Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-28
Their scorer Ceuneils.

From the National Republlcanl
In the clearing up of the rubbish Of the
room occupied last winter by the famous COM
mittee Of lbirty-three, the following letter,
written by Southern member Of it was
found, and is now in our possession. The
writer evidently contemplated The disruption
of the Union with concern and anxiety, but
he treats it asa fxed and irrevocable fact
This was in the early part Of January, and
while the pretenee was actively Kept up, that
there was possibility of preventing con-
elusion really foregone, BY "healingp meas
ures of compromise. All that was a matter
of diplomacy merely, The object not being to
restore the national Union, but so to manage
the pending legislative issues as to produce a
perfect Ua;oR Of dks Soath. The national Union
was regarded as gone, by the fixed policy of
the Cult States, and 50 it was then, as it is
now, unless sustained by military force. The
sad and aim of the manouvring last winter,
in committees, in he Peace Conference" at
Wizards Hall, and on the hOorE of the two
Houses of Congress, was not to bring back
vitality to the dead body of the national Tn
ion, but TO mass. the South in favor of disun-
ion, by such a presentation Of the pending
questions as would bring into the measure
the border States which were still reluctant
to venture uGon 50 hazardous a step
The s1bjoined letter, however, speaks sufi-
GENTLY for itself: --.---
"WAsRIEgToN, Jan. Z, 1861.
TDRAR SIR: / duly received your favor,
and will attend with pleasure TO your request
SO soon as | can get an hours lei=uEe My
labors on the committee consume nearly all
nv time, hut presume they Rill finish their
work in a day or two. Thus far their 6elib-
erations have resulted in nothing Of p7rticu-
lar Importance, and fear they will not &C
co1nplish anything calculated to quiet the
disturbed state OF the public mind. The truth
is, the onion is already dissolved, and it will
require the same miraculous interpOsition to
restore its vitality as was presented at the
grave of Lszarug. Mortal man cannot do it,
snd Hook 1Poa- it that Ihe-EhJls mzrrsr is
now resolved into simple question of secu-
rity or preservation for the South. Yes, the
Union is dissolved The reins OF goTernmeat
have fallen from the nervsless grasp Of the
miserable old creature who now presides at
the White House, and the next scene in the
drama (aad the most awful one, tool will be
the disruption Of ths bonds Of society, when
bad and desperate men viii control the hour,
and all will be discOrd, Eapine, crime, and
chaos. This is the wrath to come. Dismal
Night with her CHESTS, is now lowering
around in shades. The epidemic is progress
ing, and is nowrapidly extending from South
to North. 1t VIII 60 on increasing in a geo.
metrical progression, and in accordance with
the law Of gravitation, it will become more
I rapid as it descends.
g To my mind, this is no time for crimina.
ton, OF for the inquiry, if there was stcause
for the country 70 beprecipitated into its pre-
sent troubles2 the sole inquiry is, the union
of the SoHtE for tie safely Of the South There
must be no divisions at home. He who doubt:
imperils the very security Of bis hearth snt
dearest domestic relations. Right or wrong
every patriot must now rally in defence of bis
own home and people. think, if all thu
Y slave States, IN the dread altern alive noE
forced upon us, would simultaneously unit,
in separation, It would tend more to preven
civil war between the two sections, anC
produce, ultimately, a reconstruction of thu
Union"