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The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1865., [Electronic resource], The sword of justice. (search)
equires incessant labor to produce the bare necessaries of life, have long looked with an envious and greedy eye upon the rich plains, the genial suns and the overflowing comfort of Southern life. The abolition crusade has been manipulated by W. H. Seward with no other design than to pave the way for an exodus of the overflowing Northern hive to the green pastures and fertile fields of the American Italy. If the object of this invasion were the restoration of the American Union, what easier than for Seward to propose to our Commissioners reconstruction and a guarantee of the rights enjoyed by the South in the old Government? But he had no such purpose. He made demands which he was sure we would refuse, only to have a pretext for drawing "the sword of justice," or, what is meant thereby, exterminating, as far as practicable, the Southern population, and transferring every acre of Southern land to Northern hands. Now that this diabolical purpose is deliberately avowed, we shall
The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1865., [Electronic resource], The sword of justice. (search)
lly able to repel any attack he might conclude to make upon us. At daylight this morning everything was quiet, and it was not known whether our troops were expected to push the reconnaissance further, to erect substantial works connecting with the left of our main line, or to return to their original positions in the vicinity of the Weldon railroad. The Late peace mission. Lincoln was to send in his report on Wednesday to the United States Senate of his visit to Hampton Roads. Seward is said to have already prepared reports of the interview, to be dispatched to the foreign courts. A letter about the return of the Confederate commissioners says that, on the flag-of-truce boat, they were hospitably entertained, and were visited by Major-General Ord. It adds: The commissioners, upon their return, were in the best of spirits, and entered fully and zestfully into the genuine and luxurious hospitality of the distinguished Union officer delegated by the President to enter