Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-28

Union Senatorial caucus adjourned without
nomination iii next winter. None Of the
bailosinsi q Other particulars were given.
Ehs Bsraer states and RmaHsipatlSn.
Ths Baltimore Clipper, in commenting up
on the proposed abolition Of slavery in the
Dlstrlct Of Columbia, closes An article with
ths following paragraph;
eve earnestly hope that the President
win come up boldly 70 the work which lies
before him-.et these fanatics be promptly
rabuked By lin, and made 70 hide their di.
nlnished heads, and the clouds now lowering
around us win soon be dispersed, and the
sanahins Of peace again shed lis benign in-
fGence upon q distracted people. No man
ever had ihe opportunity 70 immortaliEe him
sslt 90 b now presented to Mr.. Lincoln
WIN be embrace it7 We believe be will
IN his honesty Of purpose We have full conf
ds1os-his proneness he has evinoed on more
than one trying occssion-the people will
sand By him and bless him, If be only now
shows himself the man Tor the occasion"
Why the people Of the border States should
Hezsrd the compensated emancipation Of the
nv slaves in the District Of Columbia as en-
attack upon them or their interests. Is difh-
cult to understand. Congress sustains the
Ema relation to the District as does the
HaEyland Legislature to the State Of Mary
land, and certainly the people Of the District
would have no right TO complain Of emsnci
patton in Maryland BY the Legislature Of
that stste. It is the duty Of Congress to 30
ROveEn the District IS to promote the best in
tsrssis of is citiaens and the nation. There
can Be no question but the effect Of emsnci-
potion would be the enhancement of the value
Of property and a material increase of the
wealth Of the District. L would invite thith-
e. g large Northern population, business men
and artisans, the very class now needed there.
Congress, therefore, owes It to the people of
the District to remove from them this bar to
their prosperity; and it also owes It to the
nation to banish from the capital q system Of
oppression which has received the condem-
nation OF the civilized world.
The recommendation Of the President that
Congress appropriate money to aid the slave
Hlate1 In voluntary emancipation recon.
msnaation conceived and made in . spirit of
goaerOsity-is also net with the bitterest op-
position IN the border States. This Is the
result Of their morbid sensitivensa on the
subject The only effect of the measure rec
ommerded BY the President, and ABOUT being
adopted BY Congress, would be TO secure re-
muneFatiOn to those States which choose to
I'D themselves Of slavery, and to leave the
matter where It is with these who choose to
retain It. Nothing could be fairer or more
generous. But Shareholders know that the
hStitutiOn Of slavery is BRass B ss,,aA.fa ,Aff ..5
they are peculiarly sensitive when the
subject is mentioned. In the adop-
ton Of the resolution framed by the
AEseutivs, they see the Government
aEEayed on the side Of universal freedom. So
long e slavery Is continued in the territory
OVsr which the Federal Government exercises
sSoluHive control, the Sin and disgrace Of
slayeholding Is shared by the entire nation
and, to certain extent is an endorsement of
slavsholding in the United States. This en-
dOrSemsnt-this sharing of the responsibility
-ls what shareholders value more than any
tking elss. So long as their crime is shared
b the greatest Republic on the globe, they
fssl that they are in part justified before men.
It b this sentiment more than q desire to
extend the area Of slavery, that has ever
caused them TO shsW such an oYsrweeninQ
anxsty to obtain in the Territories gusran-
tiss for slavery equal to those granted to free
DON Some Of the Territories for The pos
Ssssion Of which slavery has brought into re-
qaisidou ell the political power at its CON-
nand, and in some instances, &c in the ease
Of Kansas fraud and forcs, were utterly un-
Asted for profitable slave labor. This was
vel understood BY the intelligent advOeates
Of their cause, but It had no influence upon
thsir action: they conlended for the Fgh Of
slavery to equal respect and equal GUARANTEES
With freedom. The rebellion was begun
not besauss the Southern people believed
ihst single constitutional obligation had
lVoF been OF ever would bs violated By the
Federal GOYernmsnt-not because their fail.
1rs 70 plant slavery in certain Of the Terri
iorios was an aetsaI loss to them-but be-
$50 they were unwilling to remain under
BE lsus government with people the ma
oEiiy ef whom had put the seal Of eondem-
aAtoa upon an Institution which they had
,dOpsedas the chief corner. stone Of their So
dal and political Systems. This feeling has
ixissed h the Southern mind ever since
IN the Wesf Indies aud slss-
Fhsls showed that the civilized nations Of
be ssrih regarded slaTsholding Is an evil
nd crime. It viii continue as long as the
ofslsEsry continues; and, if the
yStsm Of Involuntary servitude survive tb, |
IEeasni War-Which We hope and believe II
VlI n0t-the day Is not far removed in the
atlIs when the same causes will operate 10 |
roduoe like results.
Abaseu Corrected.
Ths secretary Of War has ordered that
eno1ttsE paroles shall not be granted to Fort
'OnslSOn prisoners. Tuis puts q stop to the