The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-04-25
HoS HoRATIo SEYMOUR:

lIoE HoRATIo SEYMOUR:
Dear Sir: As you requested. will penci
down some suggestions which | made Il
you orally, few days since, ia reference ic
Western sentiment on tho present condiliyr
Of the c0ul;ry. with some reflections upoI
the laie elections.
You are undoubtedly correct that the Norh
West will never consent 20 a separation Of
the Unicn. leaving the lever Mississippi ia
a foreign jurisdiction. Our interests are
agricultural, and upon market icr our pro.
ducts depends cur well being-I might al
mos, ssv our existence. Before the war we
supplied the pisntalion- Of The South viii
their borses snd mules, their corn aud bs con
This plsntstioD market consumed most Of
rhe products u tile counties bordering upon
The Mississippi and its tributaries. and any
surplus found iss wsy 10 the Atlantic cities
and foreign countries through that great ii
yer By the war We hsve lost this market
and this outlet, rnd our products, which for
mersy w~nt > nth. have been shrown upon
the N0rthern transports, and Northern mar
keIs. overlooking The former and Cutting The
latter. As On inevitable consequence. v lille
money ha- deprecated nearly one third, The
price of our great Staples, in The hands o.
our farmers, hnvc rsmained stationary or
hsye receJrJ in some instances more than
one half, Al the lsst President isi el.ctioa,
on The Ohio river. mules were worth from
Sl25 TO S225 per heal Now our ~ ziers
cannot realize more than sos 0 $50 per
head. notwithstanding he great can-omp
rion by The army; aud horses have drpreris.
ted 10 nearly the same ratio. IL o,htr por.
lions of The country. have found means e
make money b. the war, 10 The Western ng-
ricnIsuriss IL has proved an unmirsaied bur
dem. which con only be relieved BY rcsto
ration u peace and Of the Union. Tie for
mer without the latter would rc cnder PER ma
nent that which We now look upon as but
Hence has the West fought,
apd q. will she fgh', not for ne az 'latior
" the South. and the fn.I desirurlIon Of
her pla1tstioEs, but for The reslor alton u the
Union. Hence has Illinois furnished more
Ihsn ten thousand roops above her quota
II drsf, has been necessary in sny portion
81 the West, IL has not been " here the in-
luence Of this plantation market has been
iircctIy felt. repest. we eau nrver con.
,ent iha, The lower Mississi ppi hall PArs ii.
d foreign jurisdiction.
also agree I'm you that rsdcaI Aboli
ionists prefer a separation 70 a restoration
u The Union n IL was, with al the rights Of
he States as they existed under the Cynsri-
0Iiyn. including slavery; and just ~ soon
- they are convinced that majority 81 the
people OF the North and Of Congress are
70 admit q peace upon the old
basic. they will lator for separation. they
ZEE IN determined 10 invent and practice ev-
Fry provocative possible toward the South,
"a order 10 produce and continue degree Of
alienation which shall prevent them from
embracing the tender which the conserva.
live North is ready 10 cffrr them, 10 return
md enjoy the protection or the Constitution
These provoca,ions, 10 con.
nee lion with the known state Of feeling rer
snding The whole Ssuih. render any hope
lhat they will embrace the Democratic offer
10 return and resume the STATUS QUO ANTE
BELIuM. entirely futile at the present .ao-
ment. They will, with bitter conre np,.
spurn this offer now, let II come from " nom
il may. Such is the present state Of feeling
ia the Southwest as we'll % in the Southeast.
Victories must be won before they will
listen TO reason from any party and accept
reunion on any terms. Were the Democrats
in power to-day they must win victories be
fore they could save the Union. fthese vic.
tories are won while the sbolitionis,s rule
may not the South accept peace from us
when we attain the control, quite % readily
AZ II won under Democratic auspicesi
What shalt be done in this continge ncy
The answer or ninety nine 10 the hundred
Of those Who voted the Democratic iicke, q
the October and November elections il. a.,
will be-: The war mus, be prosecuted carr
es,ly and 10 the Isst--nos 70 crush and con
quer the South, but TO crush and conquc
The rebellion. Tf ten years wsris necrs
ssry, rather than give up the Union they &C