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SONG FOR THE TIMES
Brothers! our Country calls ua—
Heard ye that startling cry?
Forward by tons of thousands—
Our Union must not die.
for ruddy 001)0 must rally,
From mountain, bill and glen,
Our Country calls foyßoldiers!
Our Country calls for Men I
By e•ory hope of Freedom, .
By every hope in life,
For your sons, your children's children,
Be ye manful in the strife.
Trust In the God of Battles—
Day shall be born of night—
And out of slu and sorrow
lie will bring forth the right.
Through an age of mighty progress,
When the heart and brain were strong,
Through au ago when selfish cunning
Plotted treason, guilt and wrong.
Through an age when men were blinded
Ily passion and by pride,
When freedom and when slavery
Where dweilin, aide by side;
When our rulers gave eye service,
And when money bought them power,
When n million voices shouted
For the hero of the hour;
When mighty ship were laden
With the produce of our land,
When our States were bound together
By the railroad's iron baud; •
When prosperity had placed u►
In the very lap or ease,
When our starry flag was floating
Gaily o'er a hundred atlas—
All this time th storm was rising,
G.tthering in its mighty host,
While armed men rose up to meet it,
That the day might mu be lost.
Ye who are in comfort sitting,
By the firesides they defend,
Will ye see your brothers bearing
The burthen to the end!
No! By the blood of Freemen,
Pulsating through ayrh heart ;
Now, while your country calls you,
Cio forth and bear your part.
OUR VISIT TO RICHMOND
I=
Why my companion, the Rev. Dr. Jag
uess, Colonel of the Seventy-Third Regi
ment of Illinois Volunteers, recently went
to Richmond, and the circumstances attend-
ng his previous visit within the Rebel lines,
—when he wore his uniform, and mixed
openly with scores of leading Confederates,
I shall shortly make known fb the public
in a volume called "Down in Tennessee."—
It may now, however, be asked why I, a
"civil" individual, and not in the pay of
Government, because his travelling-coin pan
ion, and, at a time when all the world was
rushing North to the mountains and the
watering-places, journeyed South for a con
ference with the arch-Rebel, in the hot and
dangerous latitude of Virginia.
Did it never occur to you, reader, when
you have undertaken to account fur some of
the simplest or your own actions, how many
good reasons have arisen in your mind, every
one of which has justified you in concluding
that you were of "sound and disposing un
derstanding"? So, no NV, in looking inward
fur the why and the wherefore Which will he
demanded of me at the threshold of this ar
ticle, I find half a dozen reasons for my vis
it to Richmond, any one of which ought to
prove that I am a sensible num, altogether
too sensible to go on so long a journey, in
the heat of midsummer, fur the mere pleas
ure of the thing. Some of these reasons I
will enumerate.
First : Very many honest people at the
North sincerely believe that the revolted
States will return to the Union, if assured of
protection to their peculiar institution. The
Government having declared that no State
shall be readmitted which has not first abol-
ished Slavery, these people hold it responsi
ble fur the contimiance of the war. It is,
therefore important to know whether the
Rebel States will or will not return, if al
lowed to retain Slavery. Mr. Jefferson Da
is could, undoubtedly, answer that ques
tion; and that may have been a reason why
I went to see hum
Second : On
o J;Ily list,
C. Clay, of Altibina, of
Virginia, and G. ti. Sanuers, 01 o..wlierc ui
particular, appeared at: Niagara Fails, and
.publicly announced that they were there to
confer with the Democratic leaders in refer
ence to the Chicago nomination. Very soon
thereafter, a few friends of the Administra-
tion reciveti intimations from those gentle
men that they were Commissioners from the
Rebel Government, with authority to nego
tiate preliminaries of peace on something
like the following basis, namely . A restora
tion of the Union as it was ; all uegroes ac
tually freed by the war to be declared free,
and all negroes not actually freed by war to
be declared slaves.
These overtures were not considered sin
cere. They seemed concocted to embarrass
the Goyernment, to throw upon it the odium
of continuing the war, and thus to secure
the triumph of the peace-traitors at the No
vember election. Tho scheme, if well mall
aged, threatened to be dangerous, by unit
ing the Peace-men, the Copperheads, and
such of the Republicans as love peace better
than principle, in,9ne opposition, willing to,
make a peace that would be inconsistentwith
the safety and dignity of the country. It was,
therefore, important to discover—what was
then in doubt-:-whether the Rebel envoys
really bad, or had not, any official authori
ty.
Whithin fifteen days 'of the appearance of
these "'Peace Commissioners," Jefferson Da
vis hadsaid to siA eminent• . Secession divine,
who, late in June,t came through the Union
lines by the Maryland back-door, that he.
woulti. make peiMeen,ste other,terms than a
reeognitithl of• Southern. Independence. (He
might, however, agree to two governments,
bound together by a eagne offensive andde=
fensive,- 7 -for-all mat purposes one, for
all interne posesitwo ; -but heWould agree
to nothing better.)
There was a reason, to consider , this infor
mation trustworthy, and to believe Mr: 'Da
vis (who visa supposed to 'be aelearinindßd
man) altogether ignorant of the doings of his
Niagara satellites. If_ this , were true, and
were proven to be true,—if the grecit Rebel
should reiterate this declaration in the pres
ence of it trustworthy witness, at the very.
time when the smut/ Rebels Were opening
their quakertune on the country,—wOld
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not the Niagara negotiators be stripped of
their false colors, and their low schemes be
exposed to the scorn of all honest men,
North and South ?
