The book Col. Jaquess's Visit to Richmond, Va., July, 1864 was written by author Henry a Henry Anson Castle Here you can read free online of Col. Jaquess's Visit to Richmond, Va., July, 1864 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Col. Jaquess's Visit to Richmond, Va., July, 1864 a good or bad book?
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President,' and ' Confederacy.' "Mr. Benjamin's first and most j)ersistent effort was to secure an admission that the embassy was official, and after laboring thus in vain for thirty minutes, he then attempted to browbeat the colonel by employing the term ' sj)y,' and allusions to the ordinary fate of such. "These tactics failing, Colonel Jaquess had an opportunity to open a long, serious, and exceedingly plain conversation with Mr. Davis, carefully selecting such points as in themselves gave l...east room for controversy. He emphasized the statement that he was present only in his individual capacity since he believed that neither of the contending powers would accept commissioners from the other, and thus settle existing difficulties, and that negotiation would only end' in wrangling, with the more desperate alienation, unless certain points could be previously adjusted by an unofficial delegation as a basis for a further official discussion. The colonel therefore remarked : " ' Mr. President, I came on my own responsibility to prepare the way, and I hope that we, as Christian gentlemen, may succeed in discussing the question fully, freely, and frankly.
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