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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1865
Page
2
A Cincinnati Gazette special correspondent recounts his capture in May 1864 and escape in December, presenting a grim chronicle of wartime horrors. The piece questions the reliability of the account and warns against accepting it as fact.
The article describes the President's special Congress message detailing a failed conference with the Rebel Commission. Blair’s Richmond visit and Davis’s letter prompted informal talks to negotiate peace. Grant, Sherman, and Thomas are urged to seek a proper peace settlement, as the union’s authority and slavery are at issue.
The rebel Les calls on Southern people to gather any arms from harquebuses to rapiers to resist Yankee forces. Fort Fisher’s fall cuts Europe supplies, forcing use of old weapons while Union reinforcements bring in repeating rifles and breach loaders. Lea may aim to disarm rebels to prevent counter actions.
The Senate ceded from its amendment to a House bill, making the measure a law as passed. It fixes compensation for state officers upon qualification, with specified amounts for the governor and board members, and takes effect now to benefit newly elected judges.
A Civil War era reflection features Thaddeus Stevens defending John Brown’s memory. Stevens argues posterity will judge Brown by motives and future impact, predicting his memory will brighten over time and inspire Virginians toward freedom despite the raid’s harsh methods.
Fragmented excerpts recount Jefferson Davis letters to F P Blair and Lincoln’s orders to Blair to seek a peaceful conference. Dispatches detail Stephens Hunter Campbell and Eckert plans, safe conduct, Fortress Monroe options, and Grant’s caution on any armistice while war remains.
The transfer of General Scho field's Twenty-Third Army Corps from Clifton on the Upper Tennessee to the Chesapeake shores moved about 20 000 troops with artillery and 800 horses. The vast force traveled roughly 1500 miles by river and rail and crossed the Allegheny mountains in mid winter in ten days without accident.
A bill by Mr. West to reorganize all poor law statutes in Ohio passed the Senate last winter and was concurred in by the House with a small amendment.
A diary recounts Maj. Eckert and the Secretary of State meeting with Jefferson Davis aides at sea off Virginia. Stephens Hunter and Campbell urged peace terms via informal talks in Washington or Fortress Monroe, but the conference on February 8 produced no agreement and concluded with no defined outcome.
Richmond papers publish that Jefferson Davis Transcribers report Confederate envoys Alex Stephens James Hunter and John Campbell met Lincoln via Hampton Roads. Lincoln reportedly refused separate negotiations and demanded unconditional submission and emancipation terms as the basis for peace.
The letter notes that recognition of the Confederacy as a separate power would not be granted and that restoration of U S constitutional authority over all Confederate areas is required before any armistice. It mentions possible leniency in penalties and references a proposed constitutional amendment barring slavery except as punishment for crime, with Congress empowered to enforce it. Signature: ALEX. H. STEPHENS, RK. M. T. HUNTER.
The Ohio General Assembly debated and ratified the proposed amendment to abolish slavery in the United States. The joint resolution called for Ohio to ratify the federal amendment and transmit a copy to the President. Voters in the Senate and House approved with noted yeas and nays.
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