Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-02-25
Peace from a New Quarter.

The EcpineI has speech delivered by Mr. Conway, of
Kansas in the Yankee Congress- with the appreciation OF
Governor Andrew Charles Sumner Horace Greeley, and
other leading abolitioniss. Conway himself is one OF
the most violent of the abolition party and 1t is in the
interest Of abolition that he himself the advocate
of peace Of recognizing che Southern COnfederacy and
eternal separation His apprehension is, that the Demo
Gratis who are bitterly opposed to dissolution and for
construction any terms, that the shareholders may
desire will carry the North with them at the cleo
tons He is therefore for making free nation Of the
present loyal States at once aud thereby defeating the
possibility of slsvShOliing Union hereafter.
He concluded his speech with the following important
resolutions
cannot refrain from expressing my individual opin-
ion that therue policy of the North is to terminate this
war at once. The longer il continues, the our
situation becomes Let the two Houses of Congress
adopt the following resolutions;
"Resolved by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tives &C. That the Executive be- and he is hereby
auested TO issue general order to all commanders of
forces in the several military departments OF the United
States to discontinue offensive operations against the
enemy aud to act for the future entirely the defen-
sve.
Resolved That the Executive be- aud he is, further
requested to enter into negotiations with the auhOri-
ties of the Confederate States with reference to
:
lst Recognition Of the independence Of the COufede-
rate States I'd. A uniform system Of duties upon i'm.
ports Sd Free trade between the two States. 4th
free navigation of the Mississippi river. 5th Mutual
adoption of the Monroe doctrine.
THE HOMOGENEOUS INTERESTS or rHE NoR,u AND The
sOUrH-cAN rHEY LIVE ToGEiHEE:
entirely disagree with those who assert that it is I'M
possible that the North and South could live peaeeaby
side by side because there natural boundaries be-
tween the two such the Rocky Mountains the Allan
tic Ocean This is bugbear with which impose our
selves The people of the North and South and S1uth
become foreign natous to each other, in the
sense in which the French and English and Russians
They sprung from the origin, speak the same
language, possess common literature, inherit similar
politics aud religious views, and inhabt regions closely
connected by natural and artifciatics They will there.
fore both be American. The only great difference between
them is OF social aud political nature namely, that which
arises from the existence Of African slavery in one and the
absence of it in the other This fact however offers no
obstacle whatever to such separation is involved in
independent political jurisdiction; the contrary great
" facilitates it, Before the Federal Union was estab.
lished all the Slates were Independent. and as
ISOLATED under Articles Of Confederation in the nature
of treaty. The arguments now adduced 70 show the
impractcability of present separation between the
North and South go with equal force to prove the i'm
possibility q what then actually existed and was ac'
cepted in the of the thirteen original States of the
Union. The latter stood towards each other precisely
as the North and South would stand should they stop
the war aud enter into treaty. 1t would simply be
resolving the North and South into Confederate States
resumng TO them the Old basis of the Confederation
This would be the whole Of It, Ii is, therefore, very
simple operation. do not suggest this, however, on
the idea that should it be adopted the separation
it implies would be permanent believe it would in
sure an ultimate reunion ant-savery basis.
have confidence in the inherent vitality Of Northern
civilization. have no fear TO SET il in competition with
the South Let them proceed side by side in the race
of empire and we shall see which will triumph