Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-03
In1nlernhIc ToIerntion.

More instances Of intOlerable liberation
Of Federal officers toward known rebels are
coming to notice every day. A Nashville
correspondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette
speaks Of the "deyilish kindness" which
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and grass, good for grazing, guards are
put to protect them, while Government
horses and mules starve in feldsOf mud.
This is but another instance Of the. i'll
timed, hpmiliating, and cringing policy
that 50 widely pervades Our armies. Mol
we do injustice to the Pripates in this
charge. They do not see how a rebel clover
field is Of any more value than the Federal
picket that the owner Of that field will pick
off with rife if he has opportunity thsy
consider dastardly insult from rebel
women asientitled, at least, to a return in
chickens or eggs; they would not march
against their sworn enemies with an olive
branch, if that enemy was coming at them
with fixed bayonet; they would 90 into
this fight with gloves of and sleeves rolled
up. and ifit was necessary, in order to en-
sure respect and obedience, that blood
should flow, they would not let the mur-
dering bushwhackers enjoy monopoly of
the business. But our generals have. too
many political aspirations, tAey are too
eager for their future status, when the war
shall have closed, and 50 they march to
"eOhciliate' rather than subdue, and to
win back by soft words those who will
never respect anything but hard blows.
And these men and women who ask our
protection and grace, are the ones who fire
into our ambulanees and murder our
wounded men. Shall this miserable pol
icy continue, or shall the Government, by
stringent eonfscatiOn and immediate
emancipation, inhiet just penalties upon
the heartless rebels2 We are for the most
crushing blows upon the most vulnerable
spot and we therefore go for eonfseating
every dollar belonging to these rebels, and
setting every one Of their slaves free to 20
and come at his pleasure, subject no longer
70 the rod Of his traitorOus master.
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Shedding Democratic Blood.
The Columbus Journal, in its comments |
upon the evacuation Of Corinth, and the
possible escape of the whole rebel army
from that stronghold, expressed the iOJpih-
ion that there could be no remission of
this rebel sin without the shedding Of reb-
ei blood" Theroupon the Statesman be-
came exceedingly indignant and said:
Il is obvious from the leaderiin yester-
day mornings Journal that il is sadly
disappointed that fifteen or twenty thou
sand Democrats were not put out Of the way
IN 4 reckless assault upon tle.slrong rehel
fortifestions at Corinth.
So the Statesman has at length come
boldly out of the cover under which itlhas
50 long tried to hide its rebellious head,
and now acknowledges the rebels at Cor
inth to be It's Democratic brethren. The
Journal called Beauregard's army preb-
els; = the Statesman calls Them Democrats
Not to be behind in acknowledgment Of
the affinity, we win thank the Statesman
for having 50 openly confessed the broth
efhOod, and viii endeayor to remember 70
call the Statesmen clique Of Democrats
"rebels" It isthereforet the rebel COnven-
ton which is called to meet at Columbus
upon the 4th Of July, to nominate officers
who viii go out to the people upon a ticket
headed " Democratic We win help the
Statesman in keeping this fact before The
people,