The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-08-23

duration to allow passion to subside and rea-
son to resume its sway.
WHY SANDERS SOUGHT OUT GREELEY.
In the meantime Mr.. George N. Sanders
who had preceded us to the Falls-was ad-
dressing, either directly or indirectly, this an
cient and intimate party friend, and others in /
the United States supposed to be favorably in |
cIined, assuring them that a peace mutually |
advantageous to the North and South might |
be made, and inviting t hem to visit u.s. that |
We might consider and discuss the subject. |
He informed us that Mr.. Greeley would visit |
us if we would be pleased to see him. Believ- |
ing from his antecedents that he was sincere I
friend of peace, even with separation if neces-
sary, We authorized Mr. Sanders to say that |
we would be glad to see him. Greeley replied |
as we are told through Mr.. Jewett-who had |
been an active and useful agent for commune |
eating with citizens Of the United States-that |
he would prefer to accompany us to Washing |
ton City to talk Of peace, and would do so if |
we Woul d go. We did not then believe that |
Mr. Greeley had authorized this proposal in |
his name for neither me nor Mr.. Sanders had |
seen it in any telegram or letter from Mr.. !
Greeley, but had it only from the lips of Mr. !
Jewett, who is reported to be man of fervid
and fruitful imagination and very credulous
of what he wishes to be true. Notwithstand-
ing, after calm deliberation and consultation,
we thought we could not in duty to the Con-
federate States decline the invitation, and di-
rected Mr.. Sanders to say that we would go to
Washington II complete and unqualified pro-
lection was given US. We did not feel author
lied to speak for Mr.. Thompson, who was alb
sent, and we, moreover, deemed it necessary
that he or I should remain here to promote the
objects that the Secretary of War had given
US and another IN charge.
Mr.. Sanders responded In his own peculiar
style, as you have seen, or will see, by the en-
closed copy of the correspondence, which was
published under my supervision.
GREELEY MORE sERvIoEABIE THAN HAD BEEN
HOPED.
We did not expect to hear from Mr.. Gree
ley again upon the subject, and were greatly
surprised by his note from the United States
side of the Falls, addressed to us as "duly ac-
credited from Richmond as the bearers of
propositions looking to the establishment of
peace"
How, or by whom that character was i'm
puted by us, we do not know. We suspect,
| however, that we are indebted for the attribu-
ton of the high and responsible Office to Mr..
JeWett, or to that yet more credulous and in
ventive parsonage. Dame Runner. Certainly
we are not Justly chargeable with having as
sumed or affected that character, or with hav-
ing given any one sufficient grounds to infer
that we came clothed with any such powers
/
/ Washington, or an interview with Mr.. Lin
coin. We never proposed, suggested or inti-
mated any terms Of peace to any person, that
did not embrace the independence of the Con.
| federate States. We have been as Jealous of
/ the rights, interest and honor Of our govern
| ment as any Of its citizens can be, and have
never Willingly compromised them by act,
word or sign. We have not felt it our duty
/ TO declare to all who have approached US on
/ the subject, that reunion was impossible under
/ any charge of the Constitution, or abridge-
ment of the powers of the Federal Govern
ment We have not dispelled the fond delu-
sion of most of those with whom we have con-
versed, that some kind of common govern
ment might at some time hereafter be re-es-
| tablished, But we have not induced or en-
| eouraged this idea. On the contrary when
Obliged to answer the question-"Win the
Southern States consent to reunionP"-I have
answered, "Not now; you have shed so much
| of their best blood, have desolated 80 many
homes, inflicted so much injury, caused so
much physical and mental agony, and have
threatened and attempted such irreparable
wrongs-Without justification or excuse, as
they beleve-that they would now prefer ex-
termination to your embraces as friends and
feIloW-citizens of the same government. You
must wait till the blood of our slaughtered
people has exhaled from the soil, till the
homes which you have destroyed have been
rebuilt, till our badges Of mourning have been
laid aside and the memorials of our wrongs
are no longer visible on every hand, before
you propose to rebuild a joint and common
government. But l think the South will
agree TO an armistice Of six or more months,
and to treaty of amity and commerce, secur-
ing peculiar and exclusive privileges to both
sections, and possibly to an alliance defensive,
or even, for some purposes, both defensive and
offensive"
GREELEY HELPING THE REBEL PLANS.
