Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-17
GOV. PIGLER,s S LATE LETTER.

the late letter Of Gov Bgler, Its sugges,
tions are universally approved by lhe con.
Iscrvatiye people Of the North; aud, from
the following article from the Richmond
| Wig-which Is presumed to utter the
sentiments OF tho Davis Goyernment--iE
is not hard to guess that 1t also expresses
the sentiments of the conservative, /. e..
those who miqh he Union men in the
South Let us suppose hat this paper
speaks the sentiments Of theTobol govern.
mcut, and then let US suppose that the
Government at Washington was actuated
by such sentiments as are expressed in
Gov Blgler's letter, is il not very clear
that neither government would have to
sacrifice any cardinal principal in order
that they might both meet upon COM
mon basis Of adjustment?
Peace.
/ From the Richmond Whg, Nov. 29l
1t is stated in Yankee papers that e1-
Senator Bigler, of Pennsylvania, has writ
ten letter proposing plan Of peace
We have not seen it, nor any hints as to
the terms he suggests, but as we suppose
he was in earnest, and meant TO submit
something practical, we are forced to con-
clude that lie advises the North to aban>
don the war and let the South alone.--
Nothing less than this would be practi"
cable, or have the appearance Of being in
earnest With his appreciation OF the
merits of the controversy and his knowl~
edge of Southern character he can have
no doubt that so long as the North con-
tinues TO make war the South will conN
tinue 20 make resistance, and there can,
consequently, be no peace.
The first step toward pacihcatiOn can
cone only from the North, and it must
be suspension of hostilities and the
Ipacitication can then be completed only
by making the suspension permanent
This is inevitable from the character OF
the war itself; they invade, we resist they
assail, we defend they seek TO subJugater
we to maintain our liberty. They must
cease TO invade, to assail, and to attempt
TO subjugate, for we cannot Geese to resist
aud defend without ruin. Ali this must
he plain to Mr.. Bigler, and when he talks
about peace, be will talk idly and insin>
cerely unless he calls on the North to
stop making war on the South. This Is
all we ask, or have ever asked.
In the long controversy that preceded
and brought on the war, the cry of the
South was always "leJ Us alone" Aggres-
sion was from the beginning the policy OF
the Abolitionists. They sought by every
possible art Of legislation, by all the intiu"
euce OF popular commOtion, by stealing
our slaves or tampering with their fidelity,
and through every means by which they
might render the possession Of such props
nnl ,Iaso IN Hpstr0v
H. g Vnlue of the institution and to compel
Us, against our wishes, oar rights, and our
lIuteresls to give it up. We protested and
deprecated, and implored If we attempts
ed iaei-latiou, it was only to repair some
wrong OF iheirs, or guard against some
ia pending danger. We acted always on
the defensive, and with q patience and
| forhearance that we're but litile short Of
pusillanimity. But nothing could make
, them pause.
After years of outrage and endurance,
S finally uetpairing Of any reformation, we
1 resolved that, as we could not ENJOY our
right, in the Union, we would separate,
and this we proposed to do peaCeOJlr with
e no intention Of taking r claiming any.
} thing that did not belong to US; willing,
2 indeed, torolinquish much that did oe-
long 10 US. and 10 have an equitable *
, oning with our late partners upon all
questions Of nronor.ion that were inov'tt"
. DE from the ac. Of separation. In this
painful but unavoidable step we again be-
5 sought them to let US alone-to Let US go
in peace. But they would not Their
| infltuation and ras broke f1r.l with re,
doubled fury, and they I-. patel war
? upon us. .r
) l. is sheer nonsense, too contemplate
even fog a quibble, to talk about onr hay-
, Ing begun the war because we fired the
, first gun. The fact is they had been pres
sing Us back for thirty years. Wien we
reached the wall and cculd go no ''rtber,
we struck. 1t was a blow Of self-t fence,
, Every blow that has bean struck since has
been prompted by the same imp Use
] We fight because We are unwilling 10 be
t oyerrun, plundered and enslaVeo We
P will so continue to fight so long "a We can
] lift an arm. The simple question, then
. for Mr.. Biger and the Northern people to
e consider is, whether they will cease to
mako war upon US. When they have de-
e termined on this, the formal stpulatons
5 of peace can easily be arranged. UAhl
= they have so resolved, they will get no
hearing from US for anything they have to
propose. OF this they may feel assured
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