Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-08-28
The CFlilenden Oomprainlse,

- IAAAAAAAAAA W 80 a-@ANf ENdA4NA AAAA lNau-
Iutions, one OF which was the substance Of
the compromise of the venerable Critten-
den, as follows
@Thst In this national emergency we
u hAnish oil feeling Of mere passion or re-
sentment-Win reoOlleot only our duty to
The whole country; that this war was not
q Waged upon our part in any spirit Of op-
preston, nor for any purpose Of conquest
or aubiugehon, nor for the purpose Of over
throwing OF interfering with the rights or
established institutions Of the States; but
70 defend and maintain the supremacy Of
the Constitution, and 10 preserve the
y Union, with all the dignity, equality and
rights Of tho several States unimpaired;
and as soon as these objects are accom-
Plished, the war ought to cease"
Nov that proposition may have been all
well enough two years ago; as an evidence
of a spirit Of moderation the Republicans
in Congress adopted it one year ago, but it
is cut ofdate and behind the present timos.
WOhayo made wonderful progress in that
IayeaT, and what would do in August, 1851 ,iI
not the thing in August, 1852 Il was
= right 10 say then that the war ioas not
Waged for conquest or subjugatiOn, nor for
hepurpose Ofinterfering with the institu-
tions Of the South. Every body knew that
ct the time and knows it now. Abraham
Lincoln did not commence the war, neither
did the Abolition or Republican parties.
The North did not commence it; but on
the contrary, had conceded until cOnces-
s;ov b,d ho.o,,o n ,f.,,b - A., rostr;1s ,f
all true hearted upholders Of national jus
tice and right, to prevent war. The gov
ernment went into the war to defend itself,
to save its existence from the attacks of
assassinating traitors, And, therefore, it
is q truth-stale, it is true, but still the
truth-that We did not go to war against
the institution Of slavery or anything else,
but onlyin self-defence. A year ago. the
war having but just begun, it was right
and proper that this fact should be stated,
as an evidence of the policy then pursued.
But times have changed and every think
ing man can see that all of that resolution
is not applicable to the present time. NOaO
We ara Waging a war Of conquest and sub
jugation, and to deny it is to declare
falsehood. We care not how many timid
and conservative men or papers may cry
cut 6gsinst the utterance of this fact;
though every press in the land, and every
orator in all these States should deny it, it
would be fact And though the noun
tains Of sOphistry be piled up to the sky,
in the attempt to cover up this fact the
6lct remains. We did not seek to make it
thus, but the deadly hate of the rebels has
forced 1t upon US. The issue is presented
to US Of conquest and subjugatiOn on the
one side or the other. The South must
yield OF the North must One side must
crush the other, and no half way measures
on either hand will ever end the war. The
rebels understand this thoroughly and they
have made war accordingly. They went
into the war fOrpOwer, and they are bound
to have it or die. They have refused all
compromises, spurned all Cancellation,
scorned all suggestions of peace, and
thrown away the scabbard of the sword
with which they are bound to reach the
heart Of the Republic There will never
be peace until we conquer them or they
conquer us. And to shirk the issue which
is thrust in our faces from every battle
field; every bushwhacking gulley, every
Southern tree from which hangs the body
Of murdered Unionist, is to play the part
Of eoRards and imbeciles. subjugatiOn
was not our aim when we went into the
war; it has come now to the point when
4. we must be masters or slaves, and if we
follow Mr.. Crittenden, we may have the
irons upon our limbs before we know it.
The resolution also says that it was not
- our purpose to interfere with the establish
ed institutions Of the States, meaning slav-
cry. True, again, but what was not our oh
ject has become necessity. We have al
ready interfered materially with that in
stitution, and We must do it more yet
Fremont interfered with it, land got modi-
fed for it, it is true, but we are all coming
on to his ground now, Congress and ALL
Hunter interfered with it. Butler inter
fered with it, Pope, CHrtis. Halleck, and
. even Mcclellan interfered with it, simply,
undoubtedly, because it came in their way
and they could not get round it, although
some Of them, and some others not named,
have made terrible efforts to do 50. And
then Congress interfered with it, and the
President put in decided interference in
his gradual emancipation proposition
Z And it will only be when that interference
becomes so wide spread as to include the
whole rebel States, that the war ought to
cease"