I may have thought so ; and that may have
been another reason why I went to Rich
mond.
Third : I had been acquainted with Col
onel Jaquoss's peace-movements from their
inception. Early in Juno last ho wrote Me
from a battle-field in Georgia, announcing
his intention of again visiting the Rebels,
and asking an interview with me at a des
ignated place. We met, and went to Wash
ington together. Arriving there, I became
aware that obstacles were in the way of his
further progress. Those obstacles could be
removed by my accompanying him: and that,
to those who know the man and his "mis
sion," which is to preach peace on earth and
gad-will among men, would seem a very
good reason why I went to Richmond.
Fourth, —and this to very many may ap
pear as potent as any of the proceeding rca
sons,—l had in my boyhood a strange fan
cy for church-belfries and liberty-poles.—
This fancy led me, in school-vacations, to
perch my small self for hours on the cross
beams in the old belfry, and to climb to the
very top of the tall pole which still smmouna
the little village green. In my youth, this
feeling was simply a spirit of adventure ;
but as I grew older it deepened into a rever
ence for what these old bell said, and a love
for the principle of which that old liberty
pole is now only a crumbling symbol.
Had not events shown that Jew Davis
had never seen the old liberty-pole, and nev
er heard the chimes which still sing out from
that old belfry ? Who knew, in these days
when every wood-,awyer has a "mission,'
but I had a “misision, - and it was to tell tla
Rebel President that Northern liberty-pole.
still stand for Freedom, and that Norther'
church-bells still peal out, "Liberty through
out the land, to all the inhabitants thereof-1
If that was my mission, will anybody
blame me for fanning Mr. Davis with a
-blast" of Cool Northern "wind'' in this hot
we all e r ?
But stifleation. The straight
forward reader wants a straightforward rea
son, and he shall have it.
We went to Riellinond because we hoped
to pave the way for negotiations that would
result in peace.
If we should succeed, the consciousness of
hay ingserved the country would, we thought,
pay our expenses. If we should fail, 'but
return safely, we might still serve the coun
try by making public 'the cause of our fail
ure. If we should fail, , and n,pt return safe
ly, but be shot or hanged as spies,—as we
might be, for we could have no protection
from our Government, and no safe conduct
from the Rebels,—two lives would be added
to the thousands already savriticed to this
Rebellion, but they would as effectually
serve the country as if lost on the battle-field.
These are the reasons and the only rea
sons, why we went to Richmond.
E went there in an ambulance, and we
went tugether,—the Colonel and 1; and
though two men were never more unlike, we
worked together like two brothers, or like
two halves of u pair of shears. That we got
in was owing, perhaps, to me ; that we got
out was due altogether to him ; and a man
upre cool, more brave, more self-reliant, and
more self-devoted than that quiet "Western
parson" it never was my fortune to encoun
ter.
When the far-away Boston bells were
sounding nine,, on the morning of Saturday,
the sixteenth of July, we took our glorious
Massachusetts General by the hand, and said
to him,—
"(.,:lod bye. If you do not see us within
ten days, you will know we have'gone up.' "
"If 1 du nut see you within that time,"
he replied, "I'll demand you ; and it' they
don't prßduce you, Ludy and soul, I'll take
two fur one,—better [nen than you are,—and
hang them higher than Haman. ..M.y lend
on that. Good bye."
At three o'clock on the afternoon of the
some day, mounted on two raw-boned relics
of Slieridan's great raid, and armed with a
letter to Jeff. Davis, a white cambric hand
kerchief tied to a short stick, and an honest
face,—this last was the Colonels,—we rode
up to tIM Rebel lines. A ragged, yellow
faced boy, with a carbine in one hand, and
anu,ther short stick in the other, came out to
meet us.
"Can you tell us, my man ; where to tied
Judge Ould, the Filch:Loge Commissioner ?"
"Yas. Him and tether 'Change officers
is over ter the plantation beyunt Miss Dro
ver's. Ye know it hy itshevin' nary door
nor winder [themansion, he meant]. They's
all busted in. Foller the bridle•path through
the timber, and keep your rag a-flyin', fur
our boys is thicker 'n huckolberries in them
woods, and they nought pop ye, c•t' they did
n'ttseed it."
Thanking him, we turned our horses into
the "timber," and, galloping rapidly on,
soon came insight cif the deserted plantation.
Lolling on the grass, in the shade of the win
dowless mansion, we found the Confederate
officials. They rose as we approached; and
one of us -stkid to the Judge,—a courtous,
middle-aged gentleman, in a Panama. hut,
and a suit of spotless white drillings,—
"We are late, but it's your fault. Your
people fired at us down the river, and we had
to turn back and come overland."
"You don't suppose they saw your flag?"
. I No. It was hidden by the trees; but a
shot came uncomfortably near us. it struck
the water, and'ricochettO not -three yards . 'off.
A little nearer; audit would have shortened
me by a head, and the Colonel by two feet."
"That would have been-a. sad thing for you;
but a miss, you know; ifiCai &Odes a mile,"
said the thdge, evidentlyenjoying the "joke.'
"We hear Grant was in tke'ldoat that fol
lowed yours, and•was struck'. while at din:
ner,", remarked Captain, klatch,•the Judge's
Adjutapt, 7 -a sentleman; and about the host;;
looking man,in the Cnfoederaey.
