demo
Gratis, and many Of tho sbrewdcst Republicans or
the other hand, are immovable and calm in then
conviction that the rock which this peace oxpe-
dtioG will shat r and sink, viii b. the independ-
ence Of the Rebel Ccnfcdoracy. They agree in
saying frem tLeir knowledge Of the Sonth Tow
and in the elden time that tire Robols are in deadly
earnest in +her desire and purpose to get away fom
US and lie independent of US; that this passion
aniinates the women unanimously, and snimatcs
the young men unanimously; that the South is
willing TO sacrifice Slavery to get independence,
but that il eennot now DC brought TO bargain that
shall sacrifice both Slavery and Independence.
They cay that the Conference must either break up
In an irceonesblc difference this point, or that