Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-09-12

power. teheers
Here is paragraph which we commend to
the attention Of the Dayton Empire. u iS
from him who was one of the leaders of its
BrOOkinridgs faith during last years cam.
paign;
FREEDoN OF THE PRESS.
What about the liberty Of the press Il
Is like good many other liberties We enjoy,
hat has no right 70 commit treason. One |
has no more right to commit treason and de-
stroy the Government by press, than be has |
by any other mode. The rights and liberty |
of the press Is one Of our greatest and most
sacred blessings, to be guarded with wstchful
vigilance. Blu; what does that mean2 ln
time Of peace, TO discuss all measures Of
Government freely and iearlessly. But the
one who has press has no more right TO
overthrow q Government by reasonable
means in war, than one has By writing trea-
! soe without q press. There is no charm
about printed treason which gives Il impuPi-
". It will do we'll enough to hang up
parrot in a cage, TO say "Liberty cf the
pressl" "Liberty Of the pressF anu we
have a parrot crying It now Sho needs
| csginR. and some others who ought to be
cged. Suppose was to write 10 Mr.. A, or
8. and say-these rebels are after all, right;
/ | hope they will succeed am glad they are
| fighting our armies; and hope they will be
successful; hope the Administration will be
overthrowu, and devise means and plans 70
aid rebellion. That would be treason in
private letter. l would be liable to be i'm
prisoned, because it would be aifording aid
aud comfort And If in private letter,
how much more in an Internal secession
press, which sows It's dragon teeth broadcast
/ 10 poison the mind of the country and urge
on the rebellion. How much more should
they be arrested
Speaking then Of the movers in the late
Democrats Convention at Syracuse and
their resolutions, be says of
THEIR PRIEcIPLEE
They have no principle, and never had
They are like the Vermont preacher | heard
about. he had agreed to preach so many
sundays for SO many bushels of rye; when
be preached his first sermon, be told tnem
he would change and preach any other doc
trine that would suit them if that did not,
lor his rye. daughter Now, these men
claim to be running the Democratic party Of
New York. There is no doctrine, from that
of an Abolitionist so black that be would
make Wendell Phillips turn pale by the
side Of If, and no Pro-Slavery 30 rank that
it would take the brass out Of South Csroli-
ia, but they would resolve In moment to
hold their power.
The honorable speaker then administered
this scathing rebuke to the apOlOgists for
treason and their cries for peace"
NOT TIE PEACE END. s.
Twill illustrate our position by story, not
a new one, but new to you. A Revolution
AIRY soldier was walking with his espontoOn,
when be was attacked and bitten by fer0-
cious dog. He ran the dog through with
the sharp end of the instrument and killed
him. Then came the owner, scarcely less
terocious than the dog. " What made you
kin nv doQ7n a Because he bit me, and
threatened my life." "Why did You not
keep him off with the other end of your in
srrumentPn I" II he came at me with the
other end said the soldier, al should."---
rGreat laughter and applause. So if Sc
cession had come 70 US with peace instead
of war, we might have met it with peace in
return. Would they who stand up and cry
for peace, burn that Capitol, destroy the ar
chiEes Of the country, dishonor the flag,
murder citizens standiGg in its defense2 Obi
No; we would not do it ourselves. Why
not do it yourselves If you would encourage
others to do it2 1t would be more manly,
and not less wicked, either in the sight oi
/ man or in the sight Of God. he WHO en-
courages it-Who winks at it, and apologies
. for it's mischievous and no less guilty than
he who stands in arms against his country.
Would you creep like a savage, shielded by
darkness, and shoe. down the sentinel who
IS standing in obedience to duty to guard the
rights of his counry2 Is it rightly done7
No, we would not do that Then do not
apologize for the internal Williams who do it,
nor the d,vilish rebellion that inspires it,
fCheers, and voice ''Tbat is right"]
his PROPOSITIONS ROPE AND A CANNON.
If I made such miscreants propositions for
peace, l would drop them line to begin
with, with a moose at the end of it And
my negotiations should be through cannon
Of the largest caliber, and of the longest
range. l0heers.]
Mr.. Dickinson concluded with the follow
ing
ELooUEST PERoRAT1oE.
stThe rights of person, and every right
We hold most dear are involved in this issue.
! You can never divide this nation peaceably.
Yon can never find stopping place, when
once you have rewarded treason, by permit
ting it 10 succeed. Owls will boot from
your dwellings; foxes will look out of the
, windows Of your churches; ruin, darkness,
and desolation, will brood over you Such
assem- bles. IS this win be prevented by hos
tile troops, under the anarchy which viii ride
rough shod over you. Where are the great
spirits-the Clays, the Websters, the Ben.
tons; of the natiou2 They have been waited
away like the prophets Of old. Ny father,
nv father, the charicts of Israel aud horse
/ men thereofI Would t3 Heaven that we had
the voice Of Clay, of Webster, to cheer
as on now. How they wonld drive the rebel
to his hiding place Henry Clay would
make it cover and tremble like a deer at the
volts howl. And the majestic Webster
what dark clouds would rest upon his porten-
tious broWI And the logical and stadsti-
cal Benton, who always stood up for the
Union, with his sarcasm and logic would
make them wither like mown grass. They
, sE our country's glory, but not her shame.
Peace be 70 their ashes. A voice: "Fre-
month"; Fremont Yes dong his duty Ike
/ bOluiCA- AASICuOOH1. aluu AOuk
ued cheering. never supported him as q
politician; but support him as a General
And God speed him. have no doubt be
VIII do his full duty; and if he does. 1 viii
labor increasingly to stay up his hands, and
cheer him onward in his discharge Of duty.
shall inquire no mans p,litics now who en-
deavors in good faith TO protect the nation s
honor. And he who does not, / hold to be
! 90 patriot no Democrat, no honest man.
A voice "a tory Worse than tory
traitor. No; our Ship of State happily
exemplifei here to-day, upon these grounds
(pointing to ship which had been brought
an the procession by the boat builders of Ith-
aca)-although she has been arrested in her
successful course, let us all rally around her,
notinquiring whois in command, whether it
be Lincoln or jackson, Republican or Dem
ocras, who are the crew, bat seeing it is our
ship, under our flag, preserve it, whether IL