“Indeed I Do you believe 'tan ,
“I,dontt.know, , of course'!; rind_his 'looks
asked for an answer, We gavenono, for all
such itiforinationikoontraband. - : We might
have told him that Grant, Butler, and Fos
ter examined their position front Mrs. Gro
ver's house,-:-about four hundred yards dis
tant,--rtwo hours after the Bohol cannon=ball
danced abre4-down on tke Lieuteualit-Gon-
erekdinnerOblo,..
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CARLISLE., PA.,,FRIDA74-1-.§EPTETi.BEIi,(2",-1864.
We were then introduced to the other of
ficials,—Major Henniken of the War De
partment, a young man formerly of New
York, but now scorning the imputation of
being a Yankee, and Mr. Charles Javins, of
the Provost-Guard of Richmand. This lat
ter individual was our shadow in Dixie. He
was of medium height, stoutly built, with a
short, thick neck, and arms and Shoulders de
noting great strength. He looked a natural
born jailer, and much such a character as a
timid man would not care to encounter, ex
cept at long range of a rifle warranted to fire
twenty shots a minute, and to hit every time.
To give us a moonlight view of the Rich
aond fortifications, the Judge proposed to
start after sundown ; and as it wanted some
hours of that time, we seated ourselves on
the ground, and entered into bonversation.
The treatment of our prisoners, the status of
black troops, and non-combatants, and all
the questions which have led to the suspen
sion of exchanges, had been good-naturely
discussed, when the Captain, looking up from
one of the Northern papers we had brought
him, said,—
"Do you know, it mortifies me that you
don't hate us as we hate you ? You kill us
as Agassiz kills a fly,—because you love us."
•Of course we do. The North is being
crucified fur love of the South."
"If you love us so, why don't you let us
go ?" asked the Judge, rather curtly.
'For that very reason,--because we love
you. If we let you go with slavery, and
your notions of 'empire,' you'd run straight
to Uarbarism and the Devil."
"We'd take the risk of that. But let me
telryou, if you are going to Mr. Davis with
any such ideas, you might as well turn back
at once. He can make peace on no other
basis than Independence. Recognition must
he the beginning, middle and ending of all
Our people will accept a peace
en no other.terms."
twgotiations
••I thirkk you are wrong there," said the
Colonel. "When I was here it year ago,
met many of your leading men, imd they all
lei...tared me that they wanted peace and reu
nion, eve at the sacrifice of slavery. With
in_a week, IL man you venerate and love has
inet me at Baltimore, and besought me to
come here, a nil offer Mr. Davis peace on such
conditions."
, •That may be. Some or our old men
who are weak in the knees, may went peace
On any terms; but-the Southern people will
not tave it without Independence. Mr. Da
vis knows them, and you will find he will
insist upon that. Concede that, and well
not quarrel about minor matters."
''We'll not quarrel at all. But it's sun
down, and time we were 'on to Richmond.'"
That's the .Tribune' cry,'' said the Cap
tain rising; • 'and I hurrah for the 'Tribune,'
for it's honest, and--1 want my supper."
We all laughed, and the Judge ordered the
horses. As we were about to start, I said to
him,—
-You've forgotten our parole."
"Oh, never mind that. We'll attend to
that at Richmond.
Stepping into his carriage, and unfurling
the flag of truce. he then led the way, by a
"short cut," across the cornfield winch di
vided the mansion from the high-road. We
followed in an ambulace drawn by a pair of
mules, our shadow -Mr. Javins—sitting be
tween us and the twilight, and Jack, a "like
ly darky," almost the sole survivor of his
master's twelve hundred slaves, ("De rose all
stole, Massa,—stole by you Vankees,") oc
cupying the front seat, and with a stout whip
"working our passage" to Richmond.
Much that was amusing and interesting
occurred during our three-hours' journey,
Lan regard for our word forbids my relating
; it. Suffice it to say, we saw the "frowning
fortifications," we ••flanked" the "invincible
army," and, at ten o'clock that night, plant
ed our flag (against a lamp post) in the very
heart of the hostile city. As we alighted at
the doorway of the Spottswood Hotel, the
Judge said to the Colonel,—
"Button your outside-coat up closely.—
Your uniform must not be seen here.
The Colonel did as he was bidder and
without stopping to register our names at the
office, we followed the Judge and Captain
up to No. 60, It was a large, square room
in the fourth story, with an unswept, raggi'A
carpet, and bare, white walls, smeared with
soot and tobacco-juice. Several chairs, a
marble top table, and a pine wash-stand and
clothes-press straggled about the fluor, and
in the corners were three beds, garnished
with tattered pillow-cases, and covered with
counterpanes, grown gray with longing tor
soapsuds and a wash-tub. The plainer and
humbler these beds was designed fur the
burly Mr. Javins; the others had been made
ready fur the extraordinary , envoys (not en
voys extraordinary) who, in deflatjee of all
precedent and the "law of htitions," had
just then "taken Richmond"
A single gas-jot was burning over the
mantel-pieep, and above it I saw a •writing
on the wall" which implied that Juno Jack
son had run up a washing-score of ilfty.dol
lays !
1 w•as congratulating myself on not having
to pay that woman's laundry-bills, when the
Judge said,—
"You wuntsupper. Whatshall we order?"
