Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-09-23
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Hon. Daniel 3. DIckiuuuu to the Peace |
lIen.
One year ago Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson Of
New York visited Cleveland and was recsiv-
ed with great demonstrations Of delight by
The Breekinridee wing OF the Cleveland De
mocracy, portion Of whom are some ofthe
leaders in the present apeace party. For
the good of these gentlemen, we make one
or two extracts from Union speech deliver
ed by Mr.. Dickinson at thO Cooper Institute,
New York, on Friday evening last and COM
mend To them to heed his rebukes and his
warnings;
WHO IS REsPoEsIBLE2
Some one has asked, /" What about the ab.
nlitionists They were not 10 imagine that
the wind was blowing northwest because il
was blowing in that direction last January.
(Laughter Let the dead bury the dead"
They had live questions to-day. No matter
whether the conAsgration was set agoing by
abolitionists or dsmocrats, thu question now
was how to put it Uut The abolitionists
could not have done much harm If they had
not been aided BY ''seven devils more wicked
than themselves" Laughter and applause
"a voice-"What about Fremonts proelama-
Iion2') Read it for yourselves. meddle
not with those sidebOaFd difficulties. Ny
interest Is With putting down the rebellion
putting it down so It will stay there-(ap-
pause and then all these political ques-
tions of genuine democracy, spurious democ-
racy, republcanism, AmeFicanism, abolition
ism and all other isms that can be attended
70 Butin the FIRST place let Us put down this
rebellion.
LIT TIE PEAcE MEN FLY From TIE soDoM AND
eoNoRRAE OF TREASON. I'd
My war cry is Peace, prosperity, prOtec-
tim TO loyalty everywhere, North and South
-(ioud applause land Death and destruc-
ton to tresehery and treason everywhere"
/ tContinned applause There is q great and
impsssable gull between fidelity and treason
LAS great as that which divided the rich
man from Lazarus. You peace men. Ay from
the Sodom and Gomorrah of treason while
you have chance. The storm Of public in.
dignstion is much nearer than you imagine
"a voice" That's SOY You can no longer
be in favor of the Union with a dagger in
| lOuI uAuu 4ulCQ NJ AEa NlLhA5s II IOu MchL
to help the government come along. Shoul
der your muskst, If you do not then shoul
der your musket and join the opposite side
Wellgive you aiF clearance, and play tht
"Rogue's March after you. The great bal
is open; choose your partners and take youl
position on the floor, and we will see whethel
you can keep step to the music Of the Union
(Oheers and laughter.
WHAT TuE PEACE MEN HAVE DoNE AND woULI
DO.
have seen this thing from its beginning
l have seen this acsursed serpent from thu
time it was first Matched. have seen i
whsn it was lisping infant in the CRADLE
have seen it brought up to its giant pro
portions, until it assumes to dictate to thi
great Government, and now will live, Coz
granting, to see it crushed into thevery earth
| Tremendous applause And ysu who ali
it in any fern, or in any manner, di-ect o.
indirect, remote or immediate, are as guilt
as he who is in arms against the Government
fApplause.) You are the peace men in
loyal State, andSSare encouraging one OF tn
most wicked, one of the most caCseless, mos
damnable rebellions that ever existed anon
men. ApologiEing for it when you hav
seen your soldiers march forward to the de
fence of the National Capital. You hav
seen them buried in bloody graves; you hav
! seen them murdered and stricken down, AM
still you would apologize for them, and yo1
. are opposed to war. Yes, I am opposed t
war; so much opposed to it that woul
bring out, If it were possible, the red artille
I ~ of Heaven to crush this rebellion (Crie
Of " Good, good, +" and applause.) YOnder
a mother whose son went few days sine
: and was slain upon the battlefield Peace
men, look upon her while the blood of he
son is dripping from your fingers. Why wa
} her son slain Because you were encoursg
ing rebellion and treason. (Applause. y
And but yesterday young bride was calle
: upon to wreath the widows weeds with
t bridal wresth, and you were the cause {
that, and why2 Because you were holdin
out aid and encouragement TO this accurse
rebellion, your hands are stained with th
blood of her husband. Look at that littl
J group of children surrounding a Widowe
2 mother At thee she looks; at thee sh
: trembles; and the little children fall bac
{ aghast, lest the murderers of the husban
4 shall be the murderers of the children alsC
9 Raise your bloody hands to Heaven, if 20
: csn, and aid on this rebellion further, you il
! famous wretch