Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-21
LOAN WE CONQUER TIE SOUTH.
From the Nsw York Metropolitan Record

From the Nep York Metropolitan RECORD
We presume no one will venture 10 deny that the
war commenced profs for the restoration Of the
Union, has been converted into for the subjuga-
/ on OF the South We aware that there are some
nay many, amopg the Democracy of the North who
cling to the belief that the integrity Of the Republic
be restored by the sword They tell you that the
policy of the Administration is not their policy, but
they avoW their willis gGsss, with moa7tous uccnset-
ency 10 supply the powers tina. be with The maerG
necessary bring the Sou,h TO terms. Yes, TO errg
the SouIh 10 That is ths word. Now, what are
the terms which the South must acceed before this
relentless and 6endsh lught upon every right that
il dear to uthern as well Northern feemen is ter
minated2 Lee US enumsrate few of them.
No Southern State will be permitted to return 10 the
Union until it sha have abolished the peculiar instilu
| ion.
One tenth of the voters within any of the seeded
the Republican form of Government, guaranteed by
the Constitution is prescribed OF course the fact OF
oue-tsnh of the being invested with such power
is Of itself in sntagonism With the guarantee CT the
Constitution bu, then it should be remembered that
| We are under the reign Of minority President
| TIE cotfcation Of the estates of so-caed rebels
land the liberation of that portion OF their property
in VII ch they secured by the supreme law Of the
/ land.
TIE destruction of towns villages, and plantations,
as ans OF re-estabshing law aud order throughout
| the refractory States of the South
The political equality OF the negro, who, according
70 the latest accounts, is claiming the fgtt OF
age and who will most probably insist upon the
| recognition Of tie claim put forth by some of his
| fri nds to elective Offices.
The reduction OF the Southern States TO the eondi-
ton Of meIe military dependencies Of the Washington
despotism.
These are some Of the conditions upon which this
unholy war wAged against the South is to cease,
AID when the Southern people reduced 10 the most
abest submission when, through persecution such as
the devish spirit Of abtltionism knows so well how o
iahcI they are brought to level almost aslow g. tht
OF the negro, they will accept these terms aud no
sooner As for the Uaion that the Fa hers OF tbs Re-
public gave up, longer exs:s; 1t has beea over
Wtelmed in deiuge Of blood; memory OF wrong
and outrag that no Union eface is treasured
up in the Southern heart against the Northern ates.
The deep Dg of katred with which the struggling
coonis.s regarded the other country" rep oducsd
in all its intensity in the Sou bern breast towards tho
sDotic poEer that seeks, with Nofthern money and
Northe men, to crush them 70 the earth. And have
not done almost TO arouse thir hatred? Have
we not carried fire and sword anCng those whom we
were at one time proud to Cal couttymenS Have
we not declined to enter upon fair terms Of compro
mise? Have We not even imprisoned Northern men
1ho were suspected If entertaining any sympathy for
them What worse treatment could We have given our
most deadly enemy, nOs TO speak Of those whom we
pro(esss 10 be desrous oil living terms Of faterna
intercourse with hereafter? AGe not these the relations
in which the North and South stand towards each
otherS We are warning for their suSugaiion; they are