"A slice of hot corn-broad would make
me the happiest man in Richmond."
Tho Captain thereupon left the room, and
shortly returning, remarked,
The. landlord swears you're from Georgia.
He says none but a Georgian" would call for
corn-bread at this time of night."
On that hint we acted, and when,onr sooty
attendant came in' with the supper-things,
we discussed Georgia mines, Georgia banks,
and Georgia mosquitoes, in a way that - sho*-
ed 3.;:_e had been bitten by all of Omni. , In
half an hour it was noised all about the ho
tel that the two gentlemen the Confederacy
was taking such - excellent care of wore from
Gpoigia.
. .
_ ,The'meal ended, - and a quiet smoke "over,',
our entertainere'Toso to go: AB the Judge
bade us good l night, he said to us,—
"In tbo morning , . you bad baler address
a note to Mr., Benjamin; askingthe interview
with the President. I will:call at ten o'clock,
04 take it to him." -4
, 'firery' • Will Mr. Davie see us
011 Sunday I" . • , „ 2 .
"Obilliet will make no difference,)!
WUAT 'WE' DID TIME&
The next inornhlg, aftei.hroakfaet, whibh
whipii"wo took in our room with Mrs Ja,
wo Inclited a, note—ot,rliiolt .theithlio,riing
a copy4-to •the Confederate _Secretary. of
State. 1.,
"f3potawood Souse, Richmond, Va
"July 17th, 1864
..Hon. 41. P.-Benjamin,
"Secretary of State, etc
"DE& SIR: —T.he undersigned respect
fUlly solicit an interview with President
Davis.
"They visit Richmond only as private cit
izens, and have no official character or au
thority; but - they are acquainted with the
views of the United States Government, and
with tha sentiments of the Northern people
relative;to an adjustment of the differences
exi.ting between the North and the South,
and earnestly hope that a free interchange
of vlewip-hatween President Davis and them
selves mnyTopen the way to such official no
gotiatleos as will result in restoring PEACE
to the two sections of our distracted coun
try.
"ThOW therefore, 'ask an interview with
the President, and awititing your reply, are
"Truly and respectfully yours:"
Thia,was signed by both of ' us; and when
the 441. called, as he had appointed, we
sent it=t,ogether with a commendatory let-
I had - eived, on setting out,
,from a
near relative of .4r. Davis—to the Rebel
Secretary:' lb half an hour Judge Ould re
turned,4aying,.-033r. Benjamin sends you
his compliments, and will be happy to See
you at the State Department."
We foUnd the Secretary—a short, plump,
oily little man in black, with a keen black
eye, a Jew face, a yellow skin, curly black
hair, closely trimmed black whiskers, and a
ponderous gold watch-chain—in the north
west ruoin of the "United States" Custom
House. Over the door of this room were the
words, "State Department," and round its
wall. ware hung a few maps and battle-plans.
to one corner was a tier of shelves filled with
books,—,amung which I Loticed Ileadley's
"Hist or y," Lossing's "Pictorial," Parton's
'Butler,' Greeley's "Americrn Conflict,"
complete set of the "Rebellion Record,"
end a dozen numbers and several bound vol
umes of,the "Atlantic Monthly," —and in
the centre of the apartment, was a black-wal
nut table, covered with green cloth, and till
ed with a multitude of "state papers." At
this table sat the Secretary. He ruse as we
entered„ and as Judge Ould introduced us,
took our hands, and said,—
• I am glad, very glad, to meet you, Gen
tlemen. . I have read your note, and" bow -
ing to me—"the open letter you bring from
. Your errand commands my respect
and by rrepdthp. Pray be seated."
As we took the progered seats, the Colonel,
drawing off his "duster," and displaying his
uniform,. said,— '
" WeAhank you for this cordial reception,
Mr. Benjamin. We trust you will be as
glad,to, hear us as you are to see us."
t ) t
" go, 'Libel. shall be, for you come to talk
of pea& . • ~„
Mae is 'ivhat, itte all watt."
"It b• indeed ; and fur that reason we are
here to see Mr. Davis. Can we see him,
Sir '1"
"Do you bring any overtures to him from
your Governme . nt ?"
" No, Sir. We bring no overtures and
have no authority from our Government.—
We state that in our note. We would be
glad, however, to know what terms will be
acceptable to Mr. Davis. If they at all har
monize with Mr. Lincoln's views, we will
ri•lwrt i.11 , !111 to him, and aoopen the door for
official negotiations
Are pal ttequainkd with AI r. Lincoln
views ?
One of us is, fully."
Did M.r. Lincoln, in any to,y, auth,,riz,
vou to come here'
.l.s;o; Sir. We came with his pass, lint
not by his request. We say, distinctly, we
have no otlicial• or unofficial, tuthurit r. We
conic as men and Christians, not its diploma
tists, hoping, in a frank talk with Mr. Davis,
to discover some way by which this war may
be stopped."
•` Well, Gentlemen, I will repeat what
you say to the President, and if he follows
my advice,—and I think he will, —he will
meet you. Ile will be at church this after
noon ; so, suppose you call here at nine this
evening. if anything should occur in the
nioan time to prevent his seeing you, I will
let you know through Judge Ould."
