Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-09-24

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during the war of 1872, and twice greater
than the army that fought its way from
Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico and plant
ed the banner Of the Republic on the cap
itol of that nation; which France with her
mighty power has since failed to subdue.
At such time as this-the Union in dan
ger herself, consequent upon a state Of
war, crippled-fnancial matters deranged,
the State Fair was held in Cleveland and
was success, while all predicted it would
be failure, and many begged that 1t
might not be held. Cleveland may well
boast of the fact-the Western Reserve
may well congratulate herself that it was
not failure for her sons did nobly in sus-
tanning it, and Ohio, brave, gallant and
patriotic Ohio has shown that although she
has sent her sons to battle, in numbers
greater than any army ever before raised
on the continent, still. protects and fosters
the arts of peace, even in the midst Ofperil
to the nation and amid the desolating
scenes Of civil war.
Have we not then cause to congratulate
ourselves and the people of Ohio, upon the
example thus shown to sister States Have
not the citizens of Northern Ohio, and par
ticularly those of its chief city cause to
be proud of that success, achieved amid the
difficulties which beset us? Truth must
answer all those questions in the affrma-
tive, and hence all rejoice.
That success proves another thing, and
that too Of the greatest moment, and which
must have its effect. 1t shows that our
people, even amid the horrors of war, and
the prediction of men that the Union is
rent, never again to be reunited, the 4" wish
being father to the thought" arestill buoy
ant with hope, for without that hope the
Fair must have signally failed. They look
forward to time, not far distant, when
the leaders of treason are punished, and
the scales fall from the eyes of the misled,
it will again reunite, and the Stars and
Stripes of the Great Republic cover and
protects all, from the Aroostook, in Maine,
to the Rio Grande, in Texas, and from the
Atlantic to the Pacific.
The worlds history shows that nations
have never degenerated-have never been
enslaved while holding labor as reputable.
1t was only after riches and luxury had
begot pride and extravaganza that Rome,
once the mistress of the world, began her
decline, and fell. Later she became dis
reputable-mechanic ndagricultural pur-
suits were held as derogatOry to man, and
were to be performed only by menials, and
the term Roman citizen soon ceased to be
boast, for Rome forgot her industry,
ceased its protection and went the way of
the idle and the depraved. The heart of
the American people still clusters around
the labor of the country-her farmers,
artists, mechanics, are still her pride, her
boast, her bulwark, and we trust ever
will be. At such time as this, in the
darkest hour of our nation travail, Ohio
sent up her finest stock, her finest fabrics
and articles of industry, and her most en-
terprising men, to the great State e1hibi-
ton, and aided in making it the great sue
cess it was. Thus may it ever be-no mat
ter what the state of the country, let Ohio
point to her industrial crops as did the
mother of the Grachi, to her sons, and
cherish them as her jewels, and in doing
so. foster her State exhibition as Aeade-
mics of design, and as schools of industry, |
where in competitions the people of the
State come together, and in a noble strife
compete for the greatest excellence in the
useful arts.
The pecuniary success of the Fair, al
though great, and far above expectation,
was much excelled by rs morals. Not
pocket was picked upon the grounds, not a
drunken man inside the enclosure All
there was order. The enclosure was so
large that vast as was the assemblage,
none were crowded, but all had room and
range enough. For this, we are no doubt
under many obligations to the excellent
police arrangements under Mr.. Stedman,
assisted by Mr.. McKinstry, the efficient pO-
lice officer, who took charge of the detect
i've police, and to Mr.. Dewitt of this city,
member of the State Board of Agrieul-
ture, under whose auspices the grounds
aeso lifted up. Yetthe great success, after
all-that which gives US the most cause to
feel pride-is in political point of view,
showing as it does that our people are still
buoyant with hope, and that the state of
the country cannot divest them of their
love of the industrial pursuits.
All hail, then, to the great State Fair of
Ohio, and all praise to its getters up and to
those who sustained it. To the State Board
of Agriculture, and particularly to its Ex-
ecutive Committee and to Secretary Kip
part, who from first to last held to the opin-
ion that a State Fair in Cleveland could
not be failure, and whose unremitting
industry in securing that success which he
almost alone prOphecied, those thanks are
doubly due.
Horrible Murder.
Last Friday night a man named John
Clinton was found lying on the railroad
track at Industry station, on the Cleveland
and Pittsburgh railroad, with his throat
ant from aaT IN COR The nurdarnr tn hide