Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-06-22
THE RICHMOND WING.
aoTIvES OF The NORTH IN THIS coSTEsT-s
SIZE BOUND IN CONSCIENCE, OR BY POLITICAL
Necessity, CAVIAR OF RECONSTRUCTION?

sanciioning war policy. Leaving the soundness Of
these loer considerations for future discussion s the
aim OF this communication 10 convince, or rather 10
remind Intelligent sincere at the North that ha
has not been undertaken by their section at the high
hehest of conscience aone-that imagined secn.eres
aud resentment we're largely concerned in the adoption
and still in the prosecution Of hostile Hav
Ing reused you consciousness of these unworthy in
cenves we shall att mpt no labored condemnation o.
them, but trust chiefly to ycur of right to
buke aud reject them.
The originating in The nsc,ssis' Of party and
supported inrolpi"g party intsres: and inaener.
VINO disputes ity Let him glance these simple facts
and their obvious connection. party had grown into
power the basis OF slavery restriction which iea-
tue Of aenatod and threatened 10 cas-. eff SC
ton and hence naturally flowed the second
article of the party creed, viz the centralized theory Of
the GoDsr'msnt. From the first doctrine sprang No
Compromise the immediate ofthe secession Of the
border State-rom the second resulted Coercion the
immediate introduction to the If the iriesis be
sequence of these positions fails convince YOU that lbe
was originally forced upon u, to prevent the dome
rarzaton and disruption Of the r publican party REGAL
the threatening dssensions between the conservative
radical leaders OF that organization, harmonic d by the
policy, at moment, when the whole country be-
ginning TO rejoice at the dawn OF better things and
fusy call to mind the humiliaug confessions of your
President, the occasion of famous conversation
that he could favor certain adjustment, because in
consistent with the Chicago platform, ard must not
adopt certain pacific measure, out OF regard TO his
prospects and those of his admjnstraOn-seemi to
consider it has most pressing responsibility, preserve
ntac: the par zan creed to which he owed his elevation
and forgetting that under the American Constitution the
position of an administration is not dependent on poi
ulsr majority.
II it be hot too far endorsing fnch consideration 10
expose its nothingness, would suggest that the
Admir istra,ioD in behaf Of the party, has already
yi,lded the cogeui necessities Of 10 position
! 1t has not comprom!sed-t warred. lt has refused
to sanction slavery exiensiol il has refused r.coe
Mise the priacipe Of secession. How much farther to
advance, in emphasizing .ts opposition 70 these doc
rues, Is complicated question OF policy Of daily
deepening interest. But the whole conception OF pre-
serving the integrity Of your party, Gu tie issue which
cirli,d it 10 power, is utterly unstattsmanlke That
isue is emphatcaliy thing OF the past your politics.
! If the South make good her independence, slavery
.nsion will be a matter OF foreign concern AID
were il possible for you to su. uglte and her, it
il simply absurd to contemplate the speedy revival of
par.y 10 sdvoca the rights of slavery in Terrific
rie, Obviously no; even the itself long delay
| t c breaking up Of the political ,oeatiOns in your
midst and the formation of new fresh issues.
How Illogical then, well unchris.ian, 20 surpor.
the war policy from a vague, halt couscious impression
tst the integrity and dience of your party is IL
v lyed II you insist preserving your present o..
glaizl,ion i. may occur you tha: uilor pla
| nfha nf tfrlv
p.Ley-p.,uaps your famous ta'ih-woud furnish a
ptcmisir 2 basis of future p-r!y unity aud action
E,re by way ol anticipating diff u!ty, suggest,
though rather of log cal connection, toat the yry
general cooperation Of the Democratic parry is but
evidently owing to caagrin, AZ sudden and tosi p'"c-
ls.s.css. aud irritation against the South the
L aync such .uoi.cs to be couoemned by yocr eve
eeva, .lsilc-, re p.s3 to second cOanexion ci
| se:ilt.Gcs, with tne
The vlr spirit t.d By he desire Of maintaining
former commercial r.la..on, Je.s.e, 'orh and South
Tee South mas ever been cJlam4roia dependency Of
the Moth By contract enc is ho prolec;ress, henoc
toe nl4iksj of your msurfscu ur,s. Mr.. Madison aud
others apty described the Federal Union, compact
between The tr4de-pToecOa necessities o! the North,
and the slavery protection necessities OF toe South
Saeer as you please, the comparative neignhcance OF
the South-at her inabiitJ TO support even her own
p)tal arrangements--yet the widespread prostra'ion
of ycur commercial aud manufacturing Interests, and
YOUR uncouceaed alarm at the clashing OF the two ia
riffs prove clearly enough. thst the msruiacioy was as
de- pendent as The market But why demonstrate the eX
i5terce OF a motive YOU have contested During the
earlier stages of these difficulties committee after COM
mtee from the boards of trade in your great commercial
centres waited the President to ug' the claims Of
compromise; and when ell attempted adjustment tailed
through the blind or bgo;ed obsnacy OF their own Re-
preseptAyes aud trade everywhere colllpsng be-
meath the steadily increasing pessure-then these same
gentlemen With disregard of conscience remlrkab
their devotion to commerce, repeated their Wits TO
Washington, demanding that the Administration adopt
vigorous measures to crowd the South to the wall at
once because the commercial interests of the country
must have relie.
So much for the existence of the motive. Is the pur
pose Of restoring commercial relations oy the war ia
ionsl one? By peaceable separation these relations
would have been almost undsturbed Every official ui-
terarce of the Southern Government assured you OF
this; aud your favorte maxim Of Political Economy so
often umphanGy quoted in reply to Southern projects
of commercial Independence rivalry that trade will
seek it's natural channels this ought to have furnished
you vet more satisfactory assurance, that mere political
separation would not disturb fixed commercial relations
The deep and deathess alienation engend red by the
warihe growing ympathy between the South and your
comm rcal rival reused by your blockade-the effective
impetus already communicated by TO Southern iDven-
ton and ndus.ry-these are the Influences forever turn
ing away from you the trade that built your commeTc al
greatness How obvious, then these two differences !
The sooner and more advantageously for the South tie
war is terminated the sooner and more generally vii.
trade reopen But even it possible for you to
ing back the South after long dssoating struggle
you would have done all you could to impoverish alien
ate and make sedependent those whose liberal patron.
age you aimed to secure
But, do not misunderstood mel Southern trade will
never FIJI your Golfers as before. The people who could
not break their contract advance their separate inter-
ess have felt themselves liberty, for this purpose
take advantage of contract already broken. Ned
comment on the character Of that which would COM
pei these States robbed of the pledged consideration
still to dwarf their God.giyen resources that you may
flourish and fattn their unwlngly eldIred ssgoa.
tiJul
The historic hatred eHgsndsred by the SLAVERY discus
sion and The irritating dsoppOi.ments of The separation
influential IN the WIr.
You will not b. repelsd by the tone Of this let
ter for remember are oonfesSedly exposing the very
lowest sources OF ycur excitement never ting
th.t you scuated by higher motives. Indeed there
Is sclIcy selfish lofty purpose which can an
innate nations 10 wer bu has its low coun erpart in re-