Browsing named entities in Owen Wister, Ulysses S. Grant. You can also browse the collection for Stephens or search for Stephens in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

Owen Wister, Ulysses S. Grant, V. (search)
and a time of desperation on the part of their political misleaders. In early February some of these had, in good faith, visited Grant to talk of peace, which talk he had tactfully evaded, while showing them all hospitality at his headquarters. With tact still greater he had persuaded Lincoln to come and see them himself instead of sending Seward as an emissary. But this ended in nothing, save that Grant's character and kindness won the high admiration of the Confederate vice-president, Stephens, who wrote: He is one of the most remarkable men I ever met. He does not seem to be aware of his powers. Presently again the South asked for a peace talk, this time through General Lee, who addressed Grant in a letter. But Grant explained that terms of peace were not in his province; that his authority allowed him to act only regarding military subjects, such as the exchange of prisoners. And the matter stopped there. Lee's actions and spirit must be kept wide apart from those of the Se