Throughout this interview the manner of
the Secretary was cordial ; but with th is cordi
ality was a strange constraint and diffidence,
almost amounting to timidity, which struck
both my companion and myself. Contrast
ing Ilk manner with the qiuet dignity of the
Colonel, 1 almost fancied our positions re
versed,—that, instead of our being in his
lower, the Secretary was in ours, and mo
mently expepting to hear seine unwelcome
sentence from our lips. There is something,
after alt', in moral power. Mr. Benjamin
' does not possess it, nor is ho a groat man.
lie has a keen, shrewd, ready intellect, but
has not the stantieuz to originate, or even to
execute, any great good nr great wickedness.
After a day spent in our room, conversing
with the Judge, or watching the passers-by
in the street,—T should like to tell who they
were and haw they looked, but such informa
tion is just now contraband,—we cal led again,
at nine o'clock; at the State Departuient.
Mr. lienjamin occupied his previous seat
at the table, antlat his right sat a Spare, thin
featured man, with iron-gray hair and beard;
and a clear, Fray eye full,of life and vigdr.
He had a hpard; 'massive forehead, and :a
. . ..
mouth c
_and hin: denoting great energy and
strength of. will. His face was emaciated,
and miAcli.vrinkled; but his features word
good;`, iispe4ally - his '-'dyes,—though ono of
them ore.it,sear,„.apparently made by some
sharP ; instrUment.. Ile wore a suit of gray
ish-Pr:l*n; evidently of foreign manufacture ,
itinl, : ghe'iOse, I• aiv that ho was about five
Aet;. l 4,:iflche high, with, a slight stoop .in
tlie, shOulders.:,gis manners were simple,
:eatH''''y 4 --.4d,qu — ite. fascinating; and he threw
e*lndfiSeribable charm into his , Voice, as he
eictarnlid his hand, and said to ws,--‘ .
'..:£ , X ;,, ': glad to sersfyOu v .qtintleinen., 'You
artl:l' ~ welcOme to Richmond: , l ,:/,..
' • 'Ai dila Was . the-man- who was .President:
oft* nited States under. I'ianklin. Pierce,'
1.
aild4 o is UoW'tliolidartolinit, and . .brainS:of
the f 3,4 thorn. Confederacy 1,, '-.. :..; ~ ~: : i.; ..'
'-''• •lill'i i inner put' neentiroly at : mycain3,
the 0'4"1 8 nel
. Would 'be tit - his,W le r st;cidd' . .he 7
t0ie . ..0 .ilit 4- 144 1" i'4 1 .0 6 4;77 -- ' " !; .;'.''":.'
f l B'itr''ithaiik,:yaii;Vl.Piv , ';i4'.. -' ,l i t ' i 4 :o! .6 f - ' t
t, e ,iyo
..4 1,30t.1;men,0f.-ourc- clothes, and Mir'
-itrll:loirekliV lliehlitond: , ' . :.:: . e,,' : ~ '. 1
"Nit often,not so often a I could wish ;
and I trust your coming may lead to a more
frequent and a more friendly intercourse be•
tween the North and the South."
"We sincerely hope it may."
"Mr. Benjamin tells me you hive asketito
see me, to"—
And he paused, as if desiring we should
finish the sentence. The Colonel replied,—
"Yes, Sir. We have asked.-this interview ,
in the hope that you may suggest some way
by which this war_can'lie stopped. Our peo
ple want peace,—your people do, and your
Congress has recently said that you do. We
have come to ask how it can be brought a
bout."
"In a very simple way. Withdraw your
armies from our 'territory, and peace will
come of itself. We do not seek to subjugate
you. ',YO are not waging an offensive war,
except so Tar as it is offensive-defensive,—
that is, so far as we are forced to invade you
to prevent your invading us. Let us alone,
and peace will come at once."
"But we cannot let you alone Ho long as
you repudiate the Union. That is the one
thing the Northern people will not surren
der."
"I know. You would deny to us what,
you exact fir yourselves,—the, right of self-
governniei t."
"No, Sir," I remarked. "We would de
ny you no natural right. But we think
Union essential to peace ; and, Mr. Davis,
could two people, with the same language,
separated by only an imaginary line, live at
peace with each other? Would not disputes
constantly arise, and cause almost constant
war betwe,n them?"
Undoubtedly,—with this generation.
You have sown such bitterness at the South,
you have put such an ocean of blood between
the two sections, that 1 despair of seeing any
harmony in my time. Uur children may
forget this war, but ire cannot."
"I think the bitterness you speak of,
said the Colonel, •dues not really exist. We
meet and talk here as friends ; our soldiers
meet end fraternize with each other ; and I
feel sure, that ; if the 'Union were restored, a
more friendly feeliiig would arise between
us than has ever existed. The war has made
us know and respect each other better than
before. 'l'hisis the view of very many South
ern men ; I have had it from many of them,
—your leading
"They are mistaken," replied Mr. Davis.
They do not underat anti Southern send inent
How can we feel anything, but bitterness to
wards men who deny us our rights ? It you
enter my house and drive me out of it, am I
not your natural enemy '!"
"You put the case too strongly. But we
cannot fight forever ; the war., must end at
sop) time ; we must finally agree upon
something ; can we not agree now, and stop
this frightful carnage': We are butli Chris
tian men, Mr. Davis. Cun_you, as a Chris
tian man, leave untried 3.112, means that may
lead to peace ?"
