Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-15

tinued In the ascendancy, SO far ruin the
country, strip It of its labor, load 1t with
debtand bankruptcy, and give such efficient
aid ana success to the rebel cause, that they
| win assume the ground that it is better, as
numbers Of their most prominentm have
argued ever since the election Of Mr.. LIN
coin, to let the South go, and establish
| free Northern Confederacy.
Such being the position and inevitable
tendency of the Administration party, how
ridiculous as well as disgraceful in its lead
ers and organs to raise such howl against
! ALEXANDER LONG of Ohio, for coming overto
their side, and expressing his deliberate
conviction that they are right In their posi-
tion In regard to the South, and pointing
out clearly the direction in which they are
rapidly travelling. Why attempt to expel
him from the House, and denounce him as a
traitor 1t is the seyerest condemnation Of
themselves; for If all the Administration
members who agree with Mr.. LONG were
expelled, the House would be without
quorum; and If all the Administration sup
porters who have taken his position were
condemned as traitors, Mr.. LINCOLN would
not have corporals guard among the adj
herents to his policy.
The persecution of Representative LONG
by the Administration tools is nothing but
a lame, impotent and shallow electioneer-
ing trick. 1t is most foolish and ridicu-
lous attempt to manufacture political capital
against the Democratic party. But the
missile will fall harmless to the ground,
and recoil upon those who first hurled 1t
against Democrats. The party leaders,
who are so violent in their denunciations
Of ALEXANDER LONG, retain men In their
ranks and in prominent positions, who have
expressed the same sentiments as he did in
his late speech, and have gone far beyond
him in their utterances. A notable exam
pie of this occurred in the last session Of
the last Congress.
MARTIN f. CONWAY, an Administration
member from Kansas, made a speech in the
House on the 9th of January, 1868, which
was reported at length in the Congressional
Globe of the following day. In that speech
Mr.. CONWAY said he had submitted to the
House several weeks previous, series Of
resolutions asserting, among other things
that it was inexpedient to wage this warrior
the purpose of restoring the Union, and
that the restoration of the Union, as it ex-
listed prior to otherebellion, would be great
er calamity than the rebellion itself. Mr..
CoNwAY's speech was chiefly devoted to the
support Of these positions, and at its conclu-
sion he submitted two joint resolutions
which he exhorted Congress to adopt. The
| first resolution was request to the Presi-
dent to issue general order TO all COM
manders of military departments to discon-
tinue offensive operations against the enc
my, and to act for the future entirely on
the defensive; and the second resolution
was request to the President to enter into
negotiations with the authorities of the Con-
federate States with reference to the cessa-
ton of hostilities, based upon, among other
things, '.Recognition of the Southern Cou-
federacy."
Here was distinct proposition in the
shape OF resolutions offered in the House
for an armistice and an immediate recogni-
ton of Southern independence. Yet no
resolution was offered for the expulsion or
even censure of Mr.. CONWAY. He was not
even rebuked at the time, by any Admins
| tration member, for his reasonable utter
ances, and his Disunion resolutions. AL
ExANDER LONG has not said half as much,
nor gone half SO far as MARTIN F. CONWAY;
vet the former is singled out as the mark
for party malice and persecution, while
CONWAY retains his standing along with
PHIILIps, GARRISON and other old Dis
unionists, as member of the "Union or
ganization. The motive and reason of the
different treatment of LONG and CONWAY
are apparent.
But CoNwAY's is not an isolated CASE
Before the war, and since, prominent sup
porters of the Lincoln Administration have
from time to time, given utterance to SINH
lar sentiments. We need not recite them
here. Some of them the reader will find or
another page of this paper. These declara'
4 tlOnS, as well ds Tile dcts anu wal pVhcy W
the Administration, demonstrate beyond
the shadow of doubt, that the cunning
politicians who have taken charge Of Mr.
LINCOLN, and what they, in derision as I
were, call the "Union" party, discover
clearly the port or vortex to which they arr
rapidly plotting the ship Of state, namely
the Recognition of Southern independence
and the consequent Dissolution Of th'
American Union.
In order to escape the odium and the ever
lasting disgrace that will attach to them il
consequence, they are nsing every art, in
trigue and fraudulent device possible, I,
make the people believe that Democrat
have forced them to this position. But the.
will find that this game will no. win. Hav
ing entered upon the war with the pledg
to restore the Union, and falling to redeem
that pledge, eternal infamy will rest upol
them, and the Administration that had tn
power to save the country and preserve th
liberties of the people, but was faithless ant
treacherous to its trust. re
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