Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-11
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ting the rebellion to the uttermost.
Opinions of an Army Omcer.
EDITORS LEADER As showing the views
taken by many Of those in the service, OF
the proper course to be taken by the Gov
ernment towards those who are waging
this unhOly war of rebellion, send you
the following letter from an officer in Nell
sons Division of the Southwestern army,
only promising that the writer has been
spending number of years at the South,
only leaving there when a number of
States had formally seeded, and while op-
posed to slavery, has not heretofore been
considered as radical at all, but more in
clined to conservatism
al have a good degree of confidence in
our Commander-in-Chief, the President,
yet do fear that the outside pressure upon
him will not allow him, as such command
er, to adopt and put in operation such
measures as viii forever remove from this,
our beloved and once peaceful country, the
cause Of all our trouble. That the provOca-
ton warrants the act; that humanity and
the principles of right and justice demand
it; that true Republican form of govern
ment cannot exist without it, I have no
doubt.
aTbat such an order as emanated from
Gen S ~ ;,;SI,} -, I
fiseate all the negro property of those who
have in any way aided and abetted this
unholy rebellion, would be just and right
and one which the provocation demands.
That slavery is the first great cause, it ap-
pears to me none can doubt; that it has
been as the bone and sinew Of the Southern
army, it appears to me equally plain.
repeat it again, that the circumstances
which surround us warrant the abolition
Of slavery. That there should be no other
determination on the part of the North
and that in that determination they be i'm
movable SIS the rock on which our Puritan
Fathers landed; and to carry out this de-
termination they rely for strength, guild
ance and direction upon the same source,
even God our Father. No, never let them
falter or for one moment hesitate, until it
is not in memory Of father, mother,
brother, sister, or any one Of kin to the
slain who were sacrificed for this cause
No, whilst a mother or sister watches over
the emaeiated form Of a son or brother, let
them not forget that wound in battle, that
disease contracted in the sickly camp,
originated in this scause-American slave
~. Has that mother another son or hus-
band, that sister another brother yet liv-
ing, and viii they not each say to them,
''Go, God bless you ?" The only question
(it is no question: is, Is slavery wrong?
and the other, Is it right for us to sustain
our Government upon a Republican basis?
These two questions answered Affirmative
ly, there can be no query as to duty. There
was 8 time before this rebellion broke out,
when men hesitated good and true men
we're in doubt as to the just and proper
course to be pursued. Now, as 1t appears
to me, there can be no doubt The leaders
Of this rebellion have published it to the
world that slavery is the very corner stone
and foundation Of their Government. That
sO-called Government is in open rebellion
against us. Allow them to withdraw, es-
tablish upon their own basis, and would
they be less so? Could any Republican
Government live alongside Of it? Ger
tainly not. believe in the doctrine ac-
credited to Mr.. Seward, "That this Gov
ernment must be all slaEs- or all free y
There may be insurmountable difficult
ties in the way Of accomplishing this OBJ
ject; if so, cannot see them. regard
every State that Joined in this rebellion
subject to the mercy Of the Government it
has attempted to destroy. 1 would deal
with it as a mereiful and just judge, ever
remembering that the crime was the most
heinous Of all crimes and without provoca-
ton. Who but what can say his brothers
blood cries for vengeance? For this offence
shall we hesitate TO remove from them what
they hold as chRttels and which they valua
only as it may conduce to place them in a
position Of independence and give ability
to re-enact the same scenes whenever the
proper moment arrives? Without this chat
tel property, they will be brought to state
of dependence which will compel them to
study the arts Of peace, and to practice in
dustry instead Of assembling themselves
together in arms and bidding defiance to
the government that has protected them
and made them, as they were, independent
Of al foreign power.
"Yesi wee be to the man who cries
peace until this great evil is removed from
our midst. would not be elamorous.
would not like this to be made a political
hobby, but would that every man should
consider well upon the subject, taking the
second sober thought, and be prepared to
act with intelligence and frmness. Let
this be the watchWord: No more slave ter
ritory. No more slavery IN Ameriea. Then
adopt such measures as will best accom-
plish the object, alleviate the condition of
the slave, and place the Government upon
a foundation to maintain her independence
against domestic or foreign INVASION
An officer Of the Army Of the Potomac
uses the following laconie sentence in a
letter 70 his brother in this city: al built