Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RIGaTS.
RICHMOND WHIG.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOV. IL, 1888.
OUiniOu and Feelinc,in the United States.


growth aad consolidation Of sentiment in favor OF the
nroseeutou Of the war; and in support Of the usupng
and lsvless administration at Washington, that N Ike
T. moe than ever certain that nothing is to be gained
BY any attempt at liaOD any appeal to reason and
Justice or any remonsirance against the inbuman and
b,rbarous PRACTICES of the enemy If there in che
United States population sufficiently nrmarOus to con-
o elections or make themselves felt in the policy and
administration Of the Government who could be resed
BY such ueuees enough has occurred long since, to
have brought them into the foreground, aud to have
inpelled them to assume the direction Of Affairs.
Ttey saw in the outset this war forced uporwuS for
no other reason than that having patiently borne the
,oressOns IN, robberes and insults of the froeabOr
STATES for half = century, determined at length, when
tbose States chose to install an administration upon no
other ground than hostility to U.s. to save ourselves from
farther outrage and wrong, by exercising the right that
belonged to US as sovereign parties 10 government Of
consent, to withdraw our consent and separate from
connection that promised nothing but injustice and
injury They knew that in so acting We sought to do
ne wrong 10 our former associates in the Union thatWe
volunteered an equitable partition OF liabilities and
SETS proposed arrangements of mutual trade and inter-
course and pro .red relations Of friendship aud good
relationship Tley knew that if the hrst gun
fred BY u.s. i, was only to obtain possession OF fort
within the dominion Of and bClOngiugby virtue Of emf
nsnt domain to one Of these Satos-whch he'd in
hostile and menacing attitude which it had been
than once attempted to make still threatening aud
dangerous by reinforcement; which large feet equipped
Tor war was At the very time advancing to the support
o. and in regard to which artihOes and alsehOods in
tended to deceive and betray had been shamelessy
praetised Under these circumstances, that first gun
was fred as strictly in self-defence though it had
been at the end Of weeks bOmbardment Of Charles
ton.
And in the pr6 ,cutOn of the war thus forced on
US in the beginning, they know that we have had no
other view Gn to rep aggression to defend our homes
and TO eonquee peace. To be let alone is all that We
have asked They have seem TOO with what courage ard
devotion our soldiers have met the overwhelming odds
that have been seut against them. with what oemenCy
and forbsarance AID with what regard to the oblga-
tons of humanity and the rules of civilized warfare our
leaders have met the issues and contingencies Of tie
war and with what sel-denia aud iortude our people
have borne all the prvstOns and berssvements that
have beaen them. If occurrences and consideration,
such as these appealing 10 all that bOble generous
or Just in their natures could arouse them to the
ion Of their sentiments and Che enforcement Of
their pow,r, the unavoidable iniereIos va4 that
the former too lukeWam to prompt action, the
latter felt be feeble to the opposition
it would encounter and to obtain the ascendaucy.
But these we're not the only influences whose simu.
Alng effects would have been fel: and in calling
into action a controlling Snd and sntLncoln party
il there bad remained enOugn Of uudebsuched senti-
men: and of manly nature smOng them, to con
stitute such parry. For, if they insensible to
sympathy and incapable of justice towards u.s. there
enough occurring in regard 70 themselves involV-
ing their rights and interests men, every thing
indeed that they must have priE d. to them TO
strain every sineW to defeat administration that
hurrying them and their country to irretrevabe ruin
Every day. by tokens cleIrand pOrtents infable
as revelations from Heaven, they their Free Gov
eminent being converted into Government of Force
their Constitution trampled upon their bcasted Rspub
lie becoming a Military D1spotism, and their immun
ie franchises and guarantees Of protection as free
eidzens fAAng-cOnsol da.on erushng out the ind eas
be rights and organic features Of the States, public
sentiment becoming hOpeessly depraved and democrat
zsi industry diverted from It's legitimate and useful
occupations the youth of the country wasted by disease
and the sword or corrupted BY tho vices of the camp,
mountain Of debt springug up to rest with crushing
weight for ages the energies of the people, the pres
:ige and fame of the renowned RepubI, sinking into
universal disreputs and oon.emp:-a these things aud
others not less appalling, they co ming upon them
and warning them to superhumAn eKertioas to rescue
t,emseve' if possible, from the fats they assured
That no efforts adequate to the damming up and
ave ting this flood of claes has been made is proof
enough that there remaining power IN this doomed
race sufficient for such a task The Usurpation has
carried IT'S point LincOnsn is omnipotent war; unre-
Heved by the amenities Of civilization, is the settled
policy Of the enemy Gnl suhjugatOn ia its most merci
less form the coalition 90 which they intend if possible
to bring US. These conclusions that we must &C
espt whether agreeable or not ard that must ar
range our aFAirs, and ioriiy our spirits TO meet.
With these impressions, We are not at all surprised 10
find that the Atlanta appeal says upon the authority
OF a gentleman of observation and intelligence, who
has lately enjoyed opportunities of studying public
opinion aud feeling in ~ United States that there is
no party there in favor Of peace, except bring NTH 1t
restoration that the oil the ultra DemoO
rloy would not terminate the war, unless the Souh
would Re tlrn 10 the Union; that the political battles lately
fought .ere for possession of the governments State
and national with their power and patronage that the
difference between the two parties consists only in the
fact that the AbOlitiOnists for extreme measures
con6:CatioD, emanepAtiOnSplunder etc.-and what is
kaoUn as the peace party for thu Constitution and
laws, and for the war until the rebellion is put down
and the Uaou restored No single voice is raised for
peace on the basis of separation.
In this state of facts the opinion expressed by the
informant Of the ApPea that it is better for the South
that the Republican party should remain in power that
all We are fighting forW viii be sooner obtained un-
der the dOmlr alton OF that Organization than under
Democratic administration. For, while the latter are
out they 6ght and to some extent harrss' the Admins
tratiOn; but IL they get a. being, they are,
pledged to carry on the war for the restoration OF the