Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-05-03
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
From Our Own Correspondent.
WAsHISaTOS CRY, April az, 1861.

WASHINGTON CRY, April "a, 1861.
WAR.
Notwithstanding the large military force
now quartered here, an aggregate Of nearly
{, 1000 men, the authorities abate not one
title Of their watchfuluess against assault
Every night every avenue leading into the
city is guarded by s%entries, and sufficient
numbers OF soldiers are on night duty to IRE
vent a successful surprise.
It is believed universally that Washington
and its vicinity will be the theatre, within
the next sixty days, of important and COM
prehensive military operations. The rapid
concentration of Union troops here, and the
concentration of Disunion troops at Rich.
mond and Alexandria, and at other cities in
Virginia, within a close proximity TO Wash
ington, show preparations for a struggle
which nall in a very great measure be de-
cisivs of the fate Of Southern Despotism
Should its armies prove successful, 1t viii be
powerfully encouraged in its design, but
should they meet with defeat their fate is al
most sealed. / would not have you think
that they intend yielding after a single bsttlei
probably not but what l do want you and
your readers to understand is briefly this;
that the armies of the Union muSt b m1rskaI-
led in such numbers, and gith such mighty Gp-
planes OfVar, d1 that thy skaH prOSs vIetori-
Gus in s,sry contest
We m Ist strike terror into the hearts of
the traitors, we must be triumphant In every
battle, we must give them such evidence of
the prodigious power and resources of the
Government as shall as speedily as possible
demonstrate to the insurrect. onists the utter
hopelessness of their cause. Thus, and thus
only, may we hope for an early and final ad.
justment Of our difficulties.
We bear very much of the lmpossibility of
'subjugating the South" in other words, the
inability of the Government to compel them
to renew their allegiance to the Constitution,
the Union and the laws. Men of sense viii
give hat little weight to such reasoning. 1t
has but little of "~inexOrable logic" in it
When the leaders of the Rebellion see that
:heir cause is lost, they will abandon it,
No people ever continued a quarrel which
was hopeless, and certainly the people OF the
South, although brave and chivalrous, will
afford no exception to a universal rule.
But infinitely more important than the
mere probability of the people of the DespOt-
ism renewing their allegiance, is the question
of the paramount authority of the Federal
Government. Secession is but another name
for DisuniOn, and under a specious guise, It's
advocates seek to de troy the Government
To rescue and re-establish its authority in
every township in the Union, to enforce the
obedience of its citizens, to maintain its
grandeur and greatness among the nations OF
the earth, to sustain its glory and uphold its
power at home, and to crush out i~nsurrec-
ton and rebellion forever hereafter, the Ad-
ministration mnst act with fearlessness, with
prudence, with energy and above all, with a
MISUNDERSTOOD determination that while the
arbitrament OF the sword is the last resort, it
must De final and effective.
QUIET.
Citizens are generally sstonished at the
quiet and gentlemanly department which
characterizes the Northern soldier. There
are over 5000 of them in Washington, but
in all that vast number not one has forfeited
his claim to the title OF gentleman. South
erners here, whose knowledge OF Northern
people has been derived from such aristocrat-
ic journals as the Richmond Enquirer and
the Charleston Mercury, cannot repress ex-
pressions of surprise at the digni6ed and
manly bearing OF our soldiers and their per-
lection of drill.
A GEORGIAN D1sGUsTED.
A distinguished Georgia disunionist now
here, expresses strong disgust al the way in
which the glorious North comes up to the
support of the Administration. He begins
to ieel that the "Southern Coniederacy' ex-
lists only by the sufierance OF the General
Government and that the sooner that sandy
concern lay down their arms ard return to
their allegiance, the better for their prosper
ity and welfare.
THE OLD FLAG.
A disunionist, a recent employee of the
Government cOmpl .ined to me very bitterly
a day or two ago, that the Northern people
wouldn't let them (the D%is1nionists) alonel
+" You can keep the old Stars and Stripes as
long as you want en-" ayes" said II by
stander, . and we intend that you shall keep
EN-, too; every such Of the American soil must
be under the dominion of .he glorious old
red, white ana biueI'
c~HIvALRoUs yIReISIANsl
The citizens of Alexandria, OF rather the
doughty city, a lew daysago made themselves
rather - fresh" by seIzIng a little vessel COM
ing up tie river, loaded with provisions and
oound for Georgetown. The Government
sent the sloop-Ot-war PaWnee down to de-
mand its r~eleasei hearing which, a number
OF chivairous Virginians planted a battery Of
Two guns on the rivers bank, threatening 10
'clean out Uncle Sans war vessel. The
Captain of the Pawnee demanded the release
OF the little sailor, TO which the Virginians
returned a saucy answer, and crowded about
their guns fol- the purpose Of opening fire
The Captain OF the FaWnee repea'ed ais de-
mand, with as little effect as before; but when
be opened his port holes, and disclosed the
fronts OF a dozen "long-toms," the
chivalrous disunion gentlemen took to their
heels with terrific energy, and SCUM made a
distance from the field OF danger. The
Georgetown vessel was then promptly re-
HAL COLUMBIA.
As l write item o'clock P. NJ the Twelfth
New York Regiment is defling into their
quarters, having just arrived from Annapolis.
The magnificent brass band which accoEl-
panies them is playing "Hsil Columbia
They are 1000 strong. They report the ssth
rs coming"
UNION NAN hung
A Union man was hung near Richmond
Yesterday by a mob Of infuriated Disunion-
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