Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-02-05
~ ABOLITION lDl>UNIyN!sr
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To, ma I;sten 10 Martin j. IonwHy.
,..re,e ota,iye 10 Congress from A""-
:. us ia a leader in tho Repnbhca"
,.r,y-- speaks with authority 10 W
-. mo-. and is ono of,he oraclcs OF The
,boli,iouis,s to Congress. lilo q "e"
rom most OF his abolition brethren y
,h,.-hc i. more honest. The RANK
and Gle cndeavor to conceal their w.
.,;,s ,naer a taltcrcd cloak OF
n..rio,ism. Conway comes oat p'a'"S
and declares against the on Oh "
,c.,,,e. the same posi,ioa that The n
Y Tribune did in November, lsoo'
.,o, !, declared that "ige sh1R resist a"
co,,eire measures 10 keep u the o9u'')
IN HE Union = the same that Inc o"'-
car, Tribune did in December, isoo'
wien i, said. do not let US mako ols-
union ,mpossitis'--'he same 'h"' ''e
abortion party in general counting !"
The Pres,dent, held before the war o'ok'
cut. Directly after Greeley, Ph"'iPs E"
Co. lief, w asbnetou, Mr. Conway mace
the speech alluded to. This TACT Is OF
TOO crea, significance TO be dis'egafdeo.
We make tho following extla:'s ifo"
the New York Commercial "A 'epubli-
can paper, which say;
TIE most origioa! and nosicehle OF an
these par,.an dlscoarses, IS that "nich
was read il the i,nse today ny MI,
C,pway.a Mary land ant, ,ia'cry mAh,
who has been prominently 'dtpt'hcu
with II losas matters, and who now 10
the Representative OF that state. ms
eri,lett coneietioa that separation as "'eo
itaLie WAS not shared by many VI.
heard hun. The IDEAS iehieh AR. Con-
mag adeanced are tie key notes o. ae,t
e!eucais in american politics.
Here We have the highest republican
authority for declaring that "thc idea
wnich Dir. Conway advanced are H.
KEY notice OF new elements in Am.ii-
can poi,,ics"--an authority winch ha
never sympa,hized with those ideas an
which shows It's repugnance to them D
The observation that they "serc 10
sha,ei b. masy who heard them.
Hero is sample OF the speech.
il short, but il speaks volumes
In his Judgment the war had n'
been conducted with any purpose ct .
curing ,riumpt to the natl ,nal arms,
the saljag-t on OF the public .no,n
At no stsye OF its progress las The 4
ccut,vo sought the csn9ne't OF u
South. Its exclusive aim has teen
restore tie constitutional geiations
Mspe,ple Of Tie seeded States y I
Emvn.
Oi course Mr.. C,nwav is opposed
restoring the constitutional reiai ions
the syu,rAu l 81 Itself, Proceeding
sys:
Even for his late proclamation OF ems
cipaliIn he SEEKS sufeati,n on the e
elusive ground OF TIA absolute necessi
IL tie end Of restoring The Union. 7
this policy he (Mr. C.l had been strfn
oasiy opposed from the commenceme
OF the war. lie bad regarded il as Il
terry IN sound Ia principle and calculate
TO produce consequences tne most di
' astrous.
He was in favor Of The Union as
srists 10 day, and in favor Of recognzi,
the ioyal states as the American na,io
lie conceived, there one, that the Il,
obi set OF this war la to revoInliouize Il
Nx,ona1 Government 10y resovii Q Il
North INTO tho nation, and The Sou
into a diS,inct public body, leaving
,n a condition TO pursue the latter Ms
separate Sta q. lie believed tnat Il
rect'on Of the war 10 any other end i,
pe,version of il, calculated to subvc
the very object it vas designed To eiicc
To his apprehension, this war is
manifestation OF Northern pouer, in
pelie bv taturai forces, seeking enho,
inent N a national form, ard oxpiri,
." t"c ""'"HttO" ~ thtS HitHeUt 1t
Tie result of an idea, and vi Mother
gF,wth aud character.
Here we have tho true definition
whai The war means according 10 the 4
olnion dictionary. The war is "tbe ,
smlt Of an idea.' viz the aholi,ion
slavery. II is "a manifestation of nor,
ern power seeking "domiaion of /,
continent" Mr.. Conway goes on
favor recognition Of the South for t
purpose " fighting itin a new chars
ter:
The first step. therefore, which sboa
have been taken IN The progress OF i,
war wa. TO acknowledge q reynlniin