Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-04-18
certificate you win forwaro the same to me.
]. w. FITCH,
Brig. Gen. let Brigade, 18th Div. o. V. M.


In obedience to the above order, propos,
to raise q company Of one hundred men
(the officers TO be elected by the Company,
TO be uniformed with red flannel shirts, black
pants and slouched hats, and TO be called
"The Garibaldians.P The time has at Last
arrived when every citizen must determine
what duty he owes and what assistance he
will render 10 the Government under which
he lives, and the Flag by which he is pro-
tected. f..r..'-
The recent action Of the so-called Confed-
crate States in the attack upon, and bonn
bardment Of, Fort Sumter, obliterates party
lines, party platforms and party issues, and
| forces upon all the alternative of sustain
ing the Government or giving aid and com
fort 10 its enemies.
! Whether at war with a foreign power or
in the midst of revolution at home, how
ever unjust the object of that war, or how
ever just the cause Of the revolution, it is
the imperative duty ofeyery citizen TO stand
| by, sustain and fight for the Government to
which he acknowledges allegiance, and the
Flag to which he looks for protection.
There is no middle ground between patri-
otism and treason, and we must all be pa
triots or traitors. Not to sustain the Govern
ment in the hour Of peril is nothing less
than treason, and he who sympathizes with
its enemy is nothing less than q traitor, de-
serving Of nothing less than traitors
death.
Young men! Our future is the most in
volved in this matter. It is to us that the
nation looks in this crisis, and upon US it
most depends. That glorious Flag which
was borne by Washington throughsa seven
years struggle-that emblem of our nation
ality, which thus far has been the protecting
ehfa1I 10 ho A -,
of the earth, upon land and sea-that glori-
Gus Flag has been struck and is now trailing
in the dust. Let US again unfurl it to the
breeze, and in defending it show to the world
that we are not degenerate sons Of patriotic
sires. EDWARD KINSMAN.
P. s.-ThOse desiring of enlisting under
the above order will appear at the Brigade
Headquarters, Lyman's Block.
THE c. L. AIN these days of "wars
and rumors of wars" the natural interpreter
tiOn of The letters C. L. A. will probably be
Cleveland Light Artillery, but we intend
simply to refer to the Cleveland Library
Association, and to make mention of refer
ence in the report of its Directors concern
ingthe Librarian, which was as follows:
''In conclusion, the Board cannot refrain
from alluding to the faithful and unremit-
ting attentions Of their Librarian, Mr.. VIM.
J. Tsit "a
at is due to the present efficient Librarian,
Mr.. VIM. J. TAFT, to state that his labors
during the year have been greatly increased,
and most aceeptably performed; and owing
to the financial difficulties Of the Institu-
ton, at less remuners ton even than in
former years."
Mr.. TAFT has for several years been con-
nected with the Association, and his labors
have aided much in giving it the stand
which it now occupies. His gentlemanly
and accommodating manner to all persons of
Ill degrees, has been noticeable feature, and
his position is one which could not be sue
,essfully filed by person not endowed
With the virtue of patience.
A Word TO THE W1sE.-The sargeant who
las recently been attached to the Recruiting
,fice in this city was dispatched to Newport
with party of men yesterday morn
ng. This man has taken occasion to ex-
press himself in such manner lately as to
-ender his stay in Cleveland somewhat haz
lrd ,us to himself, and the probability is
hat he will not soon return. Unfortunately
capt. Clinton was, by rumor, mentioned as
having given inference to sentiments not in
harmony with Northern ideas, but nothing
.Ould have been further from the truth
Japt. c. is not only brave officer but a
launch UniOu man, and on being informed
# the conduct of his subordinate at once
emarked that an end would be put to all
uch proceedings instanter. We are told that
here are other pOlsons in our midst and
ome of them men Of position even, who are
,uilty in like manner. If so, let them be s
marked.