Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-23

The hour was so late when the Wide
Awakes retired from partaking the hospital
tiles of Mr.. Backus, that office duties parted
US from their pleasant company. The Her
aid says: r4. -e
90 The Wide Awakes and the coneourse of
people then, after repeated cheers for Den
nison, Ford and Baekus, retired, and the
vast and radiant line Of tOrch-bearers moved
down Euclid street to Erie. Reaching the
residence Of Capt. Sturges, rounds Of cheers
went up fer the spirited chief Of the Wide
Awakes. They then passed down Erie TO
St. Clair, and down St. Clair to the mansion
of Robert F. Paine, Esq. A beautiful sere-
made and three most hearty cheers for this
tavorite Republican chieftain brought Mr..
Paine to his piazza, from which he spoke
briefly, and in his own cordial and felicitOUs
manner" -.-'.
We add a report of the remarks of Mr..
Paine, who said;
WIDE AEAKRs 81 am sensible that for the
honor you do me in this beautiful demon
stration am indebted to the fact that but
recently suffered my name to be used as a
candidate for Congress in this District. l
was willing, not anxious, to be the instru-
ment in your hands, and those with whom
you are politically associated, in. striking
blow at the root Of that overspreading Upas,
American Slavery. The position was sought
by and bestowed upon one more worthy
With that result am more than satisfied
Yea, with it l rejoice. The lateness- Of the
hour, your lengthy march, and the fact that
know you have been feasted intellectually
and the inner man abundantly cared for,
are reasons why | shall not attempt to fur
nish the one, and why you do not desire the
other. -
After again thanking you for this twice
yyeFe9ifa y !9t magk Of your respect, and assuring
strations as the proudest moments Of my
life, let me say that you are engaged in
glorious cause. Your mission is 10 wrest
this great country from the dcspotism of
slavery and an Administration boiling over
with corruption and fraud. This being ac-
eomplished, your work will not be finished
until you have inaugurated such a revenue
system, such Tariff as shall invite to the
| industrial interests of the country the in
vestment of capital and liberal remuneration
to the toiling millions. And more than this
your labors shall only be crowned and you
be permitted to enter into rest, when you,
and those with whom you are associated,
have thrown open to the actual settler, for
| his cultivation and improvement, the un-
number millions of acres Of national but
| unimproved land.
But without OBTAINING you, present to
you, through Capts. Sturges and Palmer, two
valuable copies of the Report of the COvode
! Committee, which show to a small but alarm
| ing extent the corruption of an Administra
| tion upon which the American people are
| about to put the seal of their condemnation.
Peruse these pages, and you shall learn the
| infamy of man who shall be a warning to
all who shall succeed him. You will here
learn how to secure office without asking,
position without knowing it, large sums from
| the public Treasury without performing any
services, and disgrace by belonging to James
Buchanan's Administration.
Again thank you for the honor of the
| call