The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-26

The TRUTHS OF HIsToRY.--The New
York tribune OF to-day publishes the official
account of Secretary SEWARD, which will
be found on our first page, in which, on the,
7th OF February, 1866, he wrote to Minister
ADAMS the events of the Peace Conference Of
the Sd. The facts therein set forth establish
the authority of the despatch published in The
EVENING TELEGRAPH of the 9th of Janu-
ary, 1866. At the time Of the appearance of
our account, it was received with scOrn and
contempt by the New York journals, who
characterized it as philadelphia caRard'
Now, over year baving elapsed, the papers o
the metropolis are bearing testimony to our
veracity and enterprise. The letter of Sec
retary SEWARD says:-
"On the morning of the Sd the President,
| attended by the Secretary, received Messrs.
| STEPHENS. HUNTER, and CAMPBELL, on board the
| United States steam transport RtOer Queen, in
| Hampton Roads. The conference was altogether
| informal There was no attendance OF secro
| taries, clerks, or other witnesses. Nothing was
| written or read. The conversation, though
earnest and free, was calm and courteous and
| KIND on both sides. Nevertheless, during
the conference, which lasted four hours,
the several points at issue between
! the Government and the insurgents were
| distinctly raised and discussed fully, intel
! msurgent party seemed chiefly TO favor was a
! postponement of the question of separation
| upon which the war is wa4ed, and a mutual
| direction OF the efforts OF the Government, rs
| well as those OF the insurgents, to some eXtrin-
| sic policy or scheme Tor season, during which
| passion might be expected to subside and the
! armies to be reduced, ana trade AMI intercourse
! between the people OF both sections resumed.
| IL was suggested by them that through such
| postponement we might now have immediate
| peace, with some not very certain prospect OF
| an ultimate satisfactory adjustment Of political
! relations between this Government and the
! STATES, section, or people now engaged III con-
! 1ict with it,"
| The EVENING TELEGRAPH on the 9th
! ult., six days before the official despatch
: said -
! "Mr. DAVIS has pledged himself to send inn
mediately three gentlemen to Washington to
/ confer upon terms OF peace.
"Mr. BLAIR had an interview with General
| ROBERT b. LEE, who avOwed himself desrous OF
ending the Rebellion by laying down their arms
| and returning to the Union.
''There can be no doubt that in day or two
at the tuIthest, Commissioners will reach Wash
ington, to bring from the repentant Rebels their
| renewed allegiance to the Union, the COnstitu-
| ton, and the laws.
'Nlr. BLAIR experienced the kindest treatment
| at the hands OF the authorizes, and he reporro
that since the reduction OF Fort Fisher au eltl.e
! revulsion of public opinion has taken place.
| The most extreme advocates of fighting it out
10 the bitter end now admit the hopeles5nes5
OF their cause.
THE probability of an early peace was freely
! discussed in leading social aud political circles
in Richmond, and a general feeling of JOY and
relief resulted from the rapid circulation OF the
| inform ation."
The official record thus verif1es the truth
fulness of our predictions, received, on their
publication, with the contemptuous sneers Of
our contemporaries.