"No, I cannot. 1 desire peace as much as
you do. I deplore bloodshed us much as you
do; but I feel that not one drop of the blood
shed in this war is on my hands.-1 can look
up to my God and say this. I tried all in
my power to avert thi, war. 1 saw it coming
and fur twelve year, I worked night and day
to prevent it, but I could not. The North
tt•us wad blind ; it would nut let us govern
ourselves : and so the war cans•, and now it
vomit go on till the last inan of this g.eniira
t ion falls in his t unit his children i,eizie
hi , battle.
ear \
arc not liedUing Gir slavi•ry. \\',' are light
ing for Indepen lence,---and that, or Ixt,r-
minat ion, we still h a\ c."
" And thrrr tire, at least, four and a half
millions of us left; so you see you have a
work before you," said Mr. Benjamin, with
d eidod sneer.
" We have no wish to exterminate you,"
answered the Colonel. '•1 believe what I
have said,--1 hat there is no bitterness be
tween the Northern and Southern people.—
The North, I know, loves the South. When
peace comes, it will pour money and means
into your hands to repair the waste caused
by the war : and it would now Nv ele“mo you
back, and forgive you all the loss and blood
shed you have caused. I3ut we >oust crush
your Itnuiv:, and exterminate your G,.it em
inent. Awl is not that already nearly done?
You are wholly without money, and at the
end of your resources. Grant has shut you
up in Richmond. Sherman is before Atlan
ta. Mal you not, then, better accept honor
able terms while you can retain your pres
tige, and save the pride of the Southern peo
ple?"
Mr. Davis smiled
"I respect your earnestness, Colonel, but
you do not seem to understand the situation.
We aro not exactly shut up in Richmond.—
If your papers tell the truth, it is your capi
tal that is in danger, not ours. Some weeks
ago, Grant crossed the Rapidan to whip Lee,
and take-Richmond.. Lee drove him in the
first battle, and then Grant executed what
your people called a 'brilliant flank-move
ment,' and fought Leo again. Lee drove
hint a second time, and then Grant made
another '!lank-movement': and so they
kept on,— Lee whipping, and Grant flank
ing,—until Grant got where he is now. And
what is the next result ? Grant has lost
seventy-five or eighty thousand men,—more
than Lee had at the outset: and, is no nearer
taking Richmond than at first; and Lee ?
whose front has never been broken, holds
him completely in cheek, and has • men en
ough go spare to invade Maryland, and
threaten Washington I Sherman, to be sure,
is before ,Atlanta ; - bat suppose ho is, and
supposehetakea it? -You know, that; the .
further, he goes frotn,.his base 'of- supplies,
the. Weaker ho grows, and the:more diem..
trans defeatwill be to hint.; Arid defeat May
cone So; in a military sheuld -ear
tainly aay our position Wit blittarilianyeiirs,
' "As' to .moneY :we are t•i'eliortlian you
aro. You qmilo ; but admit that iiiir`: paper
is worth nothitigt, answers' as 'a oireulat-,
lug-niodiuni;' and .we hold lerayotiiisetv c a. 7 - 7 .
Tf everY : dollar of lt,'WerO.lost; we
*e savo'no'foreign debt, be naoa-therioorer.
But it` is worth something ; it iiittf:!tho solid
'bitais'ef . a! • largd/dottOnorOP,Wiiile :Yours
testa on.nothinand you owalill'the,world.
do , ilot IdoiefOr arm's:Or .
atnnlunition tirid , Wat havit wit:JO terri. 7 ,
tOry'frOM-ridei:tiO'kotliar'sopplias.. So;,''you:
i ce ; -w(3 c •(*remities.
tvcro,-if:~~owere 'without monaji,,,with942
Xlllll4
TERMS:—S2,OO-in•Advancie, or $2,60 within the year.
food without weapons e —if our whole coum,
try were devastated, and our armies crushed
and disbanded,—could we, without giving
tip our Manhood, give up our right to gov
ern ourselves? Would you not rather, die,
and feel yourself a mad,' than live, and be
subject to a foreign power ?" .
4 ' From your stand-point there is force in
what you say," replied the Colonel. " But
we did not come here to argue with you Mr.
Davis. We came; hoping to find some-hon
orable way to pence; and I am grieved to
hear you_say what you do. When I hive
seen your, young men dying on the battle
field, and your old men, women and children
starving in their homes, I have felt I could
risk my life to, save them., For that reason
I am here; and I am grieved, - grieviiid„ that
there is no hope."
' "I know your motives, Colonel Jaquess,
and I honor you for them ; but what can
I do more than I am doing? I would
give my poor life, gladly, if it would bring
peace and good-will to the two countries ; but
it would not. It is with your own people
you should labor. It is they who desolate
our homes, burn our wheat-fields, break the
wheels of wagons carrying away our women
and children, and destroy supplies meant for
our sick and wounded. At your door lies
all the misery and the crime of dd.; war,—
and it is a fearful, fearful account."
"Not all of it, Mr. Davis. 1 admit a fear
ful account, but it is not all at our door.—
The passion of both sides are aroused. Un
armed men are hanged, prisoners are shot
down in cold blood, by yourselves. El
ements of barbarism are entering the war on
both sides, that should make u_—you and
me, as Christian men—shudder to think of.
In God's name, then, let us stop it. Let us
do something, concede something, to bring
about peace. You cannot expect, with only
four and a half millions, as Mr. Benjamin
says you have, to hold out forever against
twenty millions."
Again Mr. Davis smiled.
"Do you suppose there are twenty mil
lions at the North determined to cru , h us?"
