Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-29

IL Il slated 10 Yankee papers that Ex-senator Bigler,
Of Psnnsylnni., has written q letter proposing a plan
of psacs. We have ns ssen Z, nor any hiatt a to the
terms he suErssA, bai ~ ss suPposs be We in earnest
ana mssnf to saGHis KnSAiag pcAsdsA, ~ are t0rcsd
to conclude that he advises the North 70 abandon tue
war and Let the South Alone. Nothing Len than this
would Be practical, or have the appearance Of being ID
earnest With ha appreciation Of the merits oil the
controversy, and bis kEosledss Of Southern CHARACTER
he can have no doubt that 90 long - the North con-
tinues to make var, the South vil continue to make
resistance and there can, consequently, b no peace
The first sep tOUArds pAcihcAtion can come only IRON
the Moth, and it must b . suspension Of hcsnhnes'
and the paci6eGton can then be completed only BY
making the suspension permanent. This is inevitable
from the ohAracser Of the war itslf: they invade, We
resist; they Assah, ue defend; they seek 70 suNJasate,
We 70 maintain our liberty. They must ssAse to invade,
10 AssAil, and TO attempt to ~subjIsAss, for ue cannot
csAss to resis. and defend uithOut ruin. All this must
be plain to Ne. B slsr; and when be talks about peace,
be will TX idly aud insiDeSrsly unless be calls on the
North 10 stop making gar on the South. TGia is all We
ask or heve ever asked. Ia the long controversy that pre-
csded and brought on the var, the cry OF the south WAS
always "leta As alone" Aggression VA from The beginning
the policy Of the Aboltonisss. They sOush, BY every
poSiOls art Of legislation. BY al the fcaasoce Of popular
comnoion, bX stealing our dawes or ~tAmPerirg With
their sieEiy, and through every means BY which they
nigh. reader the possession Of such property insecure
And dangerous, 20 destroy the VAlus of the Institution
and to compel Us, AgAins; our wishes, our rights and our
interests, to give it up. We protested and deprecated
and implOrsd. Itss attempted legislation, il VA ouly
70 repair some wrong Of theirs, or guard against come
impending danger. We acted Aluays on the defensive,
and with a patience Gnd iorbeArAnes that we're bat little
short Of puslllnini,y. Blu; nothing could make them
plusa. After wars Of on rage and endurance, fnahy
dspairing Of any reform alton, Ne resolved that, as We
could no. enjoy our rights in the Ulol, We Uoali seps
rate; and this We proposed to do pescsolS With no 10
teadoa Of tAkias or claiming any thing tia: did noib
long 70 Us wiling, indeed, to ~rshnqu'sa much that
did bslOaS to us, and TO have an equitable rek
oaing with ou- late partners, upon all questions CT
property that we're inevitable from the act
Of separation. In this painful bat unavoidable sep
We again bssough. them TO let Us alone, TO let us 50 IN
peace. But they would not rasir inh;uAiOn and
rage broke forth With redo1olsd fury, sud they PreciFi
tlted war upon "a. l. IL sheer nonsense, too contempt
ibls even for a q1ib5,e, TO talk about our having be-
qua the var, beeluss We 6sed the fr-S gua. Th1 fac
Il they had been pressing ~ back tor thirty years.
When We reached Ia, VIl. aud could so 20 farther, We
struck. /. Vas = bios Of ssltdsencs. Every blow iast
has sen stricken siHcs has been p~rompisd BY the s1ne
impulse. We agh. because ue are unsiling TO be OEe'-
run, ~plandered and ensGysI We viii coodnue SO to
Ugh: As lang As Ne eau lift al arm. The simple quOs
ton then for n. BiSef and the Northern people to con-
sidar Is whether they gill cease 70 mAkS ~ upon Us
When they have ie.erminsd on this, the formal Eipu.
htioas Of peace can bs easily arranged. Unsl they
hAvs 50 resolved. they gill get no hearing from rs for
any thing taey have to propose. OF this they nay feel
assured.