Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-08-01


which for the past twenty ysars has marked
thelr relations with ua. Eorihcfu men would
be murdered with the came impnniiya as hers,
tofore; Reputation would become essential e
a prcof of individual purpose % resist aud ins
lure at every cross road ianaticai men Woulo
spring up, ready TO cut down those whom
t,sy would BE- taught 70 regard as their op..
pressors. and would satisfy themselves that
there was virtue In their deeds, and sthat
thev we're Offering themselves as martyrs 70
A great cause. We should be loo Sed Hpon as
psivileRed destreyer', commissioned vaga-
honda and outlaws, whom Il was religious
dutv 10 dispose Of ID the most etectual way
The same cause that to-day incites their |
soassed chiyalry 20 acts Of worse than saw /
are ferocity aud brutality-- hayouetug, |
shooting a. as targets, and quartering With !
the bowie knife, wounded men writhing 10 |
The last pangs between earth aud the grave |
that prompts Them to violate all rules Of civ |
HiEed warfare, ell courtesies recognized be- |
tween opposing armies diSregarding hags
of truce sent out to recover the dead bodies
of our soldiers, and seiziLg the bearers Of
hem aud casting them into prison-the
cause, we say, which produces these lnings
to-day, will produce them 70 al umei ana
the evils we have suffered from It IN the pash
cul ,inating in q blood-thiIsty and iormids-
bic rebellion, viii be repeated 80 long a9 y
Is tolerated within the boundaries OF the ma
tion. This Is the Union we may look %
with slavery. II we are fighting for this
most surely we are doing nothing for the
beneft of ourselves or the world, but in the
face Of all the injury we know it TO be ca
pable Of are feeding the viper that at every
opportunity is TO sting us, and by repeated
missions OF its poison into our blood, finally
so far weaken us as to be able to overthrow
US. Let US look at the relation slavery has
, to this rebellion, independent OF its being
the melting cause, with a view to ascertain
ing how far we are justified in asking us
abolition. TaTFt4 HaVII5 /
That it is the duty OF the Government to
remove every obstacle 10 its own success, 70
weaken the enemy whenever It is possible,
In every honorable and straightforward way,
aad to spare no measures which will save
blood and treasure, aud secure to the country
a return, as soon as possible, 10 rs vented
course, we presume no man will deny ke-
gardiug these propositions as admitted, we
ask which one is it that would not be served
by emancipation iF4a
With regard 20 the first, it cannot be denied
that the slaves Of the South are an obstacle,
inasmuch as in their labor is found a set-of
to hundreds of thousands of dollars that viii
be expended by US, thus representing so much
actual money in the hands of their masters
for the prosecution of the war. And not
alone are they invaluable in the matter OF
building the fortifcatiOns, and then assisting
in their defense, to the enemy. Thousands
Of them throughout the seeding States are
left by their owners in charge of plantations,
and by their labor in this field the necessities
OF the army are provided for, and the de-
mands upon the agricultural resources of the
country supplied. It must be clear that in
these respects the negro represents money, is
Of vast consideration. Of vital Importance
He does more, he represents a soldier For
it will readily be seen that were he with
drawn from the position he occupies, many
of those who are now Sighting the battles
would be compelled to take his place at the
plow and hoe He is therefore clearly in our
way, and his injury to US is in proportion to
his usefulness to them. Certainly, then, il
the premises we have taken aTe conceded, 4
is necessity, IN the very bro sitst sense thai
the Government should SsUer he relation ths
tlsns + ,heqEs 70 this bcar; and this can only be
masters who have remained t9 al lSU1 tre s..,
eral authority. Our aim, therefore, should
be, to demand the eradication Of this sourc'
Of evil to ourselves and good to our enemies
as not only a recompense for our blood sRC
treasure, but a security for our future happi
ness.
It is most gratifying to know, notwith
standing the terrible aspect which Abolition
wears to the eyes of the weAk-kneed ant
timid, that in certain sections the people arC
beginning to realize that slavery has some
thing TO do with this war that we are no
J fighting now to test the power Of the Gov
ernmeut to put down rebellion merely, anC
to show who in the two sections are true snC
who are untrue tut that great principle
vital to cur future and to the future Of thi
world, is to be vindicated and decided in thil
strugglc-the principle that Liberty to every
man is voachsafed by God, his creator; anC
they have determined that nothing shsl
cause them to halt IN their crusade agains
! the uphOlders of an institution which breed
: only vice. malignity and corruption. LIE
others, who now stand back trembling will
fear, come forward to the work of fdelivering
at the same blow, a people from bondag
T and nation from st ife. The people alon
, can do it politicians will not II is the onl,
, possible way nv which 10 secure permanen
and happy Union-not Union, Of com
monweslths merely, but one of the peo
r pie in heart and soul-all looking for
ward to the future of eur country, conse
Grated, It would seem. by Almighty Co
as the abode Of Freedom, and striving
with undivided efforts, to place it first smonl
the nations Of the earth.
UNION WITH RIGHT.