The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-02-09
ANDERSON COURT HOUSE, S. C.,
Fsoa. the Richmond Wig.

,emmissaAies TO tho Confederate Ca9ltsi.
We may be sure that they donot come:
here for nothing, ormorely to CRAFTY that
chronic curiosity which RACES in the Yan- Zen
kee bosom. Neither do they come, as
some confident but credulous people might
suppose, to initiate those preliminary for
malitics which, might lead first 10 negodtiia-I
ton and finally to peace. Anshones and
sincere effort in. this direction could not
fail 10 find a ecsponse on .sll sides in the
Confederacy, and would be welcome by
none more warmly than by those whoar
now more than ever convinced that the
Washington Government meanszto com
pass oul. subjugation, if possible, and#does
not mean 10 recognize our Independence
il such q result can in any way be avoid
ed. q,
We think We do not exaggerate when.
we say that nine-tenths of soar peo-
pie are of. this way Of thinking, and that
with The other tenth Che vague hope that
an honorable peace is at this moment
practicable through the quasi diplomatic
expcdicnts of the Lincoln Government,
HAS never yet risen 10 the height iex-
pcctation. much. less 70 The force. OF con
vic;on. Hence it is: that the arrival
among us of the Yankee emissaries has
SO li;lIs effect on. the public mind, not
withstanding The naturaltendency tospec-
.rIation as 10 the motives which prompted
raem TO come here. or thcirmaster 10 send
them. Nobody in the Confederacy whose.
opiaion is worth asking supposes that
their mission iavolvcsanything more than
one Of ;bosc tricks in which tho history of
diplomacy is so very fertile, and which
are 50 peculiarly consistent with the Yam
kec character.
Tt would be absurd to suppose that I'M
mcdialely after tl'ose successes, which
YauSccdom processes TO believe are The
clowning victories of the war, aud thcfn-
.isling stroke 10 the icbellioii~9 Lincoln
would on'es. or accept any other terms.
than such rs would involve our upcondi-
t;onal.r6turn to The Yankee Union. And.
IsSs this would not require negotiation, but,
on-the con lrary world be !4tie n
IeFAas.apss'yt:s -cvell tilc 1lSnG 10 ne
'gotiat.e. it Is just as absardlo sdPpose that
he iaiensEsato casor into any. Diplomatic
discussions with car Government.
We venture to state, and to place the
statement. on record as a prediction en-
Which wc are wiling to hazard ouG 81
gacity, tllat Lincoln will never negotiate
With. i.slio Government Of the Confederate
States tiil he is ready TO acknowledge
their independence. Noitlcf can We ct
tach muel, Importance to tho reiterated
expressions OF an intense desire on Che
part OF our Yanleo "brothors" to find
out what we mean and what we want.
sFhe pursuit of this kindSo knowledge
is not ATTENDED by SO many difficulties as
to make it's attainment at.>all problenlati-
cal. We know that the moral sense Of
the Yankees is pretty effectually blunted,
and that they have lost thc little capacity
they ever possessed to discriminate be-
tween right and wrong: but even Yam
Elseewould know what u man meant who
.sholyld try. to cxpcl a thief from his kitch-
en-, or q burglar from his bed chamber.
Then why does Lincoln send his en-
lissarics here? Simply because he knows
rthatif the Confedcracy holds out for an
other campaign her triumph is assured
and her independence won. Because he
knows chat hisavailablo physicalresourccs
are absolutely exhausted; that neither
the cheap enthusiasm of the populace over
.magnIied victories and inconsequential
successes, nor the frantic appeals of all
the newspapers in the land, nor the subtle
persuasions- of Seward and. the other
priests and prophets Of Black Republican
ism, nor his own supcrnumerous calls and
ploclamations, can aid him anything in
getting together another army even half
as great as that which he launched upon
lEfGe South in the first days Of May last,
He must, therefore, eitherinduce the Con
Tolerate Government to surrender, or by
sonae means break up The league Of these
States, or by proving to the North the ut
|ler4hopelcssness of restoring their s;tcra-
mental Union except by fighting for it,
soresuscitate the war spirit as to enable
him to raise. the three hundred thousand
- sa.ea,.a4 4o,,anlo+od la.rl,;s-lnct coll Else