Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-08-28

Southern States can come forward end ad
minister the Government Of these States as
before. Who is the missionary that Is 20.
ing with his peace propositions What l.
he going to say What will he say to this
party in rebellion ? Il is q pretty thing
10 talk about and fer the designing 10 dupe
the North II is . very awkward thing to
reduce to practice. II you drive out re-
belliOn, you will have q loyal people South
as well as North. Then they will all do
what Virgins and Missouri and Maryland
are trying to do, and what Delaware and
Kentucky are doing. Are there any men
here who want this Union divided2 G"Eo."1
Then do not sympsthise with treason in
any form or gender, number, person or
csse, in any Of It's rami6cations. Hunt it
like ferooi0us monster.
Shall the fell destroysrs Of this beautiful
fabric be permitted to accomplish their in
fernal errand, and shall they be aided In
this work Of evil by the cry Of peace? Let
none escape under this shallow pretension.
Solomon, the wise King Of Judea, spared
not the murderous Joab though he fed for
refuge to the Enclosures of the Tabernacle,
and olung for protection to the horns Of
the Rlar-he slew him there. And ery
Of peace 10 be negotiated Nth armed traitors,
shOEtd sscRrs city Of refuge 10 none am
panied TO see the vast destruction Of prop.
erty that must follow; regret to sec the
prosperity Of the country blasted and de.
stroyedi | regret to see the great loss Of
human life that must ensue. But IL these
events must come they had better come
with country preserved, than come with
s country divided and destroyed. We
must fight battles, and bloody battles. We
must call vast numbers Of men intothe field
We must unite as q whole people, going
shoulder to shoulder. And when We do so
We shall conquer. And why2 We have
the right We have the prestige Of Govern.
ment, We have the sympathy of the disin-
terested world, we have the moral and ma
terial elements to do it all, and to insure
Victery. Rebellion has not the financial
ability TO stand a long war, with all their
gains from privsteering and piracy, and
issuing Confederate bonds-made q lien
upon the property of people who were never
consulted with as to their issue, and who
repudiste them-Worth as much as a June
frost, q cold wolf track, which no inancisr
Fl to be outside Of the lunatic asylum would
give a shilling peck for. They may vex,
they may harrass, they may destroy, they |
may commit piracy, but the reckoning is 10 |
come for all this. They will be brought to
the judgment Of the American peopls-of |
their own people. They viii be srraigned,
and who is there will be ready to stand up
as their defenders in the name of the Con
stitution2
81 tell thee, Oulloden, dread echoes shall ring,
With blood hounds that bark for thy fugitive ing"
Let every American citizen, instead Of
crying, Peace, peace, when there is no |
peace, rally upon the rsmpsrts until Se-
cession is silenced; until the roar of artil- /
lery has ceased. Then We shall have peace,
perpetual peace; snd as monsters
are seldom born of the same generation, we
shall have no more Of this Secession in the
present century or the next. This Govern.
ment is the Government Of the American
people. II is ours to use, ours to enjoy, but /
it is not ours to subVert We are trustees.
We are charged with sacred trusts. All |
we have to do is 10 bask in the sunshine of |
its blessings. But cursed be the unholy
that attempts 10 destroy it. l /
regard him and treat him as traitor to
his kind. God will set mark upon him,
too; hut Il will not be ike the Inerh 50
upon the first murderer Of mau-for that
was set for ssfety-but this win be set for
destruction. And God grant that it may
be so. [aAmen."1 1t will be time enough |
to struggle over who shall administer the |
Government when we are sure We have one
to administer. He who is not for it is
against it. I have determinedto fight this |
battle out but on no political grounds. /
stand upon the Constitutional ground of
my fathers. 10