If we can credit the reservations of both
Peace and War Democrats, uttered to us IL
person or through the presses Of the United
States, our correspondence with Mr.. Greeley
has been promotive of our wishes. 1t has i'm.
plessed all but fanatical Aboitonists with the
opinion that there can be no peace while Mr.
Lincoln presides over the government Of tht
United States. All concede that we will moi
accept his terms, and scarcely any Democrat
and not all the Republicans, will insist OF
them. They are not willing to pay the price
his terms exact of the North. They see thai
, he can reach peace only through subjugatio1
. of the South, which but few think practicable
through universal bankruptcy Of the North
through seas Of their own blood as well as O.
ours, through the utter decentralization Of thei
7 people and destruction of their republican
| Government, through anarchy and mora
, ! chaos-aIl OF which is more repulsive and in
|. tolerable than even the separation and indie
pendenoe Of the South.
D GREELEY's ORGAN ON THE REBEL SIDE.
a All the Democratic presses denounce Mr.
+ Lincoln's manifesto in sGrong terms, and man,
: Republican presses (and among them the New
q | York TTi6tnte) admit it was a blunder. MI
i | Greeley has been chagrined and incensed b,
: it, as his articles clearly show. I am told b.
2 those who profess to have heard his priVat
I expressions of opinion and feeling, that b
q | curses all fools In high places, and regrrd
! himself as deceived and maltreased by the ad
: ministration. From all that can see or hear
I l am satisfied that the correspondence ha
o | tended strongly toward consolidating tn
i. Democracy and dividing the Republicans
{ and encouraging the desire for peace. Man,
e prominent politicians of the United States as
g sure US that it is the most opportune and eff
cient moral instrumentality for stopping tn
t war that could have been conceived or exert
o ed, and beg us to refrain from any Vindica
|: ton of our course or explanation of our pur
S poses.
4 At all events, we have developed what w
Y desired to the eyes of our own people-tha
7 war, with all its horrors, Is less terrible ant
d hateful than the alternative offered by MI
Q Lincoln. We hope that none will hereafte
B be found in North Carolina, or in any othe
r | part of the Confederate States, so base as f
n to him in behalf of peace; but that all OF ou
4 citizens will gird themselves with renewed
f | and redoubled energy and resolution to battl
: | against our foes until our utter eXtermina
S ton, rather than halt to ponder the term
|, | which he haughtily proclaims as his ultimat
q UNI If such be the effect of our correspond
s ence, we shall be amply indemnihed for al
= the misrepresentation which we have incur
8 red or can incur.
d Mr.. Greeleys purpose may have been mere
q | ly to find out our conditions of peace; but w
, give him credit for seeking higher objects
g While we contemplate and desire somethin,
u more, yet it was part of our purpose to ascer
?; tain Mr. Lincoln's condietions of peace. w
) have achieved our purpose In part-Mr. Gree
> ley has failed altogether. he correctly re
= ports US as having proposed no terms. w
v never intended to propose any until instruct
: ed by our government. We have suffered
" ourselves to be falsely reported as proposin,
Q certain terms-among them reunion-f0r rea
It sons that our judgments approved, hoping
o that we would in due time be fully vindidatet
d at home.
e If there is no more wisdom In our countr,
It than is displayed in the malignant articles O
!" the Richmond Examiner and Petersburg REQ
Il lister, approving of the ukase of Mr.. Lincoln
the war must continue until neutral nation
interfere and command the peace. Such al
ticles are copied into all the Republican press
es of the United States, and help them NOR
in encouraging the prosecution Of the wa
than anything they can themselves utter.
WHAT THE ooPPERHEADs WERE DOING IN 1885,