Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-28

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md pfoposed. whe6 therefore, nation de
facton has shown that her people are united
in resistance 70 the old government, possess
sufficient strength 70 resist successfully, and
a, The same time preserve internal govern
ment and order, il il entitled to recognition,
and admission into the family Of nations,
and the var against Is Independence shopld
cease Next; a nation "de facto, while 10
war with the government which il hes th"/
Of. is entitled to belligsrent rights .'own
is meant, al ofthssc right %. .y cn wmcn
are prescribed IN The code on ;nssrno sSn,,,; mse
lac, as qppertafpss0 % nations ,chen inrolrs
ed in todr
When the cieii authority OF government
ceases to be respected or regarded. and its
laws can no longer be enforced, by ordipsry
and prescribed means within given part Of
it's territorial dominion, if it should resort 10
war, for the purpose Of regaining the power
which IL has lost, the war must be conducted,
upon those principles, which are recognized,
aud established among civilized nations. The
reason is obvious: no nation, has, or can
have, a code Of law for its own government
in war, established by itself, and distinct from
that, by which all other nations are, governed,
in like circumstances hence resort must be
had to that code which has been established
by consent of the whole family OF nations;
which is founded upon principles OF justice
and humanity, and designed to ameliorate
the horrors Of war. Any deviation from this
code, for the, purpose Of iphicting greater
injury, or suffering, upon the enemy, or upon
The Inhabitants OF his country, than is justi6-
ed by the laws Of war as therein contained,
is properly regarded as aaording conclusive
evidence of the moral debasement of the
wrong done, and Of the existence Of R cruel,
savage, and malignant spirit among the peo-
pie, who will sanction such outrages No
nation, however powerful can violate the
rules of civilized warfare, and then expect
to command the respect and admiration Of
other nations. 1t may boast Of its civilization,
and proclaim its christianity throughout the
whole earth, but in that event, il will deceive
no one, whose moral sense is not depraved
like its own, while It adds the vices Of hypoc-
risy, and lying, to its other crimes
The ancestors Of the people Of the United
States, were once subjects of Great Britain,
inhabiting thirteen distinct colonies all of
which belonged to that great nation. On the
4th day of July l776, these colonies declared
the emselves independent of the mother eoun-
try--s declaration, which brought thirteen
new nations into existence, ,--wsr ensled
Does any man in England, America, or in
the civilized world, think that, that war should
have been conducted, in q fierce, cruel, and
vindictive spirit, by the English government,
that the country should have been laid
waste, the homes OF the people first pillaged,
and then destroyed,-tha their villages, and
towns, should have been sacked and then, con-
sumed by fre,-that the citizens should have
been required 10 take oaths of allegiance; !; or
else hurried off to foreign prisons,-that non,
beligerents should have been murdered, be.
cause they sympAthiEed with their country
men, and the women ravished7 Does he
think that the British parliament should have
passed laws for the copiseatiop OF the pro-
perty of 'the rebels, and the king have is
sued proclametions, inviting the negroes, who
were distributed throughout all the colonies,
to insurrection, which includes the murder Of
women and children2 If such opinions are
entertained, in regard to the rights of Great
Britain, and the duty imposed upon her by
the rebellion Of the colonies, it has not been
my evil fortune TO hear It expressed on the
contrary, have always been told that they
were entitled to be treated with the same con.
sideration VIII ch is extended TO any other
nation while engaged in war, and this / be-
lieve has been the opinion Of the whole world
Having as think, shown to the satisfac
ton of every sane man, that the Southern
States, we're entitled to every bellgerent right
from the date Of their secession, or from the
commencement OF the war; why then | ask
has the Lincoln Government disregarded the
| law of nations, in the prosecution of the wal
/ against them2 Why has the war been con
, Quoted in spirit Of cruelty, more terrible
than that which animated the Indians who
were recently hung in Minnesota Are the
Aboltionists, or Philanthropists, as they pre-
fer to be called, above oil laws, human ant
divine Or do they hope to escape the indig
/, nation ofmankind, and the vengeance of God
, for all these crimes, committed against thei
( own race, on the pretence that they wer
, caused by love to the iAfricanP If so, the
are sadly mistaken for love never found
/ habitation in the breasts of cruel and corrup
) men; and by them it has only been assume,
ltto1 Justify the malignant hatred, with whic
5 the South has been prosecuted
sl "A The honor, and the interests Of the Wester
Ppeople, alike demand that this unholy wa
r shall be broughtto q speedy conclusion iTh
4 ilonaer it lasts the wider will be the sepAratio
n between the inhabitants of the Souther
4 States, and those of the West, and the NOR
a certain our own ruin. The seeds of hatred
It WHICH have been already sown by this cru,
b war, between these two great divisions
Il our country once so closely united by tn
d bonds Of interest, will be hard to eradicat
5 perhaps not until the present, and next SUI
d eeeding generation has passed away. Let I
a. beware lest the breach be made irreparab
n and eternal The Southern Stateswiii moi /
o conquered-their inhabitants are not Of thi
r material Of which slaves are made Boil
q resolute, chivalrous, aud intelligent, they he,
> de6ed, end will continue to defy every effo
r. Of Lincoln and his hosts to subjugate ther