Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-24


government that lays an axe at the roots
every despOtie government on earth. The
' see that If they can tap the foundations
this young republic they can turn to the pee
pie Of England and France and say, SEQ th
failure Of this free government. We wi
now strengthen the chains that bind you
Let as make war with all our might, pu
down the rebellion, aud punish traitors a
they mover were before punished, [cheers,
and then say to England and France, yol
have sought to take advantage of US in GU
: need, and il you will not apologize we viii
whip you. [Wild cheers.l We will say i
you do not make proper apology, We vii
take possession of the lakes and Of tho ST
Lawrence. [Cheers.l If these powerful
governments will not wait until We have put
down this rebellion We will say 81 Como on
nowl" [Cheers. We will not boast, but
will say that We will defend the
country that Almighty God gave
US If we have to spill every drop Of our
blood, and e1pend every dollar. [Cheers. ]
How shall we accomplish these great re-
suits President Lincoln, as honest a man
as ever lived, [eheers and great enthusiasm
has told you how to do it. He calls upon
you for 100000 more men. If they are not
sufficient give him 100000 more. If they will
not do, give him a million. [Cheersl. We
will fight this out to the bitter end. Ohio
has not and never will falter. Ohio is the
citadel of this nation, and she will always
be true to the Union as she has always boen
before. I wish you not to be misled as to
the character Of this war. wish you not to
think that the object Of this war is anything
more than the suppression of tho rebellion
There are men in Ohio who don't like certain
men in civil power, don't like the Confsca-
ton bill, and don't like this or that. I tell
you that man don't like his country-he is
traitor loud eheersl. feel like sending
such men beyond the lines of the federals to
the lines of the rebels, whore he belongs.
care not whether you be an Abolitionist,
Republican or a Democrat, if you refuse to
aid in putting down this rebellion in such
way as you are able, you are a traitor.-
lCheersl. As the lamented Douglas said,
you are either patriot or a traitor.
Mr.. Dennisou proceeded to speak Of the
duty due the volunteers. They ask no aims
but they demand that if they fight for your
fresides, you all keep their iresides from
being invaded by want His appeals in be-
half of the brave men who volunteered were
received with cheers.
Mr.. D. poured hot shot into the ranks of
those who speak of compromising. By COM
promising with rebels we become traitors
compromising means capitulatiOn. We will
fight this battle a century; we viii burn
their cities and make every rebel State
bowling waste before we will compromise
with traitors in arms. [Cheers.1 There is
no middle ground. We have got to conquer
Or bc conquered. We must either put down
those traitors, or be conquered by them and
obliged to accept such terms as they may sec
ct to submit
It is said that the South arc our brethren;
they forget that We are brethren, and let US
forget it also. Let us tell them that unless
they cease their rebellion we viii conquer
them if We have to annihilate them in doing
it. [cheers.l five have peace it must be
a permanent one. He thanked God that we
cannot have peace until tho supremacy Of
the Federal Government is asserted in every
section of the country.
He payed glowing tribute to the brave
men in Eastorn Tennessee, and the noun
tain regions adjacent, who have resisted
treason, and, in the midst Of danger and per-
seeutiOn, have remained faithful to the
Union.
God has written his decree on the mot.n-
tains and on the rivers that no portion Of this
great country can be divided from the re-
mainder
With regard to what shall end tho war, he
said nothing more nor less than tho cessation
of the rebellion and the return Of the insur-
gent States to their allegiance to the Union
shall ever satisfy us. Mr.. Dennison review
ed briefly the great results that have been
achieved within the past twelve months, and
referred with indignant scorn to the men in
our midst who complain of want of vigor
in the prosecution of the war, and east slurs
uPen our generals, seeking bO destroy the
confidence of the people in them What we
require Is confidence in our civil and military |
officers, ready and generous response to the
call for troops, and cheerful and ample con-
tribution of our means to advance tho cause
of the Union.
he would say to the President, in tho name
of the two and a-half millions of the people
of this State, that Ohio win give all that is
asked Of her, and five fold more if it is ro-
quired of her. [Cheersl.
Let each and every one of us resolve to-
night that we viii enter the army of the
State, or procure a substitute, or contribute
to the support of the families left behipd by
those who 60. Let every man do something.
Mr.. DennisOn closed with an eloquent ap-
peal to all to come up to the work which the
imPerilod condition of our country demands. |
Long and repeated cheers followed him to |
his seat.
The band played "stF spunglOd Ban
ner."
DR.. Robinson, Senator from this. county,
read the following resolution, which was 1e-
ceiTed with cheers:
ResoiDed, That tho Governor be respect |
fully yet earnestly requested 70 convene the |
Legislature in entraordinaFy session At the |
earliest day practicable in order to pass such |
laws rs will reach tho present crisis and lis /
demands, and it is hereby recommended that |
the members Of the Legislature receive no
compensation for their altendanoe at said
session.
His purpose in offering the resolution, he
said, was that every man in the State shall