Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-04-30

pz-z pZzy=5 bT Gelzzl Grant in pre-
Tz-r11E Al uuI-slE abandonment Of
neEo-z-50-s and IN paving the wz=
Eu- n accomplishment Of an oEcizI
cozt=-z1uz- SsEzrd had been sent 70
Fortress Nozrue early in February.
Isf5- % 1ea1 S1ePhsZS and Hunter and
C1pb=I Ee confederate commission
as uo6- =ll-5ed1ed limitations from
Pr%55s1r Lincoln 20 co16ne lszU1iz-
t5oas 70 What he tened the three in
dizp=1szblS Major Thomas t
E1kz1 hzd p-eo=5ei SeEzrd On the
sane MISSION and under similar re-
sr5Cr50oz
Al lhs preliminary conference the
confederate Commissioners requested =
conference With President Lincoln Al
Washington and Major Ecks1 replied
thai The conference could not proceed
eIcsgt under TIE tanS outlined in his
Irs-1c15ols The confederate con-
DzssiO1srs- unwilling 10 negotiate for
pssoz under prescribed limitations de-
el1n=d 70 proceed With the conference
EPr@idear Lincoln in submitting the
cor@p016e1ce 70 congress said that
II this sage
i Ezs about 70 recall SeEzrd and
Eek=L when Ihe following telegram
from Gen=-zI Grant 10 The secretary Of
The Telegram rezd-
! an oouTi1csd u1on conversation
With Eessrs Stephens and Hunter
that their intentions are god and
their desire sincere 70 restore peace
and gn5ol have u0- felt nysaIf II
IbzCy 20 express even visEs OF nv
OEn @ 10 zco0aur for nv rs1ieenea.
This has PLACED n II Al awkward pO-
sT-5on which Eo1Id have avoided by
aOI sesing then N the first instance
l fear not their going hack without
any expression from zny Ole IN author
iIy Ein have : bad inference an
sGTE thai NJ Lincoln cannot have The
interview
Of this Pr@i5eEr Lincoln said 10
congress
-The dispatch Of General Grant
ckznssd ny purpose- and accordingly !
telagp-zhsd hin zs follows Say Iothz
EzntIenea EiH meet them personally
Al Fortress Monroe zs soon as Il can geg
there
And he did Eet there. and AZ once
and the EhoIe story OF that conference
IN the rolling -zrs-s OF Hampton
Roads EIIhin hziIing distance Of The
susne where irO-clzds first net in hat.
. lie II The encounter OF Jhe Monitor and
5lzTinae- zEO-ds The most interesting
recital of or UuETiI1sn history
. have hsz1d from Mr. Stephen:
. oE1 APPS hOE the southern eommOner
: dwarf IN stature but Z giant in IN
F tsIlecr upon rszEhing the cabin OF IN,
+ buzr stopped 70 unwind the covering:
whieh protected his frzii body frOu
{ the bleak 50 winds. and how. zftei
T gi0Tss and oomto-IeEs and sczrfs anl
. grsate0zrS Ee-e removed. he Ezs ne
/ hy President Lincoln Eith the ehzrze
ts-ls1ic greeting Well. Stephens
that's the IIrIlesz nubbin ! ever szv
from such a quantity Of shUcks-
rave seen the half regresful psthO
IN his wonderful eyes As he told hOV
lincoln animated BY his strong love o
couu1rE. had szi6 10 the commission
ers- Let ne Erite the one vOrd- -un
ion Al the head Of on agreement an
you nay supply the rest
The conference Wzs fruitless OF prac
s5czl results On account OF arbiJrzr
limitations Of power in prescribing III
oo1dIt-o1s Of peace But Mr. Stephen
believed To the day Of his death tina
hzd The commission been clothed nit
pIenATy power. pezce would have bee
accomplished On = basis O1 union. an
Of mutual ooRoessiOns in other detail
Of aifferenoe-
Perhzps So PERHAPS not. PerhAp
II wzs best that the var xAOuld dra