" 1 do,—to crush '}our g,,r(7.?onent. A
small number of our people, a eery small
number, are your friends,—Secessionists.—
The rest differ about measures and candi
dates, but are united in the determination to
sustain the Union. Whoever is elected in
November, he must be committed to a vig
orous prosecution of the war."
\lr. Davis still looking' incredulous, I re-
marked.--
It is 5, , , Sir. Who.,vor tells you other
deceivvt, you. 1 think I know North-
urn sentiment., and I assure you it is so.—
You knoW we have a system of lyceum lec
hiring in our large towns. AL the close of
these lectures, it is the custom of the people
to come upon the platform and talk with the
lecturer. This gives him an excellent op
portunity of learning public sentiment.—
Last winter I lectured before nearly a hun
dred of such associations,..all over the North,
'—from Dubuqe to Bangor,--and I took
pains to ascertain the feeling of the people.
['found a unanimous determination to crush
the Rebellien and save the Union at every
sacrifice. The majority are in favor of Mr.
; Lincoln, and nearly all of those opposed to
him tare opposed to him hoestll,e, they think
he does nut tight you ti it h cough s igor.—
Tho radical Republican-, who go for SlllVC
,ifirrttgo and thorough con ii,cat inn, are those
who will defeat hint, if i. defeated. But
if i- defeated ht for.. the people, the House
will eleet a worse man.- I mean. worse for
you. It i- rad h - 1,1 Own Can
see that froill M t . A , 111.-j,'s Reconstruction
Bill, —and the people :ire more than the
Stir. Isinvoln. I know, is alaint
to eall out the hundred thou , and more
Mid I CIIICt are hots you ,on resist much
longer ; but if you do, sou is ill only deepen
the radical feeling of the Northern people.
They trill net give you fair, honorable, !lett
rrous terms ; but let them suffer much more,
let there be a dead man in every house, us
there is now in every village, and they will
give you no terms,—they will insist on hang
ing every Rebel south of Pardon my
terms. 1 mean no'siffence."
You givo no otlenet , ,"lu , replied, brniling
very pleasantly. '•lt wouldn't have you pick
your Murth. a frank, free talk, and
I like you the bet!, r for sa . ink V, hilt eu
think. Go on."
I was merely going to say, that, let the
Northern people 1)1100 really foul the W ar,
they do not fuel it yet,— and tier will insist
on hanging every one of your leaders."
-Well, admitting all you say, I can't see
how it streets our position. There are sown?,
things worse than hanging or in•.termination.
We reckon giving up the right of self-gov
ernment one of these things."
" By self-government you mean disunion,
—Southern Independence
Yes."
"And slavery, you say, is no longer an el
ement in the contest."
" Ne i - it - is - not; it never waa an csicntial
element. It was only a means of bringing
other conflicting elements to an earlier cul
mination. It tired the musket which was
already capped and loaded. There are essen
tial differences between the North and the
South that will, however this war may end
make them two nations."
You ask me to say what I think. Will
you allow 'me to say that I know the South
that, will, however this war may end, make
them two nations."
"Then you have not used your eyes. I lly
sight is poorer than yours, but I have 'seen
them for years."
. .
The laugh was upon mei and Mr. Benja
min enjoyed it.
"Well, Sir, be that as it may, if I under
stand you, the dispute between your govern ! .
ment and ours is narrowed down to this :
Union or Disunion.r
; or to put it in other words ; "ride=
pendenee or Subjugation."
, IThen the, two governments aro irrecon
cilably apart. They have: r ile alternatiyebut
to tight it out... But it is not so with the peo
ple. They' uretired of. fighting, , and want
peace ; and 'us 014 bear all the burden and
safari rig of the war, is it'not right they should
have peace, andt Live Won such/ terrini as they
Belt little more
. .
IVell:f.),Opese tiin two goyern mitts should
egien tk,i 4 innething like this gO totlio
lieorlo,:with two propositions :_sayi• Petip;'
with 'Disunion and Southern Indepeinlende;
as your proposition,—and Peace, with IT niori4.
Bmandipation, N 6: Cortßseation, and
•
viirsal AM' nesty, , as inns.. Let the citizens
of all the tipited.States (as they existed
-Aire-the war) --- yote - 'Yek" - iif `NO,' en,theie,
tivo,,propositions, at tispeeial eleetion. within
sixty days. If a majority votes Disunion,
our-government to be bouittlbyit e and to let
you go in peace. If a majority v'ottia
yours to be - bound by it, and to stay in peace.
The two governments can Contract in this
way, and the people, though constitutionally
unable to decide on peade or War; can elect
which of ,the two propasitione shilirgovern
• their rulers. Let Lae tiii4 Grant, men it while,
agree to an armistice- This would sheathe
the sword.; and if once sheathed,lt ;would'
never again be drawn by this generation."
"The plan is altogether impracticable. If
the. South were only one State,it 'night work;
but as it is, if one Southern State objected to
emancipation, it would nullify the whiale
thing ; for you are aware the people of Vir
ginia cannot vote slavery out Of South Caro
lina, nor the people of Smith Carolina vote it
out of Virginia."
"But three-fourths of the States can amend
the Constitution.. Letit bed one in that way,
—in any way,_so that_it. _badoric_bY the peo
ple. lam not a statesman or a politician.
and I do not knowjust how such a plan could
be carried out ; but you -get the idea,—that.
the rzen.s.ahalt decide-the question." '
"That the am joriVillialL, decide it, you
mean: WU' seceded atilidlourselves of
rule of the majority, and this would subject
UME
NO, 36.
