The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-04-20
RESOLUTIONS OF MIR. CONWAY


House Of Representatives, December Is, 1862
[From the Congressional Globe.
Mr.. Conway offer the following resalu-
tions, and ask that their consideration be post
poned till tomorrow
ReiOlUed, That freedom and slavery cannot
c~o-exist in the same government without pro
dueing endless strife and civil war; that ga
heuse divided against itself cannot stand !"
and that "this nation must be all free or all
~slave.'
Resol0ed, That the American Union con-
sist of those States which are now loyal to the
federal Constitution.
ReSolccd, That a restoration of the Union,
as it existed prior to the rebellion, would be
greater calamity than the rebellion itself,
since 1t would give new life to the s'irrepressi-
Bile conflict" and entail upon the nation an
other cycle of bitter contention and civil war.
ReSoLUcd, That the seeded States can only
be put down, if it all, by being regarded as
out of constitutional relations with the Union,
and by being assailed upon principles of ordi-
nary warfare as between separate nations.
Resolced, That if any person in the en-
ployment of the United States, in either the
legislative or executive branches, should pro-
pose to make peace, or should accept or ad-
wise the acceptance Of any such proposition
on any basis WHICH would restore the slave
Ro"NN OAAhN supremacy III ne OONGTu-
ment or amendment Of the Constitution re-
cognize slavery as an element of power, such
person will be guilty of a high crime.
RcsO(Ued, That the superior resources and
military proves of The North in the strucl.
are beyond dispute, and that the question of
its success turns not upon it's relative ability
but on the fitness of its chief executive mag
%istrate to give effect to its power.
ReSo'Ue0, That it is unsafe to intrust the exc
cution Of any system of administration to per-
sons who are not in cordial sympathy there
with, and that no change Of policy in the con-
duct of the war is more than nominal which
is not accompanied by a complete change in
the personnel of TIE executive department.
ResGtred, That it is a matter for serious
reflection, whether another election for Presi-
dent must not supervene before the rightful
authorlty OF the nation can be established,
aud Whistler, in the meautimc, 1t is not fa.
grant waste of our energies to continue the
war.
Resozced, That unless the Army Of the
Vest shall have swept through the valley OF
the Mississippi to its mouth, and the Army Of
the Potomac annihilated the legions Of. Lee
and Jackson, thus subverting the military
power of G reSelion, within Il reasonable
time, the interests of the country aud human
ity' will require a CESSATION of hostilities.
Res0lred, That the States of the North,
composing the American nation and welding
its power must ever remain one aud indivisa-
BILE on the basis of freedom for all, without dis.
t~inction of race, or color, or conditions; that
their own civilization over the cntire CONT
nent; and that whatever der4ngt mcnts, diff
%culties, checks, or defeats they may encoun
ter, they must fore ser cherish ana rursue the
Inspiring :dea Of nationality asd continental
dominion.