Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-05-08
ne Hsrsh Of Opinion.

Itn Interesting 70 note the progress Of
tAs var Sentiment among the people of th,
fse States within the last few days s,
strOsg ras the desire for peaoe. and q
great the reluctance Of the mass Of Ii,
sitiseus to the very idea of war, that the,
have borne and ferborne, for years, insults
and injuries from The slaveOcracy Of th,
south. hat No other people under the heas.
sna possessing heir strength. would hav,
s1bnitted 10. for one moment TreaeherJ
in the cabinet. teachsry In the army,
treaehery in the iTil service. and on the
supreme bench. asurpati on Of powers By
subordinate civil and military officers, seiE-
ing Of public property, ind the violation
Of ali The rights Of person and property Of
private eitisers had been submitted to
with elly nov and then an indignant pro
test from The hsrh, but no decisive meas
u,es 70 eounteraet the mischief Il was
not until armies had been mustered in the
south. civil wal actually commenced. and
hot and shell had fallen like hail around
Tie heroic defenders Of Fort Sumter, and
AMID the ere and smoke Of its burning bar.
racks, from its erumblins walls the stars
and stripes were lowered to armed traitors,
ehas The freenen Of the north At lsz. shook
% their lethsrg and aFeSe in their might.
TAere is ne doubling or wavering now,
but from the Atlantic 70 tAe Pacific. in
eisy. hamlet and country en- every foot Of
land net cursed BY the slime Of slavery,
armed men spring up. and there is one uni
tsssal demand that this rebellion shall be
crashed GU. at once, and forever. To ae.
esnplish this. all hat men value mott
tAsy freely offer; M man holds back. Dem.
ecssts AID Republicans, Native Americans
sza P~orsig1srA Conservatives and Ultra
ists. cid and young vie with each ether In
their zeal IN the cause We hear 70 more
Of parties, or Of creeds. all minor differ
esces arc swallowed up, and lifelong oppo-
nesz now labor AIDE by side for their
sesatry. At home, or march shoulder to
:shsaldsr il the ranks Of the gallant msa
she 70 forth to the battle field. The elsT-
q taks 4 noble stand. They bid ia SOL
lisrt. 'ace speed" and call down the
blessings Of SGayen upon them in the catap
On the march and amid The fierce conflict
Of o~sntsDdiag arnieG Women offer those
sAey bald most dear. upon their oOuntry's
altar. bays long fer the time Shsa they
esa tske . part N the glorious cause, and
al ever this bread lssa arise the prayers
sf Christian men and women to that God
who gireth victory % the right
The GeFeranent need no longer call to
tAs people 70 cone forward. but the people
Aes demand Of she G~eVernmsht that Il
sasz hasssn and STRIKE q tie heart of The
rsbsIEox. open out the way through Balti.
more or make It adesert, crush those nests
q vipers at Richmond and Charleston.
drive 81 Tie trsisorcus brood which threat
sss feFt Picksnh open the Mississippi from
is messh 70 Cairo. blockade every port on
tAs Atlantic coast and from the Ohio to
The Gulf Sf Mcxioo. wipe Odt every Testige
u snarchy and rebellion
This Is the sentiment Of the Free States.
Row. but If the a~rch-traitcrs shall be gull
" Of he gross e-ueltiss they threaten.
then It win rot stop here. but ere long de-
nsnd tAit when the south lays down its
SIMS tAattbsre be no slsEsholder owning
sys hunarsa slaves Whs shall be equal in
power n ooagrszs to three hundred and
enc fee white man, bat that disgrace TO
6ee1sn Be esde1-
Nor ;s this an il TIE war shah be Of
long eontinasnee. and the feelings Of men
Be greatly ~eznsPeated. then they viii de-
nssd. and sssrnly insist that che aus Of
al this trsabls. slavery. Be utterly rooted
sal. and tAst upon no foot Of the soil of
Nogsk AnsTioa . slave ever again shall
tresa
Let the southern traitors bear these
tlinss in mind