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The Daily Dispatch: November 30, 1864., [Electronic resource], John Marchmont's Legacy. (search)
otiate only on the basis of Southern independence, and that declaration had come to me only five days after it was made. To get that ultimatum, and to give it to the four winds of heaven, were my real objects in going to Richmond. What Lincoln had to do with it. It was a difficult enterprise. At the outset it seemed well-nigh impossible to gain access to Mr. Davis, but we finally did gain it, and we gained it without official aid. Mr. Lincoln did not assist us. He gave us a pass Mr. Lincoln did not assist us. He gave us a pass through the army lines, stated on what terms he would grant amnesty to the rebels, and said "Good bye, good luck to you," when we went away, and that is all he did. A Summary of its Dangers. If any one doubts this, let him call to mind what we had to accomplish. We had to penetrate an enemy's lines, to enter a besieged city, to tell home truths to the desperate, unscrupulous leaders of the foulest rebellion the world has ever known, and to draw from those leaders — deep, adroit and wa