Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-16
The Devil thnt viii Not Down

Nothing is to be said about slavery. The
North has nothing to do with slavery. We
must al keep still about slavery. We must
assure the rebels that, come what may, they
shall have slaves. Certain persons are daily
terances, under the impression that if we
keep up the coAxing long enough, South Car
olinia will come back to the bosom of the
Union with an olive branch in one hand and
the Constitution in tho other. Nov, as we
like peace and dislike war, and, as journalists
desire all possible enlightenment upon all
| possible subjects, we wish some well informed
friend would tell Us where, when, and in what
language South Carolina has made the safety
and perPetuity of slave property the condi-
ton Of her return to the Union2 We have
read and digested evary Charleston docu-
meat which has come to our desk, and so far
az we can discover, South Carolina feels. or
at least, affects an absolute indifference upon
this slavery question. We have her orai-
nance of secession before rs, and there is not
| one word in it about slavery. It saws sim.
ply, "The Union is dissolved'-our ordi-
nance of 1888 is repealed. But on the other
hand South Carolina has said, and 80 have
other rebel States "YOu may offer terms
you may compromise-you may give US more
than we have heretofore asked-you NAV
kneel, and implOre, and coax, and threaten.
and concede-but we shall hear you not and
heed you not" There is fact number oneI
Again: This Is a war about slavery. Peo-
pie may say, "Ahl we should have had re-
6ellion if we had had no slavery" Yes, we
might and we might have had civil war
ao ut the big and the little end of the egg.
The question is, "What have we got2" and
1t is question which any simpleton can an
swer. There is fact number twol
Now we come 10 peace-makipr - To the
dear delights of treaties, and the closing of
the gates of Janus Well; we have seem
many wonderful diplomatists in our dav-
extraordinary and plenipotentiary-men to
short breeches and the snuff-box-born men.
orImtuil OF assurance, of distinguished con-
sioeratlon-but we have never seen a man
clever enough, In our opinion, to settle this
contest without mentioning slavery. You
may night one, two, or three years-but Won
come TO the status of the negro at last. There
is fact number threel
The sin of the North, according to the
Southern accusation, is interference-un-
constitutional interference with Slavery. We |
are accused, indicted at the bar, required to |
plead-but we mustsay nothing about Slave !
~. How, in the mama of Themis, are we to
plead then at all2-how are we to defend |
ourselves2-what are we to say? Silence on
the topic of Slavery now is an admission of
our guilt. It is all the rebels ask; for our
silence substantially says that they are right.
There is fact number fourl
But to state these facts, not one of which
can De gainsayed, is, in the opinion of the
National lntelligencer, ITO agitate topies of
sectional sensibility." These are aromatic
and amiable words; but we beg leave tn
suggest that any attempt at fighting battles
ana killing each other, without the least
sectional sensibility," will be found. TO a
certain extent difficult. Why the civil war
sectional sensibility nothing more
lothlng less. There was SECTIONAL sensi.
'llity' at Great Bethel. There was osection.
! senslolity" at Manassas. There was tsec- Z
ional sensibility at Charleston. s. O.. on 5
ne 10th eft December, 1860 WSoetional
ensi6ility bowled Gen. Anderson ont of :
'ort Sumter. Sectional seusibiIitvn is t,Ct
lumber FIVE. - i''''
Again; You may take a rebel's cov -
orse, or corn, or cash; but Won rnDst NJ r
ouch his man-chattle. "Take the beas,s brt !,
pare the boys"-That Is the Constitution.
rule" Very well: then here ia a red.bot
'bel-a most notorious plotter of treason
4 obstrnetor Of railWays-R murderer and
ie worst OF murderers, an assassin. he owns
COW, no horse, no corn, no cash-but he a
owns two black men-shal we Hconhs- o.
te these2 All, mol The Constitution "
otects nine-tenths Of the "property" of the Fl
ates in arms against it. That is fact num-
r six.-M. 2. Tribune. in
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