Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-03-03

The Terms ON which the AbO-
lttiOn Party supp Orts the War.

.Thatthe Abolition party you'd not support
the war under uny other than Sd Abolinoa
policy is On acknowledged fact That tie Abl
clifton party Mil not conrenf TO- any pence
which does not Involve eiiliet Attiiioh az
emancipasioH 4 n truth that hdsS bsen again
and again proclaimed by 10 headers and pa
pers These are terms that place the aboli-
tion Of slavery above ths Union, aud aFe there
fore as thoroughly, dislOyal as would .be,a
PROPOSITION fromi the Ouniederate Gbternl
nent 10 re-establish ihe Uaion upon the con.
dition that all free States should become slave
Aboltionism says we will make the slave
States.free or dissolve ihe Union Secession
ism would doubtless be molli6ed by making
free States slave.
Here are opposite interests and opinions
fighting for the mastery, but neither OF them
are fighting for the reconstruction OF the Gov
ernment There is not the minutest fraction
Of loyalty In the position Of either oiitheI par
ties. There is all there can be Of treason in
both.
It is to secure the triumph Of one Of these
parties that the war is waged Loyal men Of
all parties deny the right OF any party in any
section TO wage such contest Abide from
the hopelessness of any other result than dis
union arising from its continuance, are the
added evils OF each day while tits prosecute
ed
That there may be no question as to the
correcthess OF our statement Of the position Of
AbolitiOnism, we quote from the New York
Times Of the 9th instant: ..-s. ID
..-"Compromise Or peace upon any Other
terms than the naked unconditiona surrender
ofthe Sodth@woald- be Just as fatill 10 the
Union as if we acknowledged the indepen-
dence Of the Conlederacy Tomorrow"
To whom or what is to be this naked, un-
conditional surrender2 To the Constitution
aud laws, or the officers and present policies
Of the Government Are they to surrender
TO the emancipation proclamation, the cooniza-
ton schemes Of Ell Thayer, the dismember-
ment Of States, the abroqation Of State laws
and the rule of Military Governors2 We.
wish to know precisely what these much.used
terms of r''naked unconditional surrender"
mean, The New York Times has taught that
as soon as the Rebels lay down their arms
they will be again invested with every eonstitu
tonal and legal right-that the proclamation,
being only military measure, becomes in
operative when war ceased
This may be true as an abstract legal pro
position, but we have already seen the amount
of respect this Administration and this Con
gress have observed for Constitutions and
laws If the New York Times will recall the
observations of the Abolition press when the
proclamation was issued, it will we think, dis
cover that its Interpretation of that document
Is directly opposed TO that of an overwhelm.
ing, majority Of its party. ,ty. t.fnz3
II is useless to deceive the people into a |
belief that the proclamation was intended as
a means to restore the Union, or that it can
be productive of such result. 1t is the end
for which the war is now urged, and to sup
pose il would be abandoned if the South de.
clared its willingness to return under the old
stutus, is to suppose that the Abolition party
revolution with the intention of
ruinjng itself. 1t would be ruin 10 the party
to accept any snch terms