Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-16
TO NEGOTIATE A PEACE AT
NIAGARA FALLS - ABRAHAM
LINCOLN INDICATED BY THE
TRUTH OF HISTORY.

upon our OUTSIDE 'o-oay viii DO iound 'ne
luii history oil the attempt OIL non HORACE
'REELEf 70 hego'iate peace between the
government Oh inc oni'ed states ana the
'a'e so-0aiieu oonieu''a'' so'0'n"en' '"
which 'Effh"soS DA'" was 'ne neao' We
place the correspondence aiuded 70 upon
record ior tho purpose Oh Vinuica'ihg 'ne la'e
rreS'ueh' hiSoohS "ha 'ne NArioSAh NE
rupl'oAH'
MI LINCOLN was grossly msrePreseh'ed
anu m'Sunuef''ooa az 'na' Time oy nearly
tue en''ro press oi 'ne country. An im-
preston was sent ABROAD parity through 'he
'unuenee Vi MI hohoo''y ontor-
'a'heu no uouo'' 'na' fresideht LINCOLN did
cou'u nones'iy W oo'aineo oy hego'ation'
lnis was mistake NO man In this whole
nation was more anxious TO put IN end TO
the war ana OBTAIN an honorable and lasting
peace tnan mr. LINCOLN we sncereiy De-
lieve that besides him the man did not live
VINO carou 30 l''''e TOT SELL Dut VINO @ the
same time was SO Jealous Tor the honor and
future greatness OF the country. II was his
study by day and by night. He believed
that neither could be obtained by dishonora-
bic compromise. When the rebels, named in
the correspondence, appeared on the Canada
side Of the Falls, with an instinct which
characterized his whole life, he instantly
pointed out their business. 1t was political,
and mainly with the Chicago Copperhead
Convention, and he clearly saw that IL meant
nothing but mischief to the Government. He
never believed that they had any authority
from JEFF. DAVIS to negotiate 4 peace.
Subsequent events confirmed his opinion, as
we all now know.
Notwithstanding his want of faith in the
self-constituted Canadian peace Commits
sioners, " Mr.. LINCOLN, feeling grieved at Mr..
| GREELEY's unwarranted statement that it
was the opinion of many that he was not
anxious for peace" and desiring to remove
that impression, determined to tes. the sim
cerity of CLAY, HoLcoMBE, SANDERS 4 Co.,
aud to make HORACE GREELEY. the initiator
of this special movement, "a personal witmes,
that IL Ioas made" The correspon dence
outside shows how well he did it, and that
Mr.. GREELEY did not like the idea of serv-
| ing in that capacity.
1t will be remembered that there was great
excitement at the time about the attempted
peace negotiations at Niagara. The press
Of the country demanded the correspondence.
We called upon Mr. LINCOLN on the I'D day
Of July 1854, and obtained from him full
explanation OF tho whole matter up to that
day. He read to us the correspondence and
-.
'a'u h' "aS perfectly "i''ihg 'nat the puoi'o
should have complete and full history of
the negotiations, a." but thought il would be
hardly wise but ou;ts ;mno,i,;c for him ,h.
cI,.r p-,,,- = A. -,
on''i HAe'u''e VI 'n' "a''oh' W Pu"hsn 10
the "oriu ietter containing such an uh-
| necessary statement about the finances of
a.. a,
| the dovernment, as Mr.. GREELEf had seen nt,
yery improperly, he fMr. LIscoLs) thought.
|
to incorporate into his hrst letter OF July 7th.
Mr.. LINCOLN did not consider the country as
| " NV '' " 0'' NO
bankrupt" nor as. almost dying" He did
M. ana IL. o,no.,io L,,u .,,.L
wv ''' '"' 'onn'0'''" D''"'en 0uoA DA"a'
| ranted declarations and an attempt TO make
| noooo H. ,.o,o..a .L..eo \. NJ
Peaee' ho PopoSeu, 'horoiore' 10 Dir'
| GREELEY to strike them out, but Mr.. GREE
| l,,. NJ
LEY uechheu' MI LiFcoLF read the corre-
| spondence to us for our guidance as N iour-
hhist, without restricting us about any
| generaI statemept that WA dss;rsd IN ,,oLa
| on the subject. Accordingly, on the same
dnv wa nrenared and npLlisbed tho foIIov
e"'' W. P'NP"N. ""U P1''''" '"' ioho"-
ing article, which appeared In the second
addition of the NArroSLI Rppup,,c.x
'N'''0" VI '"'
| rFror, ,h. N.uo,., pon,b,t..u 1u,u % ,eo, q,
lIIOin '"o Na''onAI NePupiAn, 'ui' -, ioo1.
THE "PEACE QUEsTION-GREE-
| LEY SOLD BY COLORADO JEW
ETT-T THE PREsIDENT TOO
| ..,,Cu ,nn r,.-
mh FoIN THE oaNA ~ nEbhL
| DELEGATES To THE CHICAGO
CONVENTION.