Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-04-08
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EDs, IsTpFA. pg h' HeF Coz
ernmn ttasaFeS .Aagia. Cod. 81 io
loo shaWs- - increased confidence in the
government, ana + y Bsiisfsci- tnat the f4fesH
WouIi have been much more liberal had i
moi Been understood that there Tas1a COM
BinatiOn among certain capitalists to depress
the rates p as IOW POiPt Ps praedcablerT,
Secretary 'ChasehAsi iaceeptfdbut 80, dos, 900
Of loan; reserYing the right o take others
should be feel 50 disposed.
The $4,000, 900 T0ad advertissd for b!
Jeh, Davis GO. does not seem 10 have in
spiFed anybody With 4 very violent desire to
inYssttheig spare dollars, It still goes beg
giHE, notwithstanding the. immense pFeten-.
BiOns of the Office holders eoaisdeacy-
something Overcome hundred thousand dollars
as is asserted by sou,hsrners here, having
been subscribed for. one hdndrea thousand
dollars, however, is a very respectable purse
for the cabai at Montgomery to draw on.
r- A rumOr has been flying about the city
for two orthree days past to the effect that
Fort Sumter Is to be reinforced. While do
not believe this report entitled to particular
sredsncSslthougH y hFs oeeasi0psd On iplense
szcitemsnthsFe, itisaEsEy certain. that moth
ing but an absOl,ts asesssity could oiD1nce the
Administration to- abandon that strong.
6old. The pacific policy which has been
pursued loEoa month past in the face of re-
peated demands from Northern sources for
the resolbtsastertion-O of the Federal authority,
does not seemsto have had any other effect
upon the ssessienists in Virginia and else.
where than 70 stimulate their zeal in their
dsvilish cause. The truth IS trans sparent that
i they have no design to accept any compro-
mise albeit they speak Of ultimah.ms they are
disunion SIS and secessionists for the sake of
disuniOn and secession, and no means viii be
left untried to gfre The Southern heart and
| Fecipitale US into fearful civil war. For
Secession can only live in the midst Of ex-
citement it feeds upon anticipation of war,
and unless war is forced upon the United
States, the Southern 6onfederacy is destined
TO short end inglorious career. The leaders
Of me, movement understand this fact as
well as we, and WAR upon usis a deliberately
aetefnined fact with them, Let the people
Of the Nopth-hsaKstshfOilzAN AND KEEP THEIR
POWDER ply "a y ...~ -
The city begins TO- assume the dullness
which is characteristic Of 1t duTiFg tbs Faea-
ltiOn- Of COagts!s;E 70 be sure, n We have bad a
] HvAly ytime since the 4th of March; object
seekers from all parts of the country .".inyes-
ed the Departments with great vigor,-
some successfully, but by far the larger por
lion have gone home wiser if not better,
because Of their Washington experience
THERE'S an old saying that z Politics make
queer bedfellOws' truth has been
Y thousand times e1emplifed within the p,st
thirty days, A funny instance of it has come
u 5myI knowledge. Ex-Governor Medill of
EehioT tells the story With great gpslO.--
/ Thus
AsHOosier Republican, having visited the
citE,tosee the Inauguration, met an old Demo-
cratic friend, clerk in one Of the Depart
mentsO The latter invited the HoOsier to
IslsEsat bis house With him, since it was
] .utterlYimpossible to procure hotel accommo-
.dstious. The Hoosier did so, staid with the
CieEkzeVeral days, during all that time ex-
\ pressing great anxiety lest the Administra-
Ttionashould remove him. On the sixth day
after the Inauguration. the, clerk dia. receive
ra0E&I - k<G A-la {,
EnodceAo quit-his anxious Hoosier friend
having been appointed in his place
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