Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-24
THE WAR MEETING,
LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC GATH.
BRING.
Speeches Of Hon. q. ]. Jewett,
Ex-Governor DennisOn, Col,
Mo0OOk and others.
GREAF FENTHUsIAsm AND UNANnIITY

AFAinufVh A4lii puN. tne INDICATIONS peu
y that the hall would not be sufficient to CO.
tain the audience twas decided in the afts
: noon to moeain the open air. A platform {
= the speakers was erected on the front steps
= the County Court House. The Forest Ci
I bSad occupied the balcony. An immen
( throng, numbering several thousand, asseu
z bled IN front Of the Court House before it WI
, dark Mayer Flint called the assembly
order, and II. B. Payne, Esq, was called
: the Chair. Mr.. Payne in taking the cha
remarked that il was not necessary to explsi
the object Of the meeting. After more tha
year Of bloOdshod this hated and treasoua
Bile rebellion still exists. The resources, tn
: energy and determination Of the rebel
: have been underestimated. Since MI
Buehanan's day Of humiliation it ha,
been fully demonstrated that the devi
Of rebellion is not going out through fastin,
and prayer We thought $4,000 men coulc
put down treason, but Bull Run showed u
our mistake. After that, half a million o
men were called for, and 1t was believed tha
when disciplined and hardened to endurance
they would be able to sweep over the eleven
rebeIlious States. Those men have performed
deeds Of valor and covered themselves with
glory; yet, sitter all this, in nearly every en-
gagement We have been outnumbered in the
ranks and outgeneraled on the field. A re-
inforeement Of SOC, 900 men is now demanded.
The Secretary Of State says if they are
promptly furnished all viii be well, leaving
it to be inferred that if not promptly furaish-
ed all will not be we'll. Ohio is called upon
for her quota, and Gov. Tod has appointed
those meetings for the purpose of awaking
the people to a sense of what is demanded of
than. The time has come when pickering
and contention must cease or we shall cease
to exist as a nation. We hRvo differed hon
estIy but long enough on the negro question
Mr.. Lincoln is our constitutional head, in
command Of the army and navy, and he can
judge better than any other man what the
eKigeneies Of the times demand. Within
few days he has said thatslaves shall be used
whenever and wherever they can be used in
the work of suppressing the rebellion. Let
every patriot be content Enthusiasts
oheera.l
Mr.. Payne presented to the assembly Hon.
Hugh ]. Jewett Of GAINESVILLE, who was greet
ed with warm cheers. Mr.. Jewett said he
was here on request of our worthy Governor,
to present the condition Of the country and
the claims she has upon US for aid. He was
not here to discuss politics or oriticise this or
that policy not to offer this or that mode Of
carrying on or terminating the war.
He was here, he said, to speak of the neces-
sity for a prompt response to the eountry's
call. he alluded to the differences among
among US which have embarrassed the Gov
ernmsnt in the discharge of its duties. Those
differences should cease. We should fix our
eyes upon the Onion as the polar star Of ae-
tiOn. He expressed his faith in the final ter
mination Of the war, by therestOration of the
Union. The time is when individual views
must not influence men in the discharge of
their duties. he declared it to be the duty
OF every citizen 20 give the Administration,
and through it the Government, his most cor
dial and hearty support.
The President who, with eye single to the
safety Of the Union and the Constitution, has
from time to time communicated to US the
condition, necessity and wants of the Gov
ernment, has said that in order to put down
the rebellion 800 600 more men are wanted.
The Governor of Ohio has appealed to you by
proclamation to perform your share of the
duty required BY furnishing your qusta.-
It is to advise, strengthen and eneour-
age you in this work that Governor
Tod has appointed these meetings. =
Let Ohio show to her sister States that she
is not backward in making a response-that
she viii rally around the Union and to the
support Of the aag. He made 'an eloquent
appeal to the young men-those whose hopes,
for the future are centered in the Union-to
make good the pledges of our Governor. It
issnscessary forus to appreciate the magni-
tude Of tho rebellion and the e1teht Of the
work before Us. We have a powerful and
willy foe 70 Bght,- who has said that he will
accept of no terms Of peace save the acknowl-
edgement that the old Union is no more, and
who has declared that the blood Of Northern
men shall fatten every battlefield unless we
agree to the seyering Of these States and the
establishment of Confederaey on our own
soil, hostile to rs in every respect. Do not
imagine that our task is triaing one or that
VIC have little at stake. The work is an in
Portant one and will not be accomplished
without great toll and much sacrifec.-
lie theu proceeded to show that
neither peace nor future prosperity could be
expected with a divided Union. Tho aid
necessary to paevent such a catastrophe must
be immediate and speedy. He referred to
the danger of foreign intervention. The
deapotio powers of Europe would rejoice in
the failure Of the experiment Of self govern
ment in ibis country. Action, prompt and
vigorous, Is necessary on our part to prevent
foreign Intervention. He dwolt strongly on
the duty We owe our friends ana neighbOrs
now in the field to come up to their support.
Mr.. Jewett was warmly applauded.
The band played " Hail Columbia"
Mr.. Payne then introduced Hou. William
Dsnnison Of Columbus, who was greeted with
cheers. Every nation, he said, has certain
epOehs or turning points in its history The
convention which assembled to declare the
independents Of our country marked the irst
great epoch--w6 are now in the second great
epoch Of our country. Seven hundred thou
sand troops under treason and rebellion are
attempting to overthrow our gOvernment.-
Civil var has visited all other nations, and
Wocould hardly expect to escape the ordeal
n vou 20 hack to the history Of the rebe1Iions