Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-08-20

bitter. 1t is a hatred bottled up for years
past, and now exploding with indescrlbable
fury To compare il to the hatred OF the
English Cavaliers against the Puritans would
be slandering those CavAl trs It is the
hatred rather Of Cavaliers who have nothing
lAh but the pretension OF their order, and
whose moral nature has been pollu ed by the
institution of Slavery. Il is hatred oar
iug hiva in The same proportion as their na
ture bends low. Il Is a hatred tanned oy all |
the evil passions of politicians disappointed
in heir time hallowed rule ovtr the North. |
Il is n hatred tanned by all the prejudices OF
Southern society, Il is hatred famed by |
the women Of the South, particularly by |
those bred on plantations and moving in the
higher circles Of society.
THER FEELING TOWARD LIEooLE.
This hatred found its climax in the nomi-
nation OF Lincoln. "Ra'her than owe allie
giance to Lincoln, I" say the Cavaliers, eve
would become subjects F ance or Eng
lsid or Russia, if we should not be able to
maintain our independence.7 Lincoln rep
resents to the Southern mind all that is
most uncongeIial to them in Yankee civili-
Eation; the rising power Of the free West
makes the slave-bOund South stagger and
despsir; and remember that despair is an-
other element of Southern strength.
RzxoRsE AT Loss OF POWER.
Ada to this that the South boasts of hay
ing ruled this country since the foundation
of the government, of having supplied the
PRINCIPAL Presidents and statesmen, and OF
having held the most important functions in
the military, naval and diplompatic, and in
almost all branches of the public service
and depend upoL it that it will not relin-
ouish It's power without deadly struggle.
This disposition on cir part is increased by
their contempt for what they call the imbe-
c;l''v and incoupetency Of Northern poll
ticians.
.r~rrr. BEAURRGARD.
A dashing little Creole, standing thorough
ly upon his dignity with strangers and equals,
he has the kRsck II ingratiating himself
With the soldiers by the mingled simplicity,
naturalDess and impetuosity Of his manner
He impresses one rather as a soldier of &C
tion and sagacity. than Of great and COM
prehensive mind as q man of thought and
intellect be seems to be inferior to lohn-
ston bui,he blends Southern Ere with North
ern smartness; his features are mobile; his
eve sparkling; bis motions denote restless
activity, while his conference indicates
steady composure. he has the coOlness OF q
Yankee, aud the impulsiveness of Creole,
and looks like a cross between the two. He
was lucky at Sumter, and lucky at Bull Run
BE has the advantage Of this prestige Of sue
cese, and the little man is the idol OF the
soldiers and the hero of the South.
THEIR EQuIPMENTA
The Southern army is in many instances
barefooted and ill-clothed and ill-provision-
i lacks powder aga sfiyes sd IEpssRs
nom the elemeats which have described.
THEIR ELENESTs OF wEAKHEss. ----
The blockade, in cutting of many of their
supplies, constitutes one of these elements.-
Next 10 Importance must be mentioned the
North oarolinsss GgeEassat A bspaS Ijsais,-
Virginia, Tennessee, aud Missodh . =
fhe weakness OF the Sbatlf IN utare will be
in the necessity of dividing up It's forces.
Rhich hsve heen hitherto chiefly concentrat.
cd at Manassas.
MANASSAS.
At Manassas itseif tnere are probably now
between 10000 and 90 400 men. This
place, which is named after man of the
nsne Of Manassas, consists onh Of the rail-
way depot and a small lumber of miserable
houses, and contains an equally miserable
population, who, in all possible costumes
hsve recently acted as guards of prisoners
Manassas derives its chief straie
getical importance from its command over
the various roads to and out of Virginia
and its importance as a barraek from the IA
1lity for camping afforded by the heath
which surrounds the p ace. A rampant like
road leads from Manassas to Bull RIM. and
IN the surrounding country the troops are
ncamPed, the camp-fres presenting In thr
night very fine appearance The countrv
there a6Ounds in bitches, bushes and
swamps, aud in addition 10 batteries ana
some earthworks, the National army will
dud in its passage over that oround
many impediments in the nature of the conn
try. Water is very scarce at Manassas. snd
there is no milk there, this innocent Iiopid
being scarce all over Viryinia. This Bnust he
ielt everely BY the troops, as drinking spirits
~ wine is not permitted bx Beaureepr5 tb,.
Generals and officers affording an example of
temperance Itis fortunate for the health nj
zoe troops that they are Rot permitted to in
iulge IN liquors, especially as there are many
,ther causes which are likely TO injure il. par
icularly at Manassas and Ball Run, where an
ntol rsble stencil, emansting from imperfect
'urial OF the dead, pervades the atmosphere. /,
isnsssas is. on the whole, at present one OF
he most sinking spots on the face of the !
lobe. The only wretehed hotel which was ;
here hss been closed. Whist is called the !
fusrd-houss consists Of an open shed in the
EreeL where tne prisoners are compelled /, | .
smain, exposed 70 the elements. until thew :
re removed TO Richmond. With the excen
on Of JEFF. Davis, during his visits at M.
assas, and few Of the Generals. the off err =
! have TO sleep on the floor, and the head q
larters of Beauregard, recently removed n :
I. Wares house, resemble dlis1idsted nig.
ye on large scale. Manassas. however
Ill continue to De the great focus Of the Yir- m
man army. The troops now detailed from 10
ere TO ether points will be replaced by new OF
g'men's' but 1t will be barely possible for
9 extreme Southern Sts'es to fll up their 4
ips, without leaving their own territory in
comparatively defenceless position.
sIAvERY. GC
But the weakest Of all the weak points of up
g South, as it was from the beginning and Va
It viii be to the end Of time, is sIqpsrv = * *
le slaves in Virginia are treated with great ol
rigor now thsn III y formerly were; the Va VI
ociousness engendered by war will render 2,
u more fierce the brutal instincts of The e9' @
uthern overseer and slave dealer The Cd
lciness and independence of the colored
q Increases in proportion as he approaches
boundaries Of freedom he is less dociIe
North than in South Carolina; in Virrin- St.
be becomes more and more restless; this pul
tlessness increases in WashiDgton and ex- pri
lds itself into sauciness in Baltimore, into ran
2tlVe impertinencs in Philadelphia, until the