Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-07
Extracts from Hon. N. +. COn-
ways Speech.


from Hon. M. +. Con-
ways speech.
A few days since, Mr.. Conway, Of Kansas, !
one OF the most ultra, as we'll ~ one Of the
ablew 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 have the approval Of Gov. Andrews, Charles
Sumner, Wendell Phillips, Horace Greeley,
and other leading Abolitionistst who held
caucus in Washington Just before ii was do
livered tits very important demonstta-
ton. We take the following extract from 1t,
which show its character ;--EnQUfFer.
Hsi AgGinst Re linton
Sir, am not in favor of restoring the con-
stitutional relations Of the shareholders to the
Union, nor Of the war 70 that end. On the
contrary, am utterly and forever opposed 10
both. / am in favor Of the Union as il exists
to-day. am in favor Of recognizing the
loyal States as the American nation, based as
they are on the principle Of freedom for all
without distinction of race, color or condition
believe it to be the manifest destiny Of the
American nation to ultimately control the
American Continent on this principle.
conceive, there, that the true object of
this war is TO revolutionize the etnationAl Gov
ernment by resolving the North into the ma
ton and the South into q distinct pnblic body,
leaving US in position to pursue the latter as
separate State believe that the direction
Of the war to any other end is a perverSon
of it, calculated to subvert the very object it
was desigded to effect
His Unionism
have never allowed myself TO indulge in
that superstitous idolatry of the Union so
prevalent among simple but honest people,
nor that political cant about the Union so
prevalent among dishonest ones. have
simply regarded 1t as form Of Government,
to be valued in proportion to it's merits as an
instrument Of national prosperity and power,
The South Independent
The war which has come in between the
| North and the South for the past two years
has made revolution. 1t has substituted in
the South another Government for that Of the
Union. This is the fact, and the fact in such
a matter ia the important thing, 1t settles
the law. No teehncality in a question Of this
kind can stand. The war has utterly dssolv
ed the connection between the North and
South. and rendered them separate aud in
dependent powers in the world. This is the
necessary legal effect of civil war any where.
It makes the belligerent parties independen
for the time being, and, unless the one sue
cumbs to the other, they continue indepen
dent of each other forever.
The principle is laid down by Vattel as fol
lows:
"When q nation becomes divided into two
, parties, absolutely independent, and no longe
acknowledging common superior, the Stat
- s,o'ds no., The same oronnd in eve,v re
80, ~ pnh,;o var hetween too diasren
sPsiIS RooL IIJ chon " n A2s
! ' 7, ;a no, 10 he wondered AZ therefore tba
40 iaarnad and nrofound iurist as the homo,
ob,a her from PennsvlyaniaG GMr Stevens
aLonid ~ axnrass The same on,nion
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ssnora,ion for an instant Sucb a snggast;oy
> in the ewes, is treason-a proposition to di.
solve the Union-for which one ought to b
[ hanged They expect the question whethe
the Union shall be restored by force or b
L compromise 10 be submitted to the people il
i the next election; and upon that to carry tn
E country. Their plan is to oppose the Admin,
tration simply on its ant-slavery policy. The
put in issue the Confscation Act the Mi
@ souri, Emancipation Act, and the President
= Proclamation of Emancipation. These meal
. ures they pronounce unconstitutional, den
8 their validity, and every thing done, or to b
|. done. in pursuance of them. In addition /
!, this, they attack the Administration on a.
u count of its suspensicn n Of the writ of habec
: corpus, false Imprisonment, corruption imb
O. cility, &c, and a thousand other Incidents
But on the war and the integrity of the Unio
: they are like adamant itself They claim t
Is favor the war for the sake of the Union, br
Ito be for compromise rather than war. The
say very truthfully that the Republicans ha,
n tried force for two years and exhausted Ii
,s country. and upon this claim the adoption