The National tribune., 1897-09-23

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handing.
| HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF
THE MISSISSIPPI, IN THE FIELD, RA- !
LEIGH, n. c., April Is, 1865.
Lieut-Gen. U. S. GRANT. or Maj.-Gen.
HALLECK, Washington D. c.
GENERAL: / inclose herewith copy of an
| agreement made this day between Gen. JOS
L. Johnston and myself, which, if approved
by The President of the United States, will
produce peace from the Potomac to the Rio
Grande. Mr.. Brcckinridgc was present at
our confercn e, i'll the capacity of Major
General and satisfied me of the ability Of
zen. Johnston to carry ont to their full ex-
tent the terms Of this agreement; and if you
VIII get the President &c simply indorse the
copy, and commission me to carry out the
terms, j will fellow them to the conclusion.
lou viii observe that it is an absolute
submission of the enemy to the lawful
authority of the United States, and disperSeS
| his armies absolutely; and the point to
which attach most Importance is, that the
| dispersion and aisbandment of these armies
Is denc III such a manner as to prevent their
breaking up into guerrilla band. On the
other han :, we can retain Just As much of an
army as we please. / agreed to the mode
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| forth, as it gives the States the means of re-
pressing grerrillas, which we could not ex-
pect them 10 do if we stripped them Of all
arms.
Both Gems Johnston and Breckenridge
admitted that slavery was dead, and | could
not insist on embracing it in such paper,
because it cal he made with the States in
detail. ! know that nj the men of substance
Soath sincerely want peace, and do not be-
hcfe they VIII resort to war again during
this century. | have no doubt that they will
IN the future be perfectly subordinate to the
laws of the United States. The moment my
action in this matter is approved, | can spare
i've corps, and will ask Tor orders to leave
Gen. Schofield here with the Tenth Corps,
and to march myself with the Fourteenth,
Fifteenth, Seventeenth, Twentieth, and
Twenty-third Corps via B,irkesville and
Gordonsville to Frederick or Hagerstown
Maryland, there to be paid and mastered out
The question of finance is now tie chief
one, and every soldier and officer not needed
should be got home at work. i would like
to be able TO begin the march north by May
1st
L urge, on the part of :he President, speedy
action, as it is important to get the Confed
crate armies to their homes as well as our
own.
i am, with great respect, your obedient
servant
w. T. SHERMAN, Major-General COM
handing.
Memorandum or Basis of Agreement, made
this 18th day of April A. d. 1865, near
Durham's Station, in the State of North |
Carolina, by and between Gen. JOSEPH F. |
III fl,a fada
armies, and Ma. Gen. WILLIAM I. SHEER
MAN, commanding the Army OF the United |
States in North Carolina, both present
/. The contending armies now in the field |
to maintain the statu quo until notice is given |
by the Commanding General of any one to It's |
opponent, and reasonable time-say, AZ hours |
allowed
y The Confederate armies now in exist |
ence to be disbanded and conducted to their
several State capitals there to deposit their
arms and public property in the State
Arsenal; and each officer and man to execute
and file an agreement to cease from acts of
war, and to abide the action of the State and
Federal authority. The number Of arms and
munitions of war to be reported to the Chief
Of Ordnance at Washington City. subject to
the future action of the Congress of the
United States and, in the meantime, to be
used solely to maintain peace and order
within the borders of the States respectively.
3. The recognition, by the Executive of
the United States, Of the several State
Governments, on their officers and Legisla-
lures taking the oaths prescribed by the Con-
stitution of the United States. and, where
conflicting State Governments have resulted
from the war, the legitimacy of all shall be
submitted to the Supreme Court of the
United States
4. The re-establishment of all the Federal
Courts in the several States, with powers as
defined by the Constitution of the United
States and Of the States respectively.
5. The people and inhabitants of all the
States TO be guaranteed, so far as the Execu-
tive can, their political rights and franchises
as well as their rights of person and property,
as defined by the Constitution of the United
States and of the States respectively.
&. The Executive authority of the Govern
ment of the United States not to disturb any
of the people by reason of the late war, 50
long as they live in peace and quiet, abstain
from acts Of armed hostility. and obey the
laws in existence at the place of their resi-
dence.
Z. In general terms-the war to cease a
general amnesty. so far as the Executive of
the Tn ted States can command, on condition
of the disarmament of the Confederate armies,
the distribution of the arms, and the resump-
tion Of peaceful pursuits by the officers and
men hitherto composing said armies
Not being fully uncovered by our respect
i've principals to fulfill these terms, we in
dividually and officially pledge ourselves to
promptly obtain the necessary authority, and
to carry out the above program.
w. I. SHERMAN, Major General, command
ing Army of the United States in North
Carolina.
]. J.. JOHNSTON, General, commanding Con-
federate States Army in North Carolina.
Maj. Hitchcock got off on the morn
ing 0. the 20th, ana | reckoned that it
would take HIM four or five days to 90
to Washington and back. During that
time the repairs Oh all the railroads and
telegraph lines were pushed with energy,
and We also got possession Of the rail-
road and telegraph from Raleigh to
Weldon, in the direction of Norfolk.
Meantime the troops remained statu quo,
our cavalry occupying Durham Sta ion
and Chapel Hill. Gen. Slocum's head
Of column was at Aven's Ferry, on Cane
Fear River, and Gen. Towards was
strung along the railroad toward HiIjc-