Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-24

"OpPosinE the Administrations
The charge is being .industriOusly eircu-
latsd By interested parties that the course
Of the LEADzR in opposing the Union
movement, is, in effect opposing the Ad-
ministration by raising questions Of party
s,fifo above those Of sustaining the war.
Now Just hers, let US say word upon this
phrase Of aparty strife which our Oppo-
nSh.s are using 50 frequently regarding
our COURSE. We do, it is true, advocate
dissolution Of tho old Union movement Of
last year, but We do it on the ground that
that movement was, strictly, no union. It
vas made party matter by the Democrats.
They supported the war, but their support
Of the policy Of the Administration was
bounded, in great measure, by their old
party lines. And even now, when they
are urging a continuance Of the so-called
Union, they stin cling to their old party
prejudice and assail those whom they de-
mRnd shall unite with them, as aAboli-
tiohists who are equally guilty with the
seeessionists." They assail US because We
urge the thorough and radical Republ-
cans TO stand manfaHy by their princi-
Piles, and not lose them by an unequal alli-
anee, and, at the same time, thoy charge those
same thorough Republicans with being re-
sponsibie fer the war. This is notrue
Union. It is submitting to the dOmina-
ton Of Democratic aspirants for place and
power. We care nothing for the name Of
Republieanism. only as it represents
the principles we profess Those princi-
pies under any other name, would be as
dear to US as now. And if they had been
OF would be embraced in a Union platform,
then we should go for such Union. But
they we're not thus embraced last year and
there is no hope that they would be this
year. We are not therefore engaged in q
''psrty strife" but strife for principles,
and because we believe our principles to'be
endangered by the so-called Union, there
fore We oppose it.
Now for the charge Of "opposing the Ad-
ministrstiOn's We have shown, in former
articles, the tendency of the Union move
ment to suppress and set aside the thorough
and radical Republicans through whose
Efforts this present Congress has made such
an honorable record for ITSELF If the
Uhion movement be continued, as it was
lastyssr, it win tend to preventa fairrep-
resentation Of our people and their prinoi-
pies, for II viii send to Congress men who
have little or no sympathy with the true
feeling of the people Of Ohio-and especial
u Of Northern Ohio-upon the summary
and eFectual punishment Of the traitors and
The conditions Of their restoration to na-
tionsl favor. The men who have passed
the eonfseation bills, the bill for the aboli-
ton Of slavery in the District, the bill pro-
hibiting slavery in the territories, and other
aets Of like character, win be thrust aside
and conservatives put in their place.
Now does any one doubt but thatthe acts
specified above received the heartiest sane
tiOn Of the Administration 2 Did President
Lincoln send many objection to any ofthem2
Has he not, on the contrary, in ell his
messages and prOclamations, and especially
IN his Emancipation Message, evinced a
thorough Auti-slavery purpose and desire ?
No intelligent person can doubt it, and if
moro proof was wanted, it is at hand.
Senator Charles Sumner writes that the
Presidents whole soul was occupied by his
invitation to Emancipation in the States,
because ait was just and benefcent, u0hile
itPronissa the sure end Of SIausry." Mr..
sumner further says, he is writing
letter to thorough Anti-Slavery man, who
eensured the President for not having gone
fast and far enough upon the slavery ques-
ton "you might perhaps wish he were
less cautious, but you would be grateful
that he is so true 70 all you have at heart"
And, as if to leave no particle of doubt as to
where he stands, President Lincoln assured
the deputatiOn from the Society of Friends,
on Friday last that he stood now just
where he stood in 1858, when he said in
speech that this nation must be all free or
all slave. To help make it all free, there
fore, is one object of his life and labors.
The President is clearly in close sym
Pathy with the radical anti-slavery Repub-
heans. To endorse the action of these men
viii therefore be an endorsement of the
President while to set them aside and send
to Congress men who are opposed to them in
sentiment, or whOareat the best, lukewarm
in the cause, will tend to embarass and
hamper the Administration If there is
any opposition, then, it comes not from us,
but from the supporters Of the conserve
tive policy.