Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-09


EDGNESr OF THE CoNFKDERATEs-A RADICAL
ViEw OF rnk QUESTION.
A few days since Mr.. CONWAY. of Kansas, one
of the most ultra as well as one OF the abIest, Of
the Republican members of Congress, made a
strong speech in favor of peace and the stoppage
of the wa=. The speech is said to have the APP
pro-al of Governor ANDREW, CHARLES SUMNER,
WENDELL Phillips, HoRAcE GREELEY. and
other leading Abolitionists, who held caucus in
Washington just before it was delivered. We
take the following extracts from it. which show
its character:
AGAINST REUNION.
Sir. I am not in favor of estorng the consttu-
tional relations of the shareholders to the Union,
of the to that end On the contrary. l
am utterly and forever opposed TO both. / am in
favor of the Union as it exists to-day. | am in
favor of recognizing the loyal States as the Amer
lean nation, based as they are the principle of
freedom for all, without distinction of race, color
conditOn. 1belieye it To be the manifest des-
tiny of the American nation TO ultimately control
the American Continent on this principle
| conceive. therefore, that the true object of
this IS to revolutonize the Nationai Govern
ment by resolving the \ orth into the nation and
the South into distinct public body, leaving us
in a position to pursue the latter as a separate
State. believe That the direction OF the war to
any other end is peeversion of it, calculated to
subvert the very object it was designed TO effect.
HIS uNoSIsM.
have never allowed myself to indulge i'm that
superstitious adolatry of the Union so prevalent
among simple but honest people, nor that political
cant about the Union so prevalent among the
dishonest ones. | have simply regarded il as a
form of Government, to be valued in proportion
to its merits as an instrument of national pros
perity and power.
THE SOUTH INDEPENDENT.
The war which has come in between the North
and the South for the past two years has made a
revolution Ii has substituted in the South an
other Government for that of the Union. This
is the fact, and the fact in such matter is the
important thing. 1t settles the law. No tech
ncality in question OF this kind can stand. The
war has utterly dissolved the connection between
the North md the South. and rendered them sep
arate and independent powers in the world. This
is the necessary legal effect of civil war any
where. IL makes the belliserent parties indie
pendent Tor the time being, and, unieSs the one
succombs to the other they cOntinte independ-
ent of each other forever.
The principle is laid down by Vattel as fol
lows:
'When a nation becomes divided into two par
ties, absolutely independent, and no longer ac-
knowledging a common superior, the State is dis
solved, and the war between the two parties
stands upon the same ground, in every respect,
public war between two different nations -
[Book III, chap. H. p 42S.
It's not to be wondered at. therefore, that so
learned and profound a jurist as the honorable
member from Pennsylvania Mr.. Stevens should
express the same opinion.
THE DEMOCRACY TRUE TO THE UNION
The Democrats will not, of course, listen to
separation for instant. Such suggestion, in
their eyes, is treason proposition TO dissolve
the Union-f0r which one ought to be hanged
They expect the question whether Union shall be
restored by force 10y compromise to be sub
I mitted 10 the people in the next election; and
upon that to carry the country. Their plan is to
oppose the Administration simply ON its anti
slavery policy. They put in issue the confisca-
ton act, the Missouri emancipation act the Pres
ident's proclamation of emancipation. These
measures they pronounce unconstitutional, deny
their validity. and everything DONE or to be done
in pursuance of them In addition TO this they
attack the Administration on account of its sus-
pension of the writ of habeas corpus, false i'm
prisonment, corruption, im5ecility, &c, and a
thousand other incidents. But the and
the integrity of the Union, they are like adamant
itself They claim to favor the war for the sake
of the Union. but to be for compromise rather
than war. They say very truthlully that the
Republicans have tried force for two years. and
exhausted the country, ard upon this claim the
adoption OF their method as all that is left to be
done This is the manner in which fle pOliti-
clans of the country propose to terminate this
great conflict.
THE GREAT CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
Analiiance seems recently to have been effected
To hot elements
hostile The Border State politicians are the
remnant OF the old Wing and Know Nothing
] parties who, all their lives, cherished intense
| hatred of the Democracy. They now unite with
that party to effect this object The Republicans
of the Albany school, under the sagacious lead
erShip of Mr. Weed, who, for long years fought
the Van Buren, regency, and finally broke il down
through the agency 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 the left by the
/ followers of Clay and Crittenden, and on the
right by the special friends of William H Seward
Such a host may well feel confident 1t is a com
bnation for victory The elements have been
well shaped Not in vain have the border State
politicians thronged the ball of the Presidential
! Mansion. Not in vain has the discreet Secretary
of State incurred the reputation of having be
come imbecile Not in vain has the whole AID
mnstration suffered the odium of drifting with
the tide for lack of a policy. They could well
afford to dispense with the applause of the radi
Gals, while they silently directed that under.c
rent which to refer the gigantic question
with which they would not grdpple, to the decision
of another Presidential election
THE CONSERVATIVES WILL TRIUMPH.
The chief element in the accomplishment oil
this re,ctionary movement is the which the
Administration is conducting for the restoration
| of the Union The war is inGeed the trump card
| of the Democracy: not war for emancipation
not for conquest; but Mr.. Lincoln's war for
the Union. They have no fear that it will serve
the end of Abolition 1t has passed that stage
Its results are now in their keeping. All they
wish is its proongation. In the first place. il
holds the nation pledged to the principle that the
! Union is intact, and the Constitution open to
amendment through Southern votes In the
next place the responsibility of it being with the
Republicans it wsakens them sadly in the cleo
tons And in the third place. its effect is to wear
away and depress the Shareholders and dispose
them in favor of cancellation. The war. in what.
ever aspect it NAV be presented, is an admirable
instrument for them
1T the war should happen to meet with un-
| expected success, and defeat the rebellion the
shareholders will be brought back just in time to
! Join them in the election If it should lag and
| accomplish no results, as now seems likely, this
will inevitably insure them triumph in the popu-
lar vote Their theory is. and it Is a sound one
that the two forces Abolition and Secession. now
in deadly conflict, have only to be permitted to
continue the fight long enough TO each
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