Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-02-05

Mlicu llme nt|fie9 lEo 0ead nal0n1 IL g
our labor q 70 forth ike TltAns, and grasp
ing these lost oFbs, hsave them up and re-
store the unity and harmony Of our system
The labor Is superhsFculea1; bring out your
engineers, crane them up, and sway them
back 10 their placer, and fasten them there
with the eternal ligstures Of truth and JUS
tice, forever ont Of reach of the ljosening
hand Of rebellion.
We sfe told in this fearful eXigeney that
i've should not be in hasteltO determine what
radical and extreme measures, which may
reach the loyal as well as the disloyal, are
Indispensable" Oh, no; We are to mince
and hesitate and deliberate, and when we
deal blow Il Is to be a gentle, admonitOFy
tap, upon en- inVulDeFable part. II yOu strike
strong and heavy the FecoiI may iDjure the
loyal. Do not our loyal sufEer2 Is il moth
ing that thousands and thousands Of our
brsvest and best go down In battle and waste
away to death in camp and tent and hospi-
tai, Waylsid in solitary, shadOwy gorees and
glens, and murdered7 Nothing that the
whole land is hung with the drspery Of
mourning, until il seems shrouded in the
garments of night, and filed with the Bobs
of wee 2 Do not the loyal suffer among us7
And may the loyal Of the border States pur-.
chase exemption from the unavoidable evils
incident TO war and their position2 Shall
the whole country perish because its saliva
ton would bring peculiar hardships, not to
their lives or persons, but to their property
alone, which may be compensated fort In
the name of all that Is fearful In this eXi-
gency, what is it you demand for them, and
at what fearful haEard7 Does not all this
mean that at all events slavery Is TO be the
one thing not to sufer2 Is it not weighing
it naked and alone against the nation, and in
a doubtful bslanee7 What fearful and ter
rible apprehensiens this suggestsl And if
the time ever arrives in the councils of the
Executive to make the hesitating ehoies,
where will the patriots of the border States
be found?
"Gentle shepherd, tell Us where"
Sir, the gentleman from Kentucky GMr.
Wadsworth more than answers this INQUIRY.
and tells US where. Tney will strike doubt.
ingly and languidly with Us until we differ
about the mode Of carrying on the war, and
then against rs. Be it 80. Is this the meas
ure and standard of Kentnekian's love Of
country2 Were all these aorid professions
but painted bubbles, filed with tainted
breath? What does this mean2 Kentucky
would remain true to the Constitution and in
the Union; but then, in given event. The
rebellion would grow to such proportions as
to include fife States. Let it grow il it
will. The gentleman may then learn, if he
is curious, whether we can endure the iismelI
of gunpoWder." represent the gentleman
as l understood him. Are these the descend.
ants OF the Kentuekians of 1912; Of that
gallant host that came plunging through the
woods to our far-sf invaded border; who
raised the siege of Fort Meig5, and aided Us
to pursue and capture a British army on
British soil? Do not say we are ungratsful
for this, or that we would injure Kentuck-
isns. Already thirty-fve thousand bayousta
have gone sparkling over the dividing river
from Ohio to prove that We cannot forget;
to prove that we so detest Kentucky that We
thrust our brave and beautiful ones between
her and her foes, and give her q chance tC
rally her own cons. What do gentlemen
mean by these charges on this hOor2 WhC
is Garfield, and whence came his forty-secOnd
regimentP Who is MeCook and his ninth
Where got they their bayonets7 q. And
whence came Kinney, who planted his gum
within sixty yards of murderous musketry
And the gallant STANDARD, and the fragile
girlish boy Wetmore, with his lion heart snd
Parrott guns? An save McOook and hil
ninth are from my own fanatic region
STANDARD and his heroes are from my OWL
city, and WetmoFe took his men from sin
gle neighborhood of my district--all identi.
cal in sentiment, yet they asked no question,
i The Blood runs ss red and not snd genefo1S
on the breezy shores Of Lake Erie as in a
more southern cline. If more men are
needed there are ready thousands to 90
take all. The newest bride shall be widow
ed the youngest babe shall be orphaned;
the last hearth shall be left desolate; and the
last heart shall beat and break under the war
hOof, without question or condition. No
wavering or hesitation weakenS an arm or
checks the devotion Of my people.
But do not be in haste-no need in the
world for expedition. This blow has only
eloven away one-half of our empire, and a
good deal more than half our a-coast, and
reduced Us to a rugged narrow belt across
the continent and belesgured our capital
for few months This is nothing. Do not
for that 90 % being radical, and get our
selves talked about. You might hurt reb.
els feelings, and make him uneasy about his
property.
Do you remember, sir, the glowing figure
of the gentleman nom Kentucky [ Mr.. Hard
ing] who likened the States to the sons and
daughters of great family residing in differ
ent apartments of one grand home mansion
that had taken IRE?
You remember, he, too, represented Us
0hioans, Indisnians, and Illinoisans, as re-
fusihg to aid in eXtinguishing the flames un-
less our brothers win consent to dismess their
servants. Sir, Il was these very domestics
that caused this fire, and it is through their
agencies that it is still fed and famed, and no
power on earth can save the edi6ce till they
are expelled.
WeWill not aid, will we? Who furnished
these six hundred thousand men and these
six hundred millions of money! Who
now stands between Kentucky and the
flames, or fearlessly tread the brands of the
conhagrstiOR that have eharred and blacken-
ed herr
This mansion is indeed wondrous ediHce,
such as mortals never before erected. Grand
and sublime in It's proportions, yet construct
cd on the simplest and most elementary prin-
ciples Of art. With its out.sWeeping walls.
wide enough to protect the millions Of con-
tinent yet lining its dome so IoftiIy that the
western sun aings its shadow across the sea,
and it falls sttartlingly and omniously among
the pigmy kings and dwarfed tribes Of the
far-off Old World.
What priceless riches are hoarded in that
structure. There are gathered all the hearths
and hopes and homes of once happy mil
lions; all the garnered treasures Of the past.
the precious present, and The roots and ele.
ments Of all the grand future. Thers is the
fountain Of law and justice and govern.
ment from whence emanates that protect
ing, all psrVading influence We call the apub.
lie peace And this grand nation-home is
on fire; has been burning for months. The
whole south wing is roaring mass of molt-
On flames that shoot their Aeroe tongues into