Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-11-12
and the Star ofths West had been fred on by
the rtBsIs, passed the following resolution

ana the Star OF ths west hdd been tlTed on by
I the rtBsls, passed the following resolution
"ResolVsd, That the two hundred thou;
sand Democrats of Ohio send to the people
of the United States, both North and South,
greeting: and WHEN the people of the North
shall have fulfilled their duties to the Con-
stitution and the South, then, and not till
then, will it be proper for them TO take in
to consideration the question Of the right
and propriety of coercion"
The Cincinnati Enquirer says this "hss
the ring of the true metal, and it should
be heartily Endorsed by every Democrat
and National man of Ohio. It is manifest
ly right, just and proper, and commends
itself to the Judgment and discretion of
every reasoning and rejecting man." A
little further on in the same article it
says: "As the case now stands, and until
| it offers some fair and equitable compro-
mise, the North, as governed by its Re-
! publican majority, is the aggressor-is
thoroughly and entirely wrong and it
cannot have the sympathy, much less the
| support, of national men, if it rushes into
a civil war with the South. 1t has been
counting upon united North to help drag
oon our american brethren of the South
! into submission. But it cannot have it
until it has exhausted all honorable efforts
at compromise, and fulfilled all its consti-
tutional duties to the South" Isn't that
sympathy with rebels2 But see what 1t
says little further on; at has been the
Democracy mainly who have fought the
country through with glory and success
three foreign wars, and upon their stall
wart arms the nation must ever rely. But
in such an encounter as is proposed by the
ultra Republican magnates at Washing
ton, they will have to be counted out, or
passed aside Truly they have counted
themselves out, and have stayed at home
while Republicans and war Democrats have
taken the field to Aght the battles Of our
country.
"Compromise" was the cry of those peace
men. Previously they had declared the
Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and
had quoted high authority to sustain their
decisioni now they labored hard to pass
the Crittenden Compromise, which was sub
stantially the same They tried to make
what they previously called unconstitu-
tional, part Of the Constitution itself,and
abused the Republicans for not helping
them. The Administration is now abused
and ridieulsd by the Democratic party, and
their cry of "peace," "nigger," "taxes,'
etc, is calculated to divide the people and
keep them from contemplating the deep
crime of rebellion, SO that they can carry |
out their wicked schemes. 1t is well known |
that Jesse D. Bright of Indiana was ex-
PEELED from the Senate of the United States
because Of his traitorous record, yet the
Cincinnati Inquirer of October 22d uses
the following language:
at will be remembered that Governor
Wright now holds the place, Senator, be- |
cause an Abolition majority IN the United |
States Senate expelled Mr.. Bright for no
other reason in the world except that he
was Democrat. They had just as much
right to expel any other member as Mr..
Bright. Under this view of the case, we
submit to our Democratic friends whether
State rights and vindieation of the Dem
ocratic creed does not require that the
act Of the Abolition Senate be rebuked by
the election Of the man, unjustly turned out
to his old place. His appearance on the
floor again would be just retribution.-
He was elected to serve until next March
and should be permitted to do So"
This sounds as though man could not
be q Democrat unless be is in completely
with, or at least has sympathy for, the
rebels and brother JEFF" The masses Of
the party are undoubtedly honest and
earnestly desire the complete annihilation
of the rebelliOni but theyare deceived and
by their leaders, who cling to
slavery and the Constitutional rights of
the South with the same affection as did
the tories of the revolution to the British
king. They are engaged in a similar
cause and can rest assured that history
will hand their names and deeds down to
posterity as 1t has handed to us the names
and deeds Of the tories Of '76.