Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-08-29
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d rs Of political demARoRism we are Haple
70 be dec, ived BY false issues and ptet.nces
Of patriotism, and t stands us In hand more
han ever to look well to cur political faith
that we may not he led sstray. Partisan
ship rampant at this time will do more 10 aid
reason than all the armies and money Eng
land aud France could throw into the scale
we're they 20 disposed. N0bly has the patriot. /
ism Of our country come 20 the rescue In the |
hour Of our nations greatest peril. Can pa
triots aford now 70 enter into a political |
strife, and wrangle over the cause Of the war |
and the manner 10 which It shall be conduct |
ed while treason is triumphing, while we are
smarting under the unavepged slaughter oi
our brothers in arms whilst q victorious
army is battsring upon the very walls OF our
CapitAli VIII :hey2 That question must
be answered by the people at the October
election.
The Republican Central Committee, and
through them the Republican party, with a
magnanimity equalled only by the illiberality
with which Il has been received, have ex
tended the hand Of friendship, have asked US
not to relinquish our party organization, not
70 vote for Republicans, not TO abandon our
platform, but as citizens of an imperrilled
country, as patriots, to unite in the choice Of
the best men to manage the affairs Of govern
nsnt through our nations struggle for exist
ence.
We have held Convention, and contempt
ously spurned the offer thuslgenerously made
and put in nomination party ticket and
adopted platform challenging in the strong
est terms political issue, and over the whole
The veil Of patriotism is attempted to be
drawn. -
Before determining the course that patriots
ought to pursue it Is proper TO inquire who
it is that hasthus rendered an issue2 Who
constituted the so-calied Democratic Conven-
ton, and by what authority do they under
take to barter the liberties of the people, and
/ ieopardize the existence Of the best govern
ment the world ever saw2
The Central Committee, assuming TO act
for the Democratic party, issued call, not
for Democratic Convention. but for Con-
yention of all persons who believed the pres
est administrations both State and national,
incompetent to manage the sf4iTs of the
Government That call was regarded by
Democrats ss tho effort Of a clique of Office
seekers to foist themselves on the country as
leaders Of the Democratic party, and to seize
upon any rance that might offer to ride into
power. / Een the Plain Dealer stopped
0ravely to inquire "whst Central Commit
tee" what party they represented, and what
authority they hvd to interfere with the des-
tiny of the country, and called for "more
light on the subject The Plain Dealer was
nztrioiic then. Nobody thought any more
attention would be paid to itthan if the same
,roceedings bad smanated from the Ohio
T.uuAtic Asylum. But It was necessary to
ave the sanction o. the people, and there
ore the Central Committees in the counties
xere induced to call County Conventions
nd the prorle were called upon to respond,
but they did not respond.
la rc,.c IS n 70 nship IN the State wss
rhere caucus held for the nomiu alton of
itlega,es according to the usagps Of the par
&c. -nd in the wards of the cities scare one
n fifty OF the voters paid any attention 10 It,
and the consequence was that whoever
bose to, represented township or a ward
n many instances good patriotic men we're
induced, ] might perhaps with truth say, de
luded into those conventions BY the specious
1ait Aed out that the OBJECT was to send
Union delegates to Columbus to prevent the
nutting forth Of a party ticket But 10 most
e+sps the very men who were invited made
M those COnven'ions-men opposed TO the
Government-opposed to the war, and
owe everything else, opposed to any kind
| OF Uninn, whether to save the country OF
lot The people were not represented any
more than they were by the vote on the
Breckinridge ticket. Is it fair TO say that
Convention with such a foundation repre-
sents, OF by its action binds, the Democratic
party7 The coolest piece of impudsnce on
record may be found in the preamble to their
resolutions, introduced by d. B. Payne, of
his county: "The D'mOerdcy qad Union men
| Of Ohio IN C0RUenioa assembled" &c have
heard Of people stealing the livery Of Heaven
to serve the Devil in, but did not suppose
men aspiring TO be leaders Of q great party
could be found base enough 20 steal The euise
4 Union when liberty is struggling for life
With treason, 70 aid traitors to crush out the
very heart OF its existence. What better Is
It than did the rebels when they marched
under the Union flag as decoy or called on
,ur troops not to FIRE and they wonld suTen-
| der, and then shot down The brave men who
would thus willingly spar their lives7
VIII the people of this enlightened age,
educated and capable as they ara, each to
Judge and acs for himself, follow the lead of
such partisans2 VIII they vote TO place
such men in power2 Will they, in this most
periIous hSur OF our country's history aban
don their free institutions, turn deaf ear to
the life struggles of human freedom, and
sink the glorious old Ship Of State il the
muddy pool Of politics? If so, our free in
stitutions have lived long enough; our free
democratic government had better sink into
oblivion, and monarchy rear It's grim, iron
visage on its ruins. No. Down with trait
ors at home and abroad. The batteries are
row unmssked, and let the people in one
united phslsnx sweep the last Festige of dis
union from our midst. And when the tide
Of wsr and the din of battle shall have pass
ed, and the Stars and Stripes ware free over
lur again united land-when the great po-
litical heart shall again begin to pulsate, then
shall our las We think great and glorious
party, in the hands Of patriots not traitors,
watch over the destiny of our renewed and |
eeinvigorated government all along the
wSrld's future, until our country shall become |
the great heart of the world, until all nations
Of the earth shall inherit and adopt our free /
institutions
August 21, 1861. 3.