Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-21
ILLINOIS CORRESPONDENTS

EDS. LRADERs-During the past week eli
the stormy elements Of nature from the four
quarters Of the earth seemed to have met in
convention in Chicago. Whether or no it
wasa Union Convention, is not known-eer-
tain it is that their proceedings were far from
Harmonious In short to use the most ap-
propriate language Of distinguished English
writer, {" It blew, it snew, it thew and then
it iriz.'
Thoseof our citizens who were wise pre-
pared for the different changes that came in
such rapid succession. They were guided by
principls-by the principle that transgressOrs
Of the laws Of Nature and Of Right must in
eYitably suffer he penalty. In The physical
organization nature is memorable, and if man
will not improve the opportunities BY which
he is surrounded to guard against the sudden
and deleterivus changes Of the weather, he
must be responsible.
The laws of Nature, as we'll Of Justice, ad-
nit of no 4" compromise with those who re-
bel against them, yet in The face of theseim-
mutabls truths, large portion Of the citizens
attempted to effect eompromise, among the
provisions Of which was clause providing
that man should be spared the trouble Of ex-
ira exertion to protect himself from incl6m-
ent weather. OF course Nature spurned the
acompromise,p executed the laws, and pun
ished not only the rebels but also those '0hO
attempted to compromise. The latter class
are now laboring under the disadvantages Of
all sorts Of irritating eOmplaints-cOlds,
sore thrOata, &c.
Needless Of this lesaon from Nature, a few
semi-RepubIican Water street merchants call
ed meeting for last Saturday evening to de
bounce the Daily Tribune for its unHinehing
opposition to measures Of compromise upon
the great political question Of the day. The
Tribune just now is the recipient OF the varied
ill-wiIl and unfriendly blows of all the Othel
1 dailies in the city. The Times, regular dis
| union sheet, edited by Virginian who open
/ ly symDathizes with the rattlesnake traitors
/ Of the South, very naturally improves every
! opportunity 70 moan in its superlatiVe STYLE
over the utter depravity Of its cOtemporary
Another consideration is the course Of th'
l Tribune in opposing so vigorously the exten
sion Of the reaper patent Of McCormick, tn
proprietor Of the secession organ The tory
ism Of the Times is exceeded only by Its ex
cessivs dFyness.
The Daily Democrat, the queerest Publica
ton in the West, devoted mainly to the pOlit
ical interests Of its proprietor, finds it just "a
easy. as rolling off a log" TO fire away a
deacon Bross' Of the Tribune The Demo
crat is printed on dingy paper, in ding,
brick building ycept " jackson Hall, ~ on La
sale street. LIS editorials are seldom know
to vary from the following topics; The May
OF. Taxes, Long john, Liberty and Economy
| John Wentworth, General Jackson, Corrupt
ion and the Daily Tribune. It is notoriou
for publishing the same editorials sometime
two or three days in succession. tits quee
concern, has but limited circulation, an
subsists principally upon the replete purse
its proprietor, and its capacity for kicking
an interminable muss about local affairs.
The Daily Post, the new Independent ps
per published by J. w. Sheahan and bis tw
former associates when be was at the head {
the Times, walks into the Tribune for its ur
compromising principles just as easily as il
three editors did Of old. tits under some It
striction not to NEEDLE with political mattel
for Eve Yeas, but it wiggles around the en-
barge shrewdly BY assuming to act the h'st'
rian of passing events. At present 1t is CON
piIing a history of compromise in which
outstrips time itself in its endeayOrs to bart'
away the principles so triumphantly approx
- ed by the people last Fall Ali of its editol
are Democrats. This accounts for the lam'
ness Of this neutral nag being all upon OF
side.
The Evening Journal, Seward Republ
can paper,is quite a respectable issue. It hi
no small amount Of literary talent engage
D upon It. The beautiful sentimental though
= and. poetic gems that fall from the pen Of
Literary Editor, B. F. Taylor, are eXtensiy
,. | ly quoted by the american press. The Jou
} nal is an honest Republican sheet at heart, b
u has The pardonable weakness of always fo
lowing minutely the train Of ideas prOmulg
7 Ted By Senator Seward, consequently, WHIT
1. the honorable Senator's late conciliatol
Is speech was published, the Journal became eI
i inently conservative, taking tle Tribune s
verely 70 task for continuing to publish 4
x same radical ideas it had previously DONE
AZ Gov. Stewards oonciliatiOn subsequent
appeared to involve no patticular eOmpromi
Of principle, the naturally patriotic impuis
Of the Journal strengthened its weak fait
4 and it now more nearly accords with pc
E, Mar sentiment here than when endeaTC
ing to bolster up the renegade Kellogg fro
this State. Four-6fths, | may say more pro
erly nine-tenths, Of fRepublicans here endol
the,no-compromise stand Of the Tribune.
Yet the little batch Of Water st. trafiekl
undertook to speak for the Republicans
g CHICAGO last Saturday night BY endorsi
Kellogg. The Post makes a 'historieal recor
g Of the facI that the people are becoming m'
Y conservative. Tne Times no Fls with delil
e At the prospect that its Palmetto and magno
friends may not necessarily test the strenl
of hemp or be required to dose few F. F.
I condition powders. The Journal stradd
q the fence fithas a heavy subscription a
advertising patronage on Water st. "a
ts tbe Democrat-well-the Democrat v
i. probably have an article on the subject il
m lew day with an extra IDEA or 60 thro
in demopstrating the incaleulabie amount
ko04 accom- puautQ DI tue pVAiSJ VI
Z Mayor in Administering city affairs.
The Tribune, although With the rest it
its weaknesses, battles bfa1ely for the Ri
IoN and the Truth, needless Of the hoWls of
81 81 rebels or The faintings of The weak in Isrl
Cd Kellogg is execrated here, and public opin
No has not been heightened in his favor by
q Heenan style Of replying to the criticism,
. the Washington Editor Of the Tribune,
NediIl Medill is severe on dough IA
It requires something sharp to cut a spong
y especially 8 sponge that absorbs 50 m
Os. compromise mud. believe every Repu
ss- ~ can psper in the eleven counties represer