True Democrat., 1862-12-24
- 771-7E-TIL IFF 2 ' kf sl7W Ei'fF IL - " 4 Letter from Goverhor;Bigier. :

public and Frrfyate forms tbtsse, one of which is
 tat thc easset1 and hort arh seatiQhs the state madeispatIn taiTn tbe enat6r at this time pn p
 the ctouna5 5tliaF 3te have dYe iii the West recently
 efe ana eho f si AyN N NtlFiah n both both @ 'oF E fhs offePodesi55 yo,l Slk Slk what eai be done lto save t ee5h t5 .rb is nof sd readily Ans@efed
 The usual res p9fs6 fi!l G}d flib&$' Few of odf
 best tf,infes seeia have any clear vleWs on til c
 Geyfion: and itsi not eYeh certain that the admin 5 isrs tion at wayhfh sf6f hag wei defnsd policy
 to that end have some thoughts on tlIe suoJees which1 do not hesitate to give you, Ihey ma < Eseea$o yca crude, and ufI some p6inrs even noVfi and startin; but they are result M ot some s re
 lfpcticn. 7 'r-ii l"" ''i@ rf'H '" id .,, L tTheswotyi is th o.4l V a erey at woft. Bht the sword cannot do alr Isis t a tsrebtof deesraetfof. ! l. can tear down but cannot bnifd nti IT may chastise asd silence the rtLblg i tie feia but it J cannot make union oi'Sst4trs; t caInpt restore eonidenee and ffAtoy1lity' arAbssf ? people es uangod an9aliena ted from each other: IT the war vas aga ;fst the leaders in the SopthGn as r1any atthe beginning supposed then the sword might put them down ana lie iASses cohid returil to their allegiance. But the conflict thfTs ont to be win the whole ma sses of the epe0e within tfe revolted Statcs old and young. male and fetlale number ing nany millions: With such I power sooner or later, we shall have to treat and negotiate. The sw ord alone will never restore ttlfs people to the I uniou. .< T1 A x
 , You well know tn 1t when ,the presen calanll- { ties menaced the nation, was for peaceful means to avert the bow:' Thenour present sufftrtng and sacrifices could have bdea avoided and. asI beifeve the unity of the States preserved for generat1nss wthout the sacrifice of principle or ho9or, or con sciencron eitherside; passion, prejudice and ia naticsm only would have been reouine-i to give way; aud Islj!l think, nay,I saee itiaas other means besides war are. necessary to saYe or coNn- try---our whole country-rom present ati4elqqnS elqq i knoTT how easy it is 4e talk about war and cars mage; about stragecip positions and brilliant victo- res about the prompt sub jugation of the south by the North; how pleasant it may be to some to float ! n t le common current of'excitempnt and passion, and especially how unpleasant ii lot unsafe it is to stem 'H's Si'es 4s"'.eI . :sa''"i" ',.7 "1' ''.
 He must Took at tha' Whole AoFx before us, and strike in the right regardless 'of caior or c6rise
 ggeEces to himself personally! .-'"'s9l "s-. .-~
 We ehave had a war, for eighteen nonslsy the like of which the world has seldom witnessed before, ! to sustain which national debt of startling mag
 njtude, which must hlHg over posterity fGng into the future. has already been created; and more 1 than quarter Qfa million ofjnyaluplae lives Sac riGeed on the union side alone, i'll addition, to he ! many thousands that Have been crippled or dis eased for life; and etbuthttle, if any, substantial pogrcSS has heea made in tue good work to re- es. tabsh the union, even of lptalGing il+e el- era authority within the revoled States. Has not. i then, the experiment. of war, as a mems of extr
 eating tie country from it's present efofable con .dition, been already tesedtested at leastto eaeh an Itent as to prove it's utter fntlty. unaded by ether means .,.zi sg.t..
