Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-05-27
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Of the rankest secessioaists IN all the Confed-
erscy and is the mout -piece Of secession aud
rebellion al the new Capital. Hence It's Ut
terances must be taker, in some part as the
voice Of It's masters, tie rebel leaders The
Oonfederacy therefore through the Examiner
Of May 7th, says that what they want is "a
good long war" They want il tc attach
them sufficiently TO The Confederate Gov
ernment" to "make them national original
and independent in thought and opinion"
aud to give them commerce, literature
aud manufactures OF their own One would
think from the events Of the past few months
that the most Of these objects had been Ae-
complished already. They are already so
closely attached to the Oonfedsrate Govern
meutt that when the end and the settlement
CONS, they viii be unable to get away from
the unpleasant consequences that will ensus
70 all those actively engaged in the rebellion.
They may celiRihly lay claim TO being al
ready Independent and original in thought
and opinion, at least since the palmy days
ef piracy and buccaueering have gone by,
and hardly anybody will be found anxious
to take from them their pet schemes Ofplun-
der and treaehery. They certainly have
literature peculiarly their own as their
letter and newspaper writers testify, par
dealarly those repudIating all northern
debts, and those engaging epistles requiring
every Northern man or woman TO swear al
legiance to the South, or be treated to a coat
Of tar aud feathers, rolled in barrel into the
river, &c Then their new system OF priva-
teerlng commerce will be readily granted as
being their own. Upon these poiuts, they
may be indulged without the hazard Of
- good long war
Bnt the principal and chief good which
the long war is to bring to them, is militia
" education in contra-disiincuOn to the COM
mon school education Of the North. This Is
the Examiners main point. And here is
one Of its brilliant paragraphs:
A common school education separates So
eletv into distinct castles and classes, and alb
soluiely lowers the class which !; Was inten-
ded TO elevate. More is learned of good or
bad at school from association than from
books; and the army, like tnat Of Prussia,
Is the only school in which ali are equals, and
all are sure to learn much that is valuable
from association with the well-informed. a
high moral tone must pervade society thus
educated.
To be sure We cannot expect q writer
whose life has been passed in ignorance ofthe
common school system, to appreciate its use
fulness and its incalculable value to people,
but the utter want Of common sense, as be-
trsyed In these sentiments, is truly pitisble.
It is the common shools OF the North which
have made rs what We are-brsve, self-reli-
ant, uncoEquerable; and it is the want of
suen system-coupled with the evils Of ala
very in the South-which bas made them AZ
rogant, and dependent upon Others Tor their
daily life. And when =" a high moral tone
pervades the South, it viii be when they have
discarded the principles and practices which
have disgraced large portion Of its inhabi-
tants, and taken lessons from th ir Northern
teachers.
The Examiner further says;
How those charmed words, 81 am a Ro-
man citizen" still Inger on the ear! The
Roman citizen was a soldier, no drudge or
menial, but a privileged mau with slaves an
der him, slaves 70 attend 70 the camp and 70
wait on him. If We have good long war,
snch shall be the proud distinction Of every
Southron; and then We might well drop that
puny pulling, much abused term, gentle
men from our vocabulary, and adopt in its
stead, "citizen Of the South
The Examiner "will find that 250oOo If
those Northern soldiers whom it characteriE-
es as 'drudges" an ''nenials," have regis
tered an oath TO rescue the Stars and Stripes
from the hands of the rebels who would tear
it from its standard, and that "a good long
war" viii soon be the thing least wished for
by any @cilizen of the South"