Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-06

cie;y are waiting to etfphasiae 10 the in
revived canard
1t is proper that 1 should acknowledge
direction ana Information on these points
to Hon. Frank y. Sexton, Of III Paso Tex.
a member OF tho Confederate congress. n
and at present one Of the most honored and
Southwest. MIR sexton has investigated
and sa Rsm nnrff Rmsl Nf sfes 70
which shall refer a. / 70 along
ALIEN AMBER sTt.rttt,Ns As 4 WIT
Ness
Ihitrd-As to Mr.. stephens When we re-
wie y"s W snst ,he kre9t Sornfoitr ~ Ii ,y
Snt Of I5 the oV 3R' at w" he "V was
ressinp %,J *, az, ts,,ts Is ~, M fhe
war earhostty aud ioVaiiy' he soon lest hope
Of its fayorSbie isste to the Confedirate
does not seem probable ihot he WoiiId have
failed io eaeerly r"rsive and edv0Sate any
Ter of Ntr I,incoln or tba, r. snnb nrotosition
Mad ht"n inndo a., rs;a,ta5 h." pnIlti nave
failed to record ] at" it in his BOOK for p lis own
Rut Nr st@nhe,s is nsrbans mo highest
and strohtest witness IN negatioh
crate commits ssioners to Richmond Mr
stephens toii his rsrsoneI fricnJ Senator
Sohferente Was 81 sfefY GHII piI fThiIess. that Sir
Lincoln offered the Confedertte states
nb9h9s bgt aagoqdoRs sn6ns9n ,sEnaTs G3a
but to resist To- tba list or surrender at dis.
erection THIS stata,nent is Of published
ana nncontradIcted record.
"on t.'Gruary isc5 writes confeder-
ate conrrrssfian sexton from, his diary:
MIR stsnbeps in ronynrsati1n With Hon
In the chamber OF representatives of the
Confederate States. said that Mr. Lincoln
conditional snbmlssion@that il was utterly
Impossible to effect any peaceful negoua-
tlon with him. that ne offered the Confed-
crate states no terms at all but laying
down our arms and trusting entirely to
his cemency and that Of NE United States:
only reach those terms III any event and
we saw nothing to be accomplished by an
Sp1fng sHn fy6 thgm or Mr s5eehs du not us
Some time after the war. between 1866
and iS7O. a somewhat heated controversy
giistine county T.x MS 10 the pnrarraphs
above quoted from Colonel Watiersofl 5 nd-
oi,aIIted terms M. ,b ministratio,, and
Congress of the Confaierate States were
alone TO blame for !he, loss Of The negroes
90 Sle foi tbann ,bn monraS ronferrne
ana his Offer was aaty refused. The other
as warmly contradiSted this aVerment. The
latter was Colonsi : VI. Hlount. one of The
sieners OF the declaration Of iindependence
go,onsi Si,ionnf wbn 7, MD bGvSnod bai
been n schoolmats OF Mr.. Stephsns wrote
to him on d the subject Mr stephens
rGup' was not teeo trn that m Ip Lneon bad ever e
offered ;9 pay any sum for The negroes OF
t1,ent Of truth in the reference to the slaves
of The south "a, was s so much mixed M and
tINe Hseu assertion T, i"o' faise as 10 MAKE 'e gu
In his book ".rhe War Between the
SitAles, Nr. Steilnshs Oh coufse SNSs an
a%SSYVhn &c oi tnt Momros ToImiefsnvS' m s IN ba
me tosoWing passaSs VII De ionhn I'M, Dnr
tS on whtGn {nlS S'fahEn nu','oa M
IS rFonab!y baseed,,,iurnishing at one IN, the
m mru, 'aleitnnent in oi MT. ilncoln airIeH ~, ~
sonal ieeilhg aha expressions, ana az the
ins4 tnat any oinciai prohGIsi'iI2h was ever
nn, nog IN shstapc se rfI from S1 IRE IKE wSrl
Al. ar IiinGo!n nau Fe!'sdtiiuiE ~. ~
the South must nv nay lay S doWn Te her arms etc.
mr., huhter IN an mmn@tsI manner GF f
elare thai notnins nni suomssion sea W Was bI oi
iefeu " MsSsis, Lincoln aliu seMaru, my!
stiprhation or arre9ment MIR seward tried
70 eXplain away the snnconditionai siibmis-
sion = as tbe words saaSad unniansanf ,o
h nl ST wo'S sis H. Ar IswardI en ~
daaytrej Io Sxnlain what we're the ripnIs
of IN, south and how they would be So
Surel by 'ie the constitution t,r @ Mr.. Hunter re-
tbaf fssea Iiphis Tii he en- beid and re-
spscteT,' Then Mr. lincoln said: That so
far as tba rnnfscat lion ncts and amer nSra
lar aS rs me T9sgaon aJrs nHu oter pynai s
left entirely with him, ana on that noint he
was perfectly wiiling to be fmll and ex-
pIicit. asd on his ass,,rance parfect reii-
Tho noyes of tha eyacn+ive win Tho i,trnost
iiharaIitv ua wcnt an w - sar mai he
nersonnflv yin,,ld h. ,viiiing "a Ea taxad 10
,,emuneraaa thn SDutharn I,eonIe for their
sinves IL hiis,sS tht ,Ieoip,i nF th, Nnrth
ware ns resnnnsihis Tor tsIe Ysrv ne tha nen-
tb, csase ,,.i,b "t tal,irtnr,. obnlitinn Of
sinvarv hy RI" rs ba ,vo,ii2 he in fnvor
Iii ~" "a ti - n,.f,,nnt ' ~ ~
.T irTor,;; ~ " f ~ iosl ~ ,h 70 1,,,19rS ne
IL Ia H. bsstia,,sa ~ gaa1tng hod an az
ivsi,a 80 risfsn Nv "a ~ Me Ha krev
,, ~ 20 ra t,' ,atcr ', of an an onnronria
,} b3,b sina oa0 tnn Tar "'i III Pnrri,rs,
i "o,iId Mention persons. said he Whose
80 49,, 49,. ',In ~ tiiJsb ,.o,, ,,hn 40 'iiiimt,
names ma m ,Is WoHa ~ stomisn yIn ,o VINO are "s
~ ~ yur,har IN - veeya anJ uitb tho nboiition
~ .iS,.erv as SAID mn On mis- suhisct
h. said he co'id give no no" assurance~siiter G
his No oU m fsaiIngIoni ,.iaws and Will he he.
iS oWtl IL ,I I'M WV @ aire W. Wp1t ne
ii'gnf" 20 w ~ W. 9t ~ ,,..S ,t
gStntss nnia,s q, ,iilGI7 al '''e
"'u''H, pass ',-'.''
| Mr.. stephens declares that he only gives
| me lclllhE point IN INC conversations ana
| only the substhncA OF them without claim
| ing TO pc Ntfpall! accurate fie makes u
| perfectly PLAIN, ,h'wever, that Mr.. Lincoln
merely statssd ms ,wn opinions ana Convir. S
| lions, ,Whlch' as u wen known We're tar
| more liberal ana Kindly than those of the
| party or section Mhind him at thal time.
| Ihe most conspicuous idea through the
was that President lincoln and Mr., Seward
| utterly refused, am persistently, to treat
| Win the South as N any sense party.
| The South was toldTo submit uncondition-
any ana trust 10 re imency. we promise