•
us to it again."
"But the majority must rule finally, either'`
with bullets or ballots."
"I am not so sure or that_ Neither "eur- T.
rent events nor history shows that the ma-
jurity rules, or ever did rule. The contrary,
I think, is true. Why, Sir, the man who
should go before the Southern people 'with
such, a proposition, with any preposition
which implied that the North was to have_a
voice in determining tho_domestic relations
of the South, could not live heren day.
would - be hanged to the first tree, without
judge or jury."
' , Allow me to doubt that. I think it more
likely he would be hanged, if helet the South
erh people know the majority couldn't rule,"
I replied, smiling.
"I.have .no..fear of that," rejoined Mr.
Davis, also smiling most good- humoredly.
"I give you leave to proclaim it from every
house-top in the South."
"But, seriously, Sir, you lot the majority
rule in a single State; why not let it rule in
the whole country ?"
, 'Because the States are independent and
sovereign. The country is not. It is only
a confederation of States ; or rather it ,was :
it i!1 now two confederations."
"Then we are not a people,—we arc only
a political partnership ?"
"That is all."
'Your very name, Sir, 'United Sta im
plies that," said Mr. Benjamin: '!But, tell
me, are' the terms you have named--Eman
cipation, No Confiscation, and Universal
Amnesty—the terms which Mr. Lincoln au
thorized you to offer us ?"
"No, Sir, Mr. Lincoln did not authorize
me to offer you any terms. But I think both
he and the Northern people, for the sake of
peace, would assent to somesueh conditions."
"They are very generous," replied Mr.
Davis, for the first time during the interview
showing some angry feeling. "But Amnes
ty, Sir, applies to criminals,- We have cora
mitted no crime. Confiscation is of no ac
count, unless youeanenforceit. AndEman
.cipation ! You have already emancipated
nearly two millions of our eilives,—and if you
will take cure of them, you may emancipate
the rest. I had a few when the war began.
I was of some use to them ; they never were
of any to me. Against their" wilPkou 'eman
cipated' thorn ; and you may 'emancipate'
every negro in the Confederacy, but we will
be f re'r ! We willgoveru ourselves. We will
do it, if we have to see every Southern plan
tation sacked, and every Southern city iN
flamos."
see, Mr. Davis, it is useless to continue
this conversation," I replied ; "and you will
pardon us, if we have seemed to press our
views with too much pertinacity: — Wdlovo
the oil tiag, and that must be our apology
fur intruding upon you at all." -
.• You have nut intruded upon me," he re
p re.resumingli•• resuming his usual manner. "I am
glad tu have met you, both. I once loved the
flog as well as you do ; I would have died
for it ; but now it is to nie only the emblem
f oppression."
nI hope the day may never come, Mr.
Davis, when I say that," said the Colonel.
A half-hour's conversation on other topics
—not of public interest—ensued, and then
we rose to go. As we did so, the Rebel Pres
ident gave me his hand, and, bidding me a
kindly good-bye, expressed the hope of see
ing me again in Richmond in happier tats,
—when peace should have returned; but
with the Colonel his parting was particular
ly cordial. Taking his hand in both of his,
he said to him,—
-Colonel, respect your character and
your motives, and I wish you well,—l wish
you every good I can wish you consistently
with the interests of the Confederacy." '
The quiet, straightforward bearing and
magnificent moral courage of our_ "lighting
parson" had evidently impressed Mr, Davis
very favorably.
As we were leaving the room, he added.—
"Say to Mr. Lincoln frotnixte, that I shall
at any time.be pleased to receive proposals
for peace on . the basis of our Independence.
It will be ucelcsa to approach me with any
other."
When we-went-out,—Mr. Benjamin called
Judge Ould, who had been - waiting during.
the whole interview--two houxa—at theoth
er end of the hall, and we passed down the
stairxvay,together. As .I put my arm. with
in that of the Judge, ho said to me,—
"Well, what is , the result?"
"Nothing but, war;—war to the knife.'"
.4:plirp,im is joined to his idols,—let him
alone - ," added - tho dolmiel t sbleMnly:
I should like to relate ;lip incidents of the
next day, when •we visited Castle Thunder,
yrisbn, and the hospitals occupied by
Our wounded ; but the limits of a magazine
article will not,permit I can only say that
at sundown we passed out of the Rebel lines,
and at tan o'clock that _ night stretched our
tired limbs on. the "downy" dots in
.CToneral
.Butler's tent„ thankful, devoutly thankful,
that we,Were onee again under the folds of
old' flag. . .
Thus ended our visit.to Richmond. I have
endeavored . to sketch it faithfully. The 'con
n
Veation with Mr... Davis I took down short
ly after entering the 'Union lines, and I have:
tried to report his . exact language extenua
ting nothing, and coloring nothing , that he
said. Some of his sentences, as Iread thorn
over, appear stilted and higli-flown, bitt they
did not sound so, when uttered ! , As listened
to, they seemed the simple,,..naturallangtiago
of
.his, thought. He spoke delibartitei,yi, ap
parently weighing every word. and lll:Tin
well that all he said would be 'given to the
Ho is , a niau,of peculiar ability. _..Our irt,
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