The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-11
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- 'u::THR FoRTREasi MONROE CONFERENCE. .
At,diAerent periods of the. war the ambition Of
indiyidusis on both sides had attempted cert ain
pHopoeitions OF peace, and sought to bring the
position thatsthey could not avoid negotiations,
withontr aubjeetng pthemselves to the INJURIOUS
,,si impptetipn of preferring var Tn pursuancs Of
sRa aPp@hs p5ssS ssnns 1885,
Tpssspbft from President Lincoln to go through
Ssesmna anv ea nstSSo tops or eoSnts
nance from Washington. sought to proYsls Upon
President Davis to send or receive commissioners
Mr. B
taking yth him written assurance
ITO rs6eiYSa; commissioner whe never obs should
,.eould promisgthh he would be received; to ap-
point such T. colnmisspner, minister, or other
agent and thus "feneW the effort to entet into q
the two toqntrias.SI Ths reply Of MI Lincoln was
no less diplomatic. BE wrote that he was ''ready
=, TO receive an agent whom Mr.. Davis or any other
infnential person now resisting the national au-
thority, may informally send hie, With d view Of
Z seeasins gea:gte thapeople ofoureompo1cou coun-
While the intermedation Of Mr.. Blair was taxi
ing place in Richmond, number Of Congress-
nse
iu influence of the Yice-President Alexander H.
1, Stephens, in negotiation with Washington, and
9. been ooolness between thess' high officers. Mr.
. p shs beginning Of the war, he WAS intensely
sauai ssa sausa na
i staifeoonsttasian. aud dslea with the Gnion
Ct ths South Tas 5sgutdS;tSn St this man
rParts Of America for the people to distinguish be.
:, sogne hsd asreat des q his s'a peas
in his intero urse with other public men; and lie
refused topass sword with President Davis until
,,Snitous mebssge that "the President would bs
glad to SEQ MIR. Stephens" In the irtervieR
-. which took PLACE. President Davis remarked
That he knew Of 'no one better calculated to con.
duct 2 peace negotiation n with the North, than
-: Mr.. Alexander q. stephens." In the statement Of
He allowed Mr., ,stephsns to name for himself the
e. associate commissioners who were RAM. T. Hun
he burthened hm@h no detail Of instnnetions; Ais
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that ssA e s4 % X Bsssa Dsys
-. wond giyee fat apawer to the. party in the Con-
stlons 70 excite excite pssS ansS
the spirit and indignation OF the, Southern peo-
~ s ssSs dRGSEsT SspsSsaR Ss rs e as
'.hnsequences Of subjugaton, it had declared what
q. would be its pains and penalties and humiliation;
nerve theresoutiQn Of people, fighting for liberty
and TO make them devote 4 new fSbor and life for
y the great esuse Of their. redemption It waa
thought in Richmond that the last attempt at
negotiation would date a new era OF resolution
~ and deyotion ip, the war;, On the return Of the
commissioners q day was appointed for on ifnpos.
ing eIpressiono Of public opinion on the event OF
the conferences; all business was suspended In
; Riohmondi at,high noon professions were formed
than twenty different orators, competed OF the
most effective speakers III Congress and the Cabi-
net, and the most eloquent di7lnes OF Richmond,
took their stands in the halls Of legislation in the
churches and theatres, and Bwelled the eioquence
Of this last and grand appeal to the people and
armies. OF the 9ouSh.3 I - : III !Glf.l "'.
Two Of the. returned commlssioners, Messrs.
. Hunter and Campbell, were among the orators Of
the day Mr. stephens Ind beon urged to speak;
but he had demagogue's instinct 81 the danger
In the ,mstter;,it VAS ep awkward OCCASION in
he plead III health and escaped to Georgia. It
Sss ;pss sss
- q. ers Or lined the streets and the air was vocal
ofthe sudensss: L sppsSfed' &dssa, shss The
It was only the sickly glare BY ali expiring flame;
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