Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-03-03
SPEECH Fen srOPPlSG THE WAR,
IN TIE
HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIVE
WASHINGTON,
MIR CONWAY
ARadIcaIV view orlhe Oues,IoD,


From :he Cincinnati Enquirer.
few days since, Mr.. Conway, of Kan
sas, one Of the most ultra, as we'll as one Of
the ablest OF the Republican members Of
Congress, made a strong speech in favor Of
peace and the stoppage of the war. The
speech is said TO hav Q the approval of Gov
ernor Andrew, Charles Sumner. Wendell
Phillips, Horace Greeley, aud other lead
ing Abolitionists. who held a caueus in
Washington just beforelit was delivered -
Ii is very important demonstration. w,
take the following extracts from it, which
show its character.
NE II AcAINsT RE UNION.
Sir, am not in favor of restoring the
constitutional relations of the sIayeholder.
to the Union, nor OF the war to that end -
On the contrary, / AN utterly and forever
opposed to both. / am In favor of the I'm.
ion as it exists to-day. am In favor of "a
cogniSirg the loyal States as the American
nation, based as they are on the priueinIe
OF freedom for ell, without distinction Of
race, color and condition. believe il IA
be the manifest destiny of the American
nation to ultimately control the American
Continent on this principle.
l conceive, therefore, that the true oh
Ject OF this war is to revolutioniEe the ma.
nonai Government by resolving the North
into the nation and the South into a distinct
public body, leaving rs 10 q position 10
pursue the latter as separate State. I
believe that the direction of the var 10 anv
other end is perversion oft, calculated e
S1bVert the very object il was designed 70
effect. "
his CNIoNIsM.
l have never allowed myself 10 ipdul1a
10 that supersticious idolatry of the Union
30 prevalent among simple bot honest peo.
pie, nor that political cant about the Union
30 prevalent among dishonest ones have
simply regarded it az q form of Govern.
ment, to be vslued in proportion to its mer-
lts as an instrument Of national prosperity
and power.
TIE SOUTH INDEPENDENT,
The war which has como in between The
North and the South for the past two years
mas mace revolution. IL has substituted
10 the south another Government for that
OF she Union. This is the fact, and the
TACT IN such matter is the important
thing. Ii settles the Law. No technicaIity
10 question Of this kind can stand. The
war has utterly dissolved the connection
between the North and the South, and rem.
dered them separate and Independents DOW
ers IN the world. This is the necessary le-
gal effect Of civil war any where. It makes
the belligerent parties Independent for the
time being, and unless the one succumbs TO
the other. they continue independent Of
each other forever.
The principle is laid down BY Vattel as
follows:
when nation becomes divided into two
parties, absolutely independent, and no
longer acknowledging O common superior.
the State is dissol we'd and the war between
the two parties stand upon the same
ground, IN every respect, as O pubic war
between two different nations. BOOK III.
chap. IL, p. 428.
1t s not to be wondered at, therefore
that 90 learned and profound a iurist as the
honorable membe: from ennssIvania IMr.
Stevens should express the same ouin
ion.
TIE DEMOCRACY TRUE TO THE UNION.
The Democrats win not. of course, listen
70 separation Tor an instant. Such q sug.
gestlon, 10 their eyes. is treason-a propo-
sitiou to dissolve the Union-for which one
ought TO be hanged. They expect the ques-
ton whether the Union shall be restored
by force or BY compromise 10 be submitted
to the people in the next election and up>
on that to carry the country. Their plan
is to oppose the Administration simply on
its anti-slavery policy. They put in issue
the Confscation Act, the Missouri Emap-
cipation Act, AID the Presidents ProcIa-
nation Of Emancipation. These measures
they pronounce unconstitutional, deny their
validity, and every thing done, or 10 be
done, in pursuance Of them. In addition
to this, they attack the Administration on
account Of its susps nsicn Of the writ. Of
ha6edS corpus, fslse imprisonment, corrup-
tion, imbecIlity, &C., and q thousand other
incidents. But on the war and the inteRri.
ty Of the Union; they are like sdamant il.
self. They claim to favor the war for the
sake OF the Union, TO be for COMPROMISE
rather than war. They say very truthful.
" that the Republicans have tried force
for two years, and exhausted the country.
and upon this claim the adoption of their
method as all that ia left to be done. This
is the manner it which the politicians of
the county propose to termin ate this great
conflict.
TIE GREAT coNsERvATIvE PARTY.
An alliance seems recently 10 have been
effected to this end between certain eIe.
ments heretofore hostile. The border
State politicians are the remnant of the
old Wing and Know Nothing parties. who.
all their lives, cherished An Intense hatred
Of the Democracy. They now unite wish
that party TO effect this object. The Re
publicaDs Of the Albany school. under the
eagscious Leadership Of Mr.. Weed, who, for
long years fought the Van Buren, regency
OF free-soil. are also hand in glove with
their old opponents. Thus the army Of the
Democracy takes the field for the next great
political battle, supported on the len BY
the followers Of Clay and Critteuden, and
on the right BY the special friends Of vii,
liam H. Seward. Such host may well
feel confident. Il 10 O combination for VIC
tory. The elements have been well shaped.
Not 10 vain have the border State petite.
iens thronged the ball of the Presidential
Mansion. Nos 10 voin has the discreet
Secretary Of State incurred the reputation
Of having become imbecile. Not in vsin
has the whole Administration suffered the
Odium of drafting with the tide Of lack Of q
policy. They could we'll afford to dispense
with the applause Of ihs radicals, while
they silently directed that under
current which was to refer the gigan-
tic question, with which they would not
gFspple. TO the decision Of another Presi-
Dental election.
TIE CONSERVATIVES WILL TRIUMPH.
The chief element in the accomplishment
Of this reactionaTy movement is she war
which the Administration is conducting for
the restoration of the Union.
The war 10 indeed the trump card Of the
Democracy not war for emancipation; not