Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-09-25
A Monument to Jef. Davis.
IFTom the Memphis Bulletln.l

Who deserves a monument, lasting a,
time, raised by the hands Of liberated
slaves, if they are made free by the results
Of this war; If motive is left out and
nothing but results looked at, jeff Davis
IS the man. Garrison. with his Lincoln
newspaper, Giddings, in his speeches for
twenty years in Congress, John Quincy
Adams, with anti-slavery petitions a mile
long, Hale, with eloquent wit in the Sem
ate, Mrs. Stowe, in Uncle Toms Cabin. all
endeaTored to unite the Gordian knot Of
bondage and let the slaves 90 free. But
JEFF. Davis cut the knot with his sword,
and the country is full Of roaming Afri-
cans.
Every day we meet helpless women,
raised IN af1uenee, unused to work, feeble,
sick, who have been left without a serv-
ant to hand them cup of water or bake
morsel Of bread. Let such women, in
their extremity, thank jeff Davis.
Old men, whose trembling limbs scarce
bear them along, are left to sorrow and
want. Their sons in the army, or in the
battle slain, and their slaves in the woods.
They, too must thank jeff Davis for bring
ing their gray hairs with sorrow to the
grave
Crops now standing in the fields ready
TO be gathered, have no care bestowed upon
them, and will be ruined. Let the owners
Of those fruitful fields thank JEFF. Davis.
Two years ago ourcountry blossomed as
the rose. Now it is in many places barren
and desolate. Thousands Of newly-made
graves abound in the vicinity of late bat
tle-helds. Thousands of Rachels are
weeping for their loved and lost sons "and !
will not be comforted because they are |
not Many a home has been made desc
late, many a wife a widow, many a child |
an orphan. For this desolation of coun- /
try, these newly made graves, these weep
ing mothers and wives and those orphan /
and virtually emancipated slaves,
we are to thank JEFF Davis
Do we justify wrong in others2 By no
means. Because we condemn Jeff. Davis
as the chief of sinners, it does not follow
that others who are guilty, North or South,
are to be'eIcUsed. We know Mr.. Lincoln
would not have consented TO make war.
bat It was forced upon him. He was per-
.ured, if he had not repelled force by force.
If the States had continued in the Union.
md tried Mr.. Lincoln as other Presidents,
peace would have been maintained, and the
rights of Shareholders, as guaranteed by
he Constitution and Laws, would have
1een fully respected.
And this conservative element of Mr..
4incoln's character was the very thing the
ire-eaters feared. They know full well
hat if Mr.. Lincoln was let alone, his
.trict observance Of the Constitution, and
he prompt execution of the laws, would
esult in the death of secession, and the
onsequent overthrow of the visions of
southern ligarchy-wherein a few men
would have ali power and the people, white
nd black, be ultimately slaves. We be-
ieve sincerely if Mr. Lincoln had been
ct alone, that at the end of his term the
ation would have said: Well done good
nd faithful servant"
We prOl ose that q monument be raised
D JEFF. Davis. Let that monumental be made !
{ skulls, and spines, and joints-relies of
in battle slain. Let each negro
. his march from bondage TO freedom,
ather up relic as the Children of Is
iel in their escape from Pharaoh gath
red up stones, and raised monument o
of their escape from Egyp-
an bondage. Let one bring a skull, an s
.her a spine, another joint, and all some /
elic from the battle-felds, and casting it I
'gether make huge pile in honor of |
eiferson the First. When the last piece :
added, let the head negro" lead off a
-ith a shout for " JEFFERSON THE FIRST
nd let the ransOmed negroes respond d
MEN AND AMEN" q