Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-09-10


you viii speedily signify your acceptance
Of the position in such manner as may be
oonsonsnt with your Judgment,
With Sentiments Of high regard, &C.,
TH0S. EWING, President.
J. NJ. CoFFIEBURF, Seo'y.
10 this ar. Tod replies IN the following
patriotic Address; R
To the People OF Ohl0. -r7 q
In responding TO my nomination BY your
representatives in Convention at Columbus
on the 9th inst, intelligence Of which has
this day been officially communicated to
me, and Ia the acceptance Of the same, il
Is meet that / should express to you my
sense Of the obligation which this high
honor confers. Language fails me in this
attempt, as ! can conceive Of no more dis
tinguished mark Of your confidence ct this
critical juncturs, through so intelligent ard
patriotic q Convention Of Representatives
assembled from all parts of the State, re-
heoting the sentiments Of all political par
ties, as well as Of the highest Interests and
mOst important concerns involved in what
may With truth be termed a struggle for
our national existence.
Believe me when l assure you fully
appreeiste the vast responsibility attached
TO the position Of Chief Magistrate of our
State at this critical period in its Affairs and
IAN duly sensible of my own demerits, and
were It not that rely upon your generous
forhesrance should hesitate TO accept
what your distinguished impartiality with
such unparalleled unsnimity have assign
ed me. .,..s El''
without going into discussion of the
circumstances and events which have
brought about the present alarming and
unhappy condition of our national affairs,
as these must now be apparent to all,
will content myself by saying that the is
sue presented to US as people in The san
culinary struggle forced upon US BY the
Fambiiious and designing leaders, the
Southern rebellion, is, that Of mans osps-
city for self-government The whole qaes-
tion to be tried and ssttled--seitled in such
way that nothing in human power can
ever disturb or change it again, is, then,
sWhether man is capable Of governing
himselfi Should IL not be shown when.
q every resource and sacrifee has been made
-and Esuld exhaust every means in our
power frst ere yielding--theR in order
that We might have our rights protected
and our liberties preserved in some degree
rr approaebing the perfection Of our hitherto
supposed impregnable system eff free gov
,erament, 1 would consent to be taken un-
der the protection Of our once sO-called
Mother Country, or of any otter power cap
abls Of maintaining for US the respect Of the
nations of the globe.
That We shall eventually succeed in set
Ting this question to the satisfaction of all
the world beyond the hitherto expressed
doubts and suspicious of foreign pOtentates,
statesmen and presses, | have not the re-
motest doubt but that We shall be required
10 exercise all Of those higher attributes Of
which man is capable; patient and perse-
vering purpose, infexible will urshsken
fortitude and unshrinking courage, the al
ready written experience of the past few
months have indicated And it is the
source Of the heartiest congratulation that
we can already point to the brave deeds
.aland daring and glorious actions of our no
ble volunteers thus early, and feel within
our hearts that the number Of these invinc-
fble soldiers have only to be increased and
their welfare and comfort considered and
cared for to the utmost Of our resources, tC
have abundant evidence Of the success
which, though it may be temporarily inter
rupted, must eventually perch upon oul
banners.
It is the duty of every man who car
bear arms at this juneture, imperative ne
cessity alone preventing-When his efforts
should be given in another direction toward
strengthening the cause and aiding thI
GoYernment,-to rally to the standard o
his country, and be counted among the be
rOes Of the gre ltest IS it will be the mos
extraordinary revolution since the Worl(
began. The struggle Of our- ancestors wa
for self government our struggle is Il
"a msihtain IL, and under the blessing Of tn
same God who smiled upon Washington AM
his barefooted and half starved comrades
sDs ioiu Do it1 4 q
Those who cannot cid the cause in th
II Geld may yet do much while pursuing thei
ordiuary avocstions; the sineWs Of wa
JTI are needed, and these they msy. help
contribute, every man as far as his mean
syill warrant and there should scarcely
a limit to this when il is considered that
80 our government is destroyed, property wi
have lost whatever value its free institU
tions and enlightened laws conferred. L
this view, the National Loan, based upo
such security as underlies the existence
the Federal Government and the value {
all property and TO which no other specie
Ire Of security can ct al spProximats in valu
should be IS literally subscribed to IS I
much Of 3 lien on life, for what is Iii
aorlh without liberty And Is not libert
70 be purchased and secured 81 every cost
The character Of the National Loan is sue
that nearly sll Glasses may participete
its subscription, and it Is better that te
men should subscribe to q $1,000 Of i
notes, than that the honor and profit shoul
fall to one. M
Our system Of taxation may require +
vision; as It now operates some escal
,-fr.~
whose burthens should be lightened. Equs
ify, that like the deWs Of heaven, ea'
is9 may bear, in proportion, his just shere,
-bsf e required, and what It should beo1
ain 70 secure. 51
The unprepared state in which the ope
--lfno nf the var found our State Cover
ment naturally erssled many obstacles,
Iittle confusion, much delay, and maj
irving and psculiariy annoying diiienlti
20 both ths ExecutiVe and the people. l q
happy to believe that these obstacles 3
now mainly removed.
i shall be my aim to give the utmost su
d F1orf fs the National Government coneeiEil
- che doctrine of Secession to be entirely
- structiFs of our national existence, Withol
- which il win be Impossible 70 govern on
- selves regarding the original compact of Il
Federal Union not one Of States, but Of 4
people, and edhsring TO the never to
shaken belief that they the psople--and
this / mean the people of all the States,
their REPRESENTATIVES fairly elected and fisl
- gated and assembled Ia National ConVentie
have ssOne the right after the most liBer
and enlarged debate, to determine its fatul
destiny Believing that the msssss of 4
SouIh sLiifioFe he oHioa and would We
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