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The Daily Dispatch: October 31, 1864., [Electronic resource], Vice-President Stephens's and Sherman's Proposition to negotiate. (search)
Vice-President Stephens's and Sherman's Proposition to negotiate. The letter from Vice-President Stephens to William King, the messenger from General Sherman, with propositions to negotiate, is published. The invitation was for the Vice-PresiVice-President Stephens to William King, the messenger from General Sherman, with propositions to negotiate, is published. The invitation was for the Vice-President to meet the Yankee in Atlanta. After expressing his anxiety to promote the termination of this "fratracidal war," Mr. Stephens says: But, in the present instance, the entire absence of any power on my part to enter into such negotiationsMr. Stephens says: But, in the present instance, the entire absence of any power on my part to enter into such negotiations, and the like absence of any such power on his part, so far as appears from his message, necessarily precludes my acceptance of the invitation thus tendered. In communicating this to General Sherman, you may also say to him, that if he is of opinio and harmony to the country upon of honor, right and justice to all parties. This does not seem to me to be at all impossible, if truth and reason should be permitted to have their full away. Yours, most respectfully, Alexander H. Stephens.