Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-25
who the Traitors!

who the Traitors!
In the House Of Representative, Hon. NJ. F.
CoxwAr. Republican member from Kansas.
on the 18th of December 1862. offered the fol-
lowing resolutions, which copy from the Con-
gressional Globe:
ResOtred, That freedom and slavery cannot
CO exist in the same government without produc
ing endless strife aud civil war; that "a house iii
vded against itself cannot stand" and that
''this nation must he all free or slave"
ResOlUed. That the American Union consists
OF those States which now loyal to the Fed
eral Constitution.
Resolred, That 4 restoration of the Union, as
it existed prior TO the rebellion, would be great
calamity than the rebellion itself, since t |
would give life to the ''irrepressible conflict"
and entail upon the nation another cycle Of bitter
contention and civil
Resolved. That the seeded States can only be |
put down, il at all. by being regarded as out of
constitutional relations with the Union, and by
being assailed upon principles of ordinary war
fare as between separate nations.
ResotUed, That it any person in the employ |
ment of the United States, in either the legisla- |
tive or executive branches should propose to |
make peace, or should accept or advise the |
ceptance of any such proposition on any basis |
which would restore the slave power to its former
supremacy in the Government, or by any new |
recognize slavery as an element of power, such |
person will be guilty OF high crime.
RESOLVED, That the superior resources and mil |
itary prowess of the North in the struggle are |
beyond dispute. and that the question OF its sue
cess turns not upon its relative ability, but on the
fitness of its chief executive magistrate to give
effect to It's power.
Resolved, That it is unsafe to inrust the exc
cutiOn of any system of administration to persons
who not in cordial sympathy herewith, and |
that no change of policy in the conduct of the |
war is more than nominal which is not accom-
panied by complete change in the personnel of
the executive department
ReS0iUed, That il is matter for serious refiec-
ton, whether another election for President mus,
not supervene before the rightfu authority of the
nation can be established, and whether in the
meantime. il is not lagrant waste of our ener
gies to continue the
| Res0Lued, That unless the Armv Of the " est
shall have swept through the valley of the Mis-
sissppi 10 its mouth and the Army OF the Poto-
mac annihiIated the legons of Lee and Jackson.
thus subverting the military power of the rebel
| lon within reasonable time, the best interests
of the country and humanity will require a ces-
satiOn oil hostiIilies
| Resolved, That the States of the North com
| posing the American nation and welding its
/ power, must ever remain one and indvSible on
the basis of freedom for all. without distinction of
race, color, q condition; that their mission must
ever bc TO extend their own civilization the
entire continent; and that whatever derange
| ments difficulties. checks or defeats thev may
encounter, they must forever cherish and pursue
| the inspiring idea of nationality and continental
dominion.
! On the 9th day of January, 1863. Mr.. Con-
| Way delivered speech in the House, from which
we make the following extracts:
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been taken IN the progress Of the tcGr trds 10 Gc
kHotcledge a TeUOtuti0R. 10 recognize the South
| in its RsU character, 10 assume the North ~ be
| exclusively the nation, and then TO pursue the
war for conquest, not pursue it at all, as might
have seemed most exDedient and proper for the
time being.
But, unfortunately. those to whom the conduct
/ of this great transition was cOmmItted have not
seemed to comprehend their work They have
/ dsowned the revolution. They have used the
as far as possible defeat it, and restore the
/ old system.
1t is evident to me that this policy will prove
disastrous. The war, in the hands of those now
| in authority has tendency to defeat the North
/ to remand it back TO its former subsery ency to
the South. It's manifest effect is to produce
reaction through which new party will come
into power, pledged not to Northern nationality,
but to the old Union at any price. The war
seems to be supported not only by the opposition.
but also by the Administration. for the most part,
with reference to this result.
Now, the war which has come in between the
North and South for the past two years has made
a revolution. 1t has substituted in the South
other Gov yernment for that of the Union This
is the fact. and the fact in such a matter is the
important thing. 1t settles the law No tech
nicality in question of this kind stand
The tcar has utterly dissolUed The connection be-
IL IL Il y
them separate and Independent D0toers ia the
porId This is the Necessary legal effect of civil
war any xhere IL makes the belligerent parties
independent for the time being, and. unless the
one succumbs TO the other. they continue indie
pendent of each other forever.
The principle is laid down by Vattel as fol-
lows:
-"When nation becomes divided into Two
parties, absolutely independent. and no longer
wiedging q common superior, the state is
I dissolved, and the war between the two parties
stands upon the same ground in every respect as
a public between two different nations. -
Book Ill, chap. IL. page 42S
IL is not to be wondered at, therefore. that so
learned aud profound jurist the honorable
member from eDnsylvania Mr.. Stevens) should
express the same opinion.
: They think the Union may yet be restored
through c0nciliation and compromise They are
not nov in favor OF any separation, not Tor an
: hour How emphatically the honorable member
from Ohio answered the question put BY himself:
: Shall we separated mol Mol Mol" The Presi'
den; has played into tie hands of these gentle
men most completely; and his proposition tha,
the Union is indvisible, and that the war must
I be wsged only TO restore the constitutional rela
e tons between the government and the people OF
8 the revoted States, is entirely in their interest
Z He has held the issue open. II Is nop euidsnl
? that force. as controlling element in the strife
has spent itself; and that either eoneiiiafisn OF