The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-08-22

pusnlnS Sucn pOiitical naT1Ot rs ciunty Olarke
as member Of Congress f-LeareHrovtk Call.
what Horace Greeley Knows About
Treacherous Treating.
y.ry Csiy P.::.ss q mi:s:.y, Hes.lIes-
ehsel's FriesA.
From Mr. Conkliny's 5 New York Speech.
Mr.. Greeley, early in Mr.. Lincoln's alministra-
tion, became his enemy. This Mr.. Lincoln knew,
aud was ever on his guard This is noticeable in
| the Niagara peace affair. Mr.. Greeley had been
for secession when secession might have been
avoided; he had been for battle when the time
had not come; he had been in turn for war and
peace when each was impossible; and early in
1864, when the rebellion was about to eollaIse,
and when everything depended on keeping the
North erect with united and untlauntetl front,
Mr.. Greeley fell into swOOn Of ,lesp0ndeney,
anil blamed our authorities for not trying to make
peace.
From the beginning Of the war Canada had
been the refuge Of the spies, detectives, and han
gers on of the rebellion. On the it of july 1864,
one W. Cornell Jcwett, an irresponsible half in
sane a.lventurer, wrUte Mr.. Greeley letter, say
ing that Georges N. Sanders wanted to coine to
Niagara Falls and hold private interview with
| those authorized TO make peace. Mr.. Greeley,
the day after he received the letter, wrote to Mr.
Lincoln. His letter shows him full of the subject,
and completely persuaded that he had received q
great and genuine revelation. He pclOsetl, ready
| made, his 81 plan of adjustment He was going
to close mp the whole rebellion by paying $780,
100000 to loyal and secession alike" for slaves,
and by several other things. closing his plan with
these words: ut may frum Northern
insurrection." In this letter he said: "A wide
spread conviction that the government and its
prominent supporters are not anxious for peace,
and do not improve proffered opportunities to
achieve it, is doing great harm now, and it is
morally certain, unless removed, tn do far grea-
ter in the approaching elections" He also put in
his letter exaggerated statements Of the extrem-
ity to which the country had come, and appealed
to Mr.. Lincoln to enter into the negotiation.
Mr.. Lincoln saw through the whole thing at n
glance; he saw that Mr.. Greeley had been gulled,
and he saw that hr must humor him his
ire. Accordingly, he wrOte to him ~ follows:
"lf yOu find any person, anywhere, protesting to
have any proposition of Jefferson Davis, in wri-
ting, for peace, embracing the restoration of the
Union and the abandonment of slavery, what
ever else it embraces, say tn him he may come to
me with you," &c. Mr.. Greeley replied caviling
with the Presidents letter, saying that they would
not show their credentials &c., and using these
words: "Grern as l may he, am not qnite so
ver,lant as TO imagine anything of the SORT"
Receiving no answer from the President three
days afterward, July IL, he wrote: IL have now
information, on which can rely, that two per-
sons, duly commissioned and empowered to nc-
gotiate for peace, at this moment not far from
Niagara Falls" &c. In this letter he appeals to
Mr.. Lincoln "to net in the premises, and to act so
promptly that good influence may even yet be
eAerted in the North Carolina election next
MONTH"
Mr.. Lincoln replied, 81 am disappointed that
you have not ALREADY reached here with Those
Commissioners. If they would conscnt to come
on being shown my letter to yon of the 9h inst,
show that and this To- tiem and if they will come
on the terms stated in the former, bring them. ]
not only intend severe -tinrt fur peace, hut l
intend that you shall be personal witness that
II il made"
c. A,.f, c,r
four persons, and this being granted, he set sail
on his mission, never susl,ecting Inc was the vic
tim Of fraud, and not seeing how Mr.. Lincoln
regarded it.
LINCOLN BETRAYED.
r, aching Nia.ura. he instantly mt himself into
commun;catinn with Sandrrs T,om,,,on & Co.
who at once informed him that they had no
authority whatever to make peace or to talk
aInut IT, but they we're pleased that the United
states h,,l Mt last come forward promising terms;
President would protect them. 70 go through tn.
limited States down to Ricbmonl. and see what
Nm. r,b.l, woulL do aisut il. Mr.. Greeley. in
place Of ,lenouncins the cheat and rrpellins the
nv shown" The tw" letters which he had been
instructed IN show. went into n curr,spundeucr
wifi these brazcn imustors- Iearnin., what
,r,. ,o;no an Mr. Lincoln ,I;sn,tcL,,l n confl.n
tinI n,.ssrncrr post haste with ,locuueut dated
Imir "a IS;s s;,,n.,I Lv himself and addressed
at: wL,n, r. u.y conc.rn " THE Jcument STA
80, ,,,a, a,,,,"r;y., nro,"x;,an. .T ,.,cc wnnId
ha f.irIr ns, nroyj..I :. the ;nt,-rity of wholr
Irn;,n :,5 ~, ar,,,nJ"nm.nt of .iaSsrx- was rm-
hr,..d Ths r,ssS.n~ar i,v ar,I.r ~ tbe Pr.,i.
i.nt L,st.n.d En- N;s"ara Falls and. taking Mr.,
Cr..i.r wifi, him crosss,l the river delivered m.
,a,.sr I, h;s nr.sancs IN the rel,sl tr;cLers
n, cnn,a;n.d what the Pre.;,jent directed Mr.. |
Greeley n, sbox them in the first instance. VET II
w. ~. f,st uot;,c vr, thcm of The Presidents
re"n;r,ments.
raL;nw ADVANTAGE of this coucealment bv Mr.. |
crasi.x Tbomnsnn & Co. nnntendr,l 70 lie ta- |
len nv snrnr;sr' and wrote Mr.. Greeley a long |
Letter full ~ insont and rl.crioueerinr ,lennca,
&c., af NJ ;ncni, anil th. coy.rnmc,,t They |
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