The National tribune., 1897-09-23
SHERMAN'S MEMOIRS.
Continued from first paSe.l


a IT Of big ear. He then said
& ..dge was near at hand,
ind he h ugnt that it would be we'll
lu4 4.4..I nc present.
~ eel d, on the score that he was
then IL Da ISIS Cabinet, and our negotl-
ations snould be confined strictly to bel
licerents. He then said Breckenridge
was Major General in the Confederate
army. and might sink his character OF
Secretary of War. consented, and he
sent one of his staff officers back, who
soon returned with Breckenridge, AID
he entered the room.
c lnston and | then again won't
@ er the ;" ground, and PrA"kin-
Tic. firmed what had said as TO
the un,a.sl ess Of the Sol.a IA o-..ueIs
and solo,, out .neIr POLITICAL rights
in case Of surreuuer
sHERMAN's PROPOSITION.
While we were in consultation, mes
senger came with a parcel OF papers,
which Gen. Johnston said were from MIR.
Reagan, Postmaster-General. lie and
Breckenridge looked over them, and,
after some side conversation, he LANDED
one of the papers to me. 1t was ln
Reagan's handwriting, and began with
long preamble and terms so genersl
and verbose that / said they were mad
Missile.
Then recalling the conversation OF
Mr. Lincoln at City Point, | sat down
at the table and wrote off the terms,
which / thought concisely expressed his
views and wishes, and explained that |
was willing to submit these terms to the
new President, Mr.. johnson, provided
that both armies should remain an stdtu
quo until The truce therein declared
should expire. | had full faith that
Gen. Johnston would religiously respect
the truce, which he did; and that l
would be the gamer, for in the few days
it would take to send the papers to
Washington, and receive an answer, L
could finish the railroad up to Raleigh,
and be the better prepared Tor long
chase.
Neither Mr.. Breckenridge nor Gen.
Johnston wrote one word Of that paper.
/ wrote it myself, and announced 1t as
the best [ could do, and they readily
assented.
While copies of this paper were being
made for signature, the officers of cur
stats commingled in the yard at Ben
Nets house, and we're all presented to
Gems. Johnston and Breckenridge. All
without exception were rejoiced that the
war was over, and that in very few
DAYS we could turn our faces toward
home.
l remember telling Breckenridge that
be had better get away. as the feeling of
our people was utterly hostile to the
political clement of the South, and to
him especially, because he was the Vice
President of the United States, who
nad, as such, announced Mr.. Lincoln, of
Illinois, duly and properly elected the
President of the United States, and yet
that he had afterward openly rebelled and
taken up arms against the Government.
He answered me that he surely would
give US no more trouble, and intimated
that he would speedily leave the country
forever | may have also advised him
that Mr.. Davis too, should get abroad
as soon as possible.
The papers were duly signed, we
parted about dark, and my party re-
turned to Raleigh. Early the next
morning, April 19, / dispatched by tele-
graph to Morehead City to prepare a
feet steamer to carry messenger to
Washington, and sent Maj. Henry
Hitchcock down by rail, bearing the
following letters, and agreement with
Gen. Johnston, with instructions to be
very careful to let nothing escape him
to the greedy newspaper correspondents,
but to submit his papers to Gen. Hal
ieck, Gen. Grant, or the Secretary of
War, and to bring me back with all ex-
petition their orders and instructions.
On their face they recited that had
no authority to make final terms involv-
ing civil or political questions, but that
i submitted them to the proper quarter
in Washington for their action and the
lett.rs fl lly explained that the military
situs ton was such that the delay was an
advantage to W. / cared little whether
they were approved, modified, or disap-
proved IN toto; only wanted instruc-
fions. Many Of my general officers,
among Hhom, ] am almost positive. were
Gems Logan aud Blair, urged ne to ac-
cept tie terms" without reference at
ali TO Washington, but | preferred the
latter course.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION orr
TIKI MISSISSIPPI, ~ THE FIELD. RA-
LEIGH, y. C., April Is, 1865
Gen. II. ". HALLEcK, CHEF of STAFF, Wash
inston. ID. C.
GENERAL: ] received yorr dispatch de-
scribing the man Clark, detailed to assassinate
me. dc lad better be ia hurry. or he will
be too late.
The news OF Mr. Linceln's death produced
most intense effect or our troops. At first
i feared i wonld lead to excuses: bat now il
has s0ftcaed down, and can easily be Guided.
N'ne cvinced more feeling than Gen. john
ston, who admitted that the act was cal