Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-07

sented, is an admirable instrument for them. /
II il should happen TO meet with unexpected I
success and defeat the rebellion, tho slave
holders win be brought hack just in time 70
Join them In the election. II itshould lag
and accomplish no results as now seems
likely, this will inevitably insure them tri-
umph in the popular vote. Their theory is
and il is sound one---that the two forces,
Abolition and Secession, now in deadly con-
hict, have only 10 be permitted to continue
the eight long enough to wear each other out
and cause the political waters to subside to
their former level.
Thus, on the basis OF the war, they have
complete mastery Of the situation, aud no
earthly power can prevent their success
The Army OoRservatire
Nevertheless, without reference to the re-
suit Of the war, consider the chances Of the
Conservatives in the election far superior to
that Of the Administration. Great reliance Is
placed by the latter on the vote of the soldiers
but, in my opinion, this is delusiye. The sol.
diers will be affected in like manner with the
rest of the people and, moreover, will be tired
OF military service and anxious to return home.
They will be dissatisfied from thousand eau.
ses and desire a change. The suffering and
indignation, yet to be engendered BY the un-
limited issue OF an irredeemable paper curren-
cy, will of itself overwhelm the AdministrA-
ton party, and sink it deeper than plummet
ever sOunded But the Democrats, in my
Judgment, safely calculate that they can take
issue on any one Of hundred necessary in
cidents Of the war, and defeat their opponents
by large majority.
The Proclamation a Failure.
Many suppose that the effect of the Procla
nation of Emancipation will be to so thorough
ly speedily, and completely annihilate and
extirpate slavery, that the shareholders will
have no longer "a motive to act together This
lis an cgregious mistake The proclamation
will have no such effect. 1t cannot have any
such effect Its consttutionalitY is denied II
is still unexecuted, and its validity undeter
mined The whole subject is yet open to de-
bate and final settlement Tho Judiciary De-
partment is TO render its decision upon it. and
in the mean time, il is to oe the controlling
issue in a popular election for President. This
state of things will undoubtedly inspire the
Shareholders witha more resolute purpose than
ever Their effort will not, as heretofore, be
to prevent the Aboltionists from freeing the
! slave as a distant and speculative proposition,
but to rescue bim from the grasp of the enemy
already actually laid upon him. 1t will re-
double their will and briug out every latent
energy
Sumner his Nagnus Apollo.
The Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Sum
ner,) who has lately been reelected to serve
another term Of six years in the body he has
so long adorned, should, in the crisis, point us
I to the proper action His purely Northern
character, his great abilities, his lofty aspira'
tions, his sacrifices for freedom, the entire con-
lidence of his State, so spontaneously bestow-
! ed upon hm--and that State the noblest in
America--all single him out as one authorized
. and required to speak with decisive voice on
this great occasion.
There are also IN this House gentlemen
whose words this momentous themo the
> country will listen 10 with intense interest
The honorable member from Pennsylvania
(Mr, Thaddeus Stevena) one of the truly grea
men of Amerca-lnll of learning and wis
dom-lried by long years of arduous service
in this cause, who has never faltered, and il
now reelected in his District by overwhelm
! ing numbers, stands foremost among those o
whom the nation will expect deliverauce from
J. the danger which encompass it. Let thes,
men, aud such as these, speak, and tell the
+ country what to doin this hour of transeen
dent peril
Nevertheless, l can not refrain from eI
pressing my individual opinion that the trut
; policy Of the North is TO terminate this wa
. at once, The longer il continues the vors,
= our situation becomes Let the two Houses
- of Congress adopt the following resolutions
y "Resolred by The Senate and House ef Rep
o reseRtatives &c That the Executive be, anC
II he is hereby requested to issue general or
y der 10 all commanders of forces in the severa
9 military department Of the United States t
% discontinue offensive operations against thu
d enemy, and to act for the future entirely OF
: the defensive
IS "Resolped, That the Executive be, and be
Al is further requested to enter into negotiation
with the authorities Of the Confederate State
with reference to cessation OF hostilities
IN based on the following propositions; |. Re-
Is cognition Of the independence Of the Con
il federate States 2 uniform system Of du
d ties upon Imports 3 Free trade between
8, the two States 1 Free navigation OF tn,
y Mississippi River s. Mutual adoption o
is the Mono doctrine,
j, (tn Lire Together.
- entirely Disagree with those who asser
n that it is impossible that the North aud Sout
- could live peaceably side by side, becaus
~ there are no natural boundaries between th
>, two, such AS Rocky Mountains or the Atlanti
y, Ocean lhs 10 q bugbear with which we in
y pose upoo ourselves. The people of th
II North aud South can never become foreig
- nations 20 each other in the sense in whie
~ y. the Freneh and English or Russians ar
70 70 They are .prung from the same origin, spea
nc the same langphge, possess common liter
~ =, ture, inherit similar politics and religion
as views, and ilhabii regions closely eonnectt
le BY natural aud artificial ties They will ther
Q, fore, both he always Apleriodn The on
e9 great difference between them is Of a soci
oi political nature, namely, that which aris
Sc from the existence OF African slavery in on
ey and the absence of il in the other.
az az This fact, however, offers no obstacle Whp