Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-02-02
A Path TO Peace.


e. ~ e, t. The have tie gsn" In their own hands.
Al that & necessary 5e Indiana aud LIMOS 70 WIN
draw thsr troops from The Yank'e army and the war
VI! close IN ninety DAY, Take away the fighting men
Of that rego1 sud Tankceiood'edam will be emAs'u-
A;sd,
Aad why sholii thOse States persist in carrying on
the wars Arc taef not fighting against their own In
tssssss aud against Their natural aesF What In
tersss or feeling have they in common with New Eng
llndi Do they wani agh tariffs fishing bOunties and
class lsgislatOns
Tnsy are an agricultural people, and want system
Of policy which w enable farmers TO buy clothing and
groceries loF and 70 ssll est and grain for good pr
cea New England, on the other hand, wants high
prices for her manufactures and meat and bread at the
lowest possible figure Here them the interests Of the
two sections are 10 direct conflict The war Is IAN
kee MEASURE Il will saddle the United States with an
enormous ds5t which Or generations TO come, will be
an excuse for high tariff and fill the pockets Of the
Yankee manufacturers.
Again the war seals up the Mississippi and closes
the Southern market against the products Of the West
81 thus cutting OF Southern competition the Yankees
are enabled 70 buy provisions cheap. The closing oil
the Mississippi also eompes the people Of the North
ives, 70 seek market by the costly SoRhern routes,
thus bur,hsnug their products With runous charges OF
transportation AL these things euure TO the benefit
Of the Yankees and they sharp enough to see it
With all their pretended anxiety to opeu the navigation
Of the Mississippi it IS easy that they do not
want i, opened because it would deprive them of their
railroad profits aud Of the trade which, by an unnatural
s-o,sss has been forced 10 their towns and cities. The
Yankee IS cute fellow BE lives BY his wits lnhsbit
-a,lf iaa FIR
export are granite aud ice he is compelled resort to
a. sorts Of devices 10 over-reach his neigbbors. As
sooa as the South got tired Of the opertoa and kicked
up he turned dsateution TO the West and now heee-
ing tia; section in the most merciless manner.
Look to the relative condition Of the two great d.
visions The Yankee factories in full operation and
mixing euo-mou. profits The Government, is glorious
customer 70 them-Ysnkee srti6cers furnish all the
supplies for 'he arny-Ysnkee ships and steamboats, do
the transportation and Yankc. capital makes the profits
90 helrtess sp,clatious. The Yankee detailed
for he workshops aud the Yankee reap
iag abundant barvests OF profit.
o. the other hand the breadsfufs and meats of the
West are oppressed ia price, in consequence of the in
ability Of the projaoeTs reach any other THAI the
Ya1kss uarsrt-hnds arc declining in prce-business j.
liagushiaz-lhe men are drafted for the battlefield and
the women have take their places in tng the ground
aud feeding the stock Everything the people Of the
have to buy is e1orbian,ly hgh and everything they
have TO sell Gonnaly low. Under these adverse cir
olmsll1ees taey vil be called pay grinding
Tue property Of the west consists mainly Of lands and
stock These are visible and tangible to the gath
erer They cannot be concealed or smuggled away.
TIE property o. YsrSeedum is id~,l-t consists of
socls aud paper credits aud such will
uish before the approach of the collector. Yankee in
esuuity-yankee perjury and yankee fraud, will evade
tue taxes which the unsophsticated farmer OF the west
vii have to psy The west, heretofore, has done all
the a.ht1g,-acrealer +, viii have 20 do the taK-pay.
ing.
Bat If tie E7-.E~cst would q, once break of from
Ysnleedon and resume peaceful intercourse with lie
Congsdersts Sstss what Jolly time they would have
Q.ld,upls rs.cea for their -four, bacon, beef hay,
cheese WHISKY col thousand Other articles, would
once be realized and Ia return they would get cheap
cotton, tc5icco, rice, sugar. moassss, &c One years
prois Of such Intercourse would repay half their pro-
uort.oa oftbe cost Of the war Il is time the north
ives. should lock ou. Tor itself Nov the golden OPP
porJuui;y. II they neglect it, future Of
'remorseless oppression hes before them What
have thsy 70 hope for ia most unequal fellow
ship viii New England? Loot at tha three
empire States OF Illinois Indiana and Ohio, with their
bogndess resources aai ioerhaus;ihic fertility In
few wears they viii contain ten millions o. feoPc.-
Why should these ten millions have but half the pOii
cal power that is possessed by the hrce millions Of New
FuglaudY Ys, such will he tho case. New England
twelve Senators. and the three great States above
named but six In great COniederacy Ike the old
Uled states the evils Of this inequality neutral
lied By votes Of Southern States and by general bal
aneag Of interests But in the present United States
this esuno be the case and oppression aud consequent
collisions a1d descriptions must come
4 wise forecast aduoaishes the Northwest to seize
the present favorable opportunity Massachusetts, poll
tics have ground them down long enough Massachusetts,
Generals have bsea sent noinally open, but really
70 keep shut, tee channels Of the Mississippi Masss
obusss knsveE? assuming the guise Of'PhilaD;hrOPy
bls involved then IL wax with their tsGs fsicuds OF
the s1=e prucPle tea; there's kick uP IA tie
streets that tbsy usy pick tie pockets Of tie pnHsry il
ths midst Of Tie confusion
Ceus oct, then, Indiana and Iliaos-sys, sad Ohio
toe, from tie land Of bondage. Throw pT the d8lr'
ioa Of yoar Yankee tssknss;ers. To- have been ma
King brick without long enough. Como out, and
yoa viii soon witness in yOur improved condition
The verscatOn Of that passage Of the Scripture which
slrms-" Blessed are thePssce-naksssl