The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-18
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SPEECH FOR STOPPING TBE WAR.
IN THE House sP RErREsENTLrIvRs Ar WASHINGTON
w Nh. CONWAY, AK IBLR RgPUBL1cAN NkNBEH
PE0H KANsAs-HH PROPOSES fHH ACKNOWLEDGE. y.
MINT OF TIE ooSFBnERATEs--A RADICAL YtEw Of
THK QUESTION.
few days ago, Mr.. Conway Of Kansas, one Of tn,
Msst ura, as we'll as one Of the ablest Of the Repub
lican members Of Congress, made a strong speech in
.favsFof peace and the stoppage Of the war The
speech seAid to have the approval Of Gov. Andrew
Charles sumner, Wendell Phillips, Horace GrselJ
aHd other leading Abolitionists, who held caucus IL
Washington just before il was delivered It Is ye.
~ important demonstration. We take the following
extracts from II, which show It's character
he Is AGAINST REUNION.
sr7I sm not In iayor ofrestoring the constitution.
a relations 81 the slayeholders 10 the Union ner Of
the war to that end. On the contrary, am utterly
and forever opposed TO beth. | am IN favor of tho
Union a. II exists to-day. an in favor Of ecogni.
zag the loyal States as the American nation, based
Nv they are on the principle OF reCdora for all With
oct distinction OF race, eolor or condition. believe
il to be the manifest destiny of the American nation
TO ultimately csntrsl the American continent this
PriRcple. conceive, that therefore the true object
0t ths var 70 10 reYoluti0nze the national gCVerA-
nent by resolving the Nsrth iHto the Nation and the
South into distinct puhlic body, leaving u in Pc
sltien 10 Pursue the latter separate State be-
IleYe that the dhectiOn ~ war to- any other end is
perVersion ~ IT. calculated 10 subyer the very object
II was designed to effect.
HIs uSIoNIsM.
have neyst allowed mysolftV indulge in thbt su
pertitous idOatry Of the Union 10 prevalent Nmeng
She simple but honcst people, nor that political cant
abost the Unsn, 50 prevalent ameng dishonest oHea
have simply regarded It as q form OF Government te
be walked 1 proportion to its merits az an instrument
Of national prosperity anG honor.
~ TIE SOUTH INDEPENDENT.
The war which has come in between the Nsrth and
the Seuth for the past two years, has made revou
tOR II has substituted in The South annthsr GnvelA
ment for that Of the Union. This is the fact and the
fact In sach matter u the important thing 1t set
ties the law. No technicay in question Of tbia
kind can stand. The war has utterly, dissolved the
connection between the Nsrth and South, and rem
dsrSd them seperats aud Independent powers in the
verdi This Is the necessary legal effect of civil war
anywhere, 9t makes the beligCrent parties ndeptn-
deat fer the tme being and unless the one succombE
to the other they continue Independent of each 9TH
or forever The principle is laid down by Vattel, as
follows: When nation becomes divided into two
parties, absolutely independent, arg no longer &C.
knowedging common superior, the State is dis
solved, and the war between the two parties stands
upOn the same ground, in every respect as public
war between two different nations. - Book II chap.
II, D. 42S II is not to be wondered at, therefore
that 30 learned and profound iH1st the honerabe.
MEMBER from Pennsylvania Mr.. Stevensl should ex-
press the same opinion.