 It was happy thought of President Lincoln, oxpre ssed in hsinaug1lv1 that If ne went to war we couldnot fight alw&ys3 !" dwlten, after in uci loss on both sides and ne gain on either you cea fighting, tic Identical old questions as to terms ot 1 intercourse are again upon you" This prophetic and highly significant sentiment shows tiiIt 'eveh
 Mr Lhc6ln. .be ore the var SsGs ant aated tue ! tfre in ease t began, when t would be necessary to put the sword to r3St at lerst for season, in Qrder to resume the identical old ulestions about i int ereBurse au settlement. lt does not seem to i have occGrred 10 him that the sword could do the jwAole work. but'tHat, Inevitably, we would have
 o come back to the original p3i'ttt5 comproliiis, and se;to. If, then. We cannot fl ght always what amount of hgAing 5 necessary to rqndeg il prpneE, to prepare t6'teiseor suspend in order to consder. i ter 4s0i reconciliation: There Has alrG&df been ut-ca loss 0n both s.le' anj,ae sNih onelther;" . a.- U4ii=. the tina Q ce,Ase Fighting In+7 not d'e yo.- 5ls peGjl als sure ' g2ae when other n cans ....ti5t J,t yli..Iiti ht empiove1 in the ei- i :o., to sivC Cne eorernle!, anfcolhtfy. Certain
 iy tic ou eel. Qt he z.ani the extent e. which ttis to gU, should be deGntey known 10 the coBn-- tfg: trl1 ya Hle1leI to sl' jug1te the States in rebellion, aRl hold tbt 1t, .ss tates ia the uni ons Eii3 Gs c4G s,4 F.sSlnGes- -tneIl &Es s%oTd must be kept in cousLsq5 motion aud wsr aud ear-
 
 supplies may be rrepsiiyraissf, for t will require a formidable aruy in.e@ih ct seeded Suites to f execrte and maiataja this scheme. If exterm:a- |. f,on ,, the object, then the s~orA sAo9sA uaye
 1rc.trained license to deal death and de5truct!on
 aorost the rebels ft all parts 6ftbcir country, re-
 aardlesss9f sex, CT age, ,breontitlcr !5Gt neither 9I fleee surboses, # practicable, you'd ne-estah- 1ish the uti0n, although there. might remain a union, composed Of certain States. But when the unian is re-cstsblished, the South swell IS the
 North must be in it; the family of States must
 exist a. heretofore, else it. wi! not be the. union
 about which we have talked go much and for which So many brave men have oTeted Up theiT lives The rhvsical triumph Of the North over the South in te field as the North in the end Tnay trlqnFsi
 ,snot tie whole Of the tgh, The States must be brought togcther; the feelings of the people of
 no sections must be So constrained and no'iera-
 ted tlat thcr can fIaterHaze and hvetogethtr, eee < the uuon is gone forever Ioausngate the south e~n States and 90 hold them could subserve no
 good end for either section, ana in no way, that can discover, advance fine welfare of tue North; for 90 long IS the South soiheld their hate Of the North would increase, and whilst tho NoEth.so ,held the 5ouih it could do but little else; mem
 while its m ttcrial ilterest must hhg1sh and die.
 Buf, in addition, such work is uttely inconsistenti Sith the aeniRs of oar institutions. and, could
 scarcely fljl to lead t. their utter per- ersion and
 ultimate overthrow, adding 10 the coauiities Of ' disunion the sacrifice Of fee g0vefnment Con
 auest and eInpre, however naeflrficenC, could not
 componeAt4 for such loss, i-.'~ .e -..r'' To cxtcrninate the inhabitants of the. South,. ! would be deliberate emasculatlon oi the union,
 rendering its reconstruction at once impractca- . ole and ho o9eIass, and nyolvea work of itrbarity from which the northern people. would shrink in
 horror The existence of the southern States, in some form, wfth their inhabitants. and on some te4ias of intercourse, is highly essentlal-hay.
 will sar ihdispen abe-to thoaeliare of the North i am. Therefore, against cxtermnatOn and against the policy of holding the southern States as con
 ouercd proyinces..~ This ground can be so easily
 maintained on purely selfish considerations for the l North which will occur to all,' thae~f need not trouble you with their presentatiOnon this occasion
 1 am for re-cstablishing the union aa it,was, or making . union as similar as practicable the States to be equals and to be sovereign to the extent the States now are, each to have and enjoy such do! rnestic institutions It may choose: and, we're [ in Congress should sustain that measure ofwar, and that only that tmou!d- -cleas y tend to the ac- complishment of these ends ;bat 10 war of subju. gatioh ot e&termination., ';. '''' f''~~'7,H'
 ~I know it may besaidin reply to al l0fthis: Then let the southern people lay down their arms and come back into the union; and aii will te rigft again. Would to God they could De tnduced so to dc! Thereis TO guaranty ifreasJn that would I not be willing to granttfienI. But do We see any Indications of such n return to reason and duty l can see none, 90 long usthe" sword is miaccom
 panied, by agents for settlement and speaee.-- i When our army went to Mexico it 'wds" accompa- Ified Iyy a peace commission, in order to embrace tha aori;p oIroptuffty for kttipn1ftt fn(iodss