Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-02-13
The Abolition Plan of Northern Nation
.--Speech of M. r. Conway.

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The Abolition Plan of Northern Nation
s--Speech of M. +. Conway.
How. MARTIN F. CONWAY, of Kansas, 10 an
Abolitionist "dyed in the wool" He is also g
prominent and distinguished leader in the so
called Republican party. GREELEY, in his TTib-
sns Almanac for 1861 and '63, in giving his lists
of the members of the present, or XXXVIIth
Congress, and their politics, marks Mr.. CONWAY
down ss o Republican.
Mr.. CONWAY made O notable speech In the
House Of Representatives on the 9th of jan
nary last. The extracts. we give In this article
are taken, word for word, from that speech as
reported In the Washington Globe Of Jan. %.
NO WAR yoR THE RESTORATION OF THE UNION.
Mr.. CoNWAY opened his speech as follows:
had the honor to submit to this House, sew.
ersl weeks ago, series of resolutions, assert
ing, among other things, that il was inexpedient
to wage this war for the purpose Of restoring
the Union that the restoration of the Union as
h existed prior to the rebellion, would be q
greater calamity than the rebellion itself that
being ssssiled upon principles Of ordinary war
fare as between separate nations and that it
was matter for serious reflection whether the
rixhtful authority of the nation could be rees-
tablished without q change in the peysonnei of
the Executive Department. Members Of the
House, on both sidee, we're exceedingly swift to
testify thoir opposition TO such views |; and my
resolutions were laid on the table by vote of
132 Ito 1.
TEE FIRST STEP THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
Mr.. CoHWAY, after developing his views Of
Che conduet CT the war, came to this conclusion:
The first step, therefore, which should have
been taken In the progress Of the war, was to
acknowledge o revolution, 70 recognize the
South In its new character, to assume the North
TO be exclusively the nation, and then to pursue
the war for conquest, or not pursue it at all, as
might have eeemed most expedient and proper
for the time being.
TEE DEMOCRATS STAND LIKE ADANANT FOR THE
UNION.
In demonstrating that the Republican or
Abolition party Was "gone up" if the Union
was restored, Mr.. CONWAY said:
The President was elected by the Republi
cans, and seems to be their representative. His
course, however, has not been such as TO pro.
mote their end. When he came into power the
expectation and logical inference was, that the
shareholders would be crushed out. The ten
dency among the Democrats was then TO tenn |
porary separation. Bot since that time things
have undergone change. The Executive has
not made war upon che South in any proper |
sense, and the South has not been crushed out. |
Bot, on the contrary, It has boldly held Its own,
and she prospect Of Ice speedy extinction is not
now very brilliant; consequently the Democrats |
have turned round. They think the Union may |
ret be restored through concilistion and COM
promise. They are not now In favor Of any
separation, not for an hour. How emphatically
the honorable member from Ohio answered the |
question put BY himself, "shall We separste7
No! No! Nop The President has played into
the hands of these gentlemen most com pletely;
and bis proposition that the Union is indivsible,
and that the war must be waged only to restore
the constitutional relations between the
Governments and the people of the re-
volted States, is entirely In their inter
eat. \ He has held the issue OPEN
II 10 now evident that force, 40 a. controlling
element In the strife, has spent itself; and that
either conciliation or temporary separation
not, Of course, listen 90 separation for an in |
stant. Such q suggestion in their eyes, now, is
treasoE--a proposition to dissolve the Union
for which one ought to be hanged. They ex.
poet the question WHISTLER the Union shall be
restored by force or compromise to be submit i
ted 70 the people In the next election; and up.
on chat 10 carry the country. Their plan is 70
oppose the Administration simply on its anti
slavery policy. They put in issue the confsca-
tion act, the Missouri emancipation act, and
the President's proclamation Of emancipation.
These measures they pronounce unconstitution-
al, deny their validity, and everything done or
10 be done 10 pursuance of them. 10 addition
10 this, they attack the Administration on ao-
count Of ito suspension of the writ of habeas
poypas, false imprisonment, corruption, imbecil-
Ity, etc., and thousand other incidents. But
on the war and the integrity Of the Union. they
are like adsmant iaelE They claim to favor
the war for tho sake Of the Union, but to be for
compromise rather than war. They say very
truthfully thet the Republicans have tried force
for two years, and exhausted the country, and
upon this claim tho adoption Of their method as
ell that 10 left TO bs done. This is the manner
in which the politicians of the country propose
30 terminate this great conflict. 4
rHH END OF THE WAR TEE END or THE aEPUBLI-
CAMS.
After showing that the ensuing elections
must result In Democratic and Conservative
siumph, Mr.. CoNwAY proceeded thus;
Bat the simple Republicans seem TO imagine