THE CONFEDERATE GENERAL LEE IN FAVOR OF PEACE.
A New York despatch says,—Among the witnesses before the rebel Senate, to inquire into the condition of the Confederacy was General Lee. He said it would be bad
policy to evacuate Richmond, as the Virginia troops would not go into the State of North Carolina. They had not troops to last till summer. If the war was to be carried on, the least of the evils would be to arm 200,000 negroes; but they should be freed. It would depend on circumstances whether they would succeed by arming the slaves, but they could at least carry on the war another year. We cannot continue the war through another campaign. I think the best policy is to make peace on the plan proposed by Stephens. The people and the country ought to be saved further sacrifices.
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Colonist, Volume VIII, Issue 799, 23 June 1865, Page 3
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