Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-29
MORNING LEADER.
THIrRsDtY MORNING, MAY %, 1ssQ.
Now Let ~ have War.

The retreet Of Banks and The desperate
pursuit of Jackson viii be glorious thing
for the ccAntry, and viii shorten instead
Of PrOlouging the war if It only has the
effect Of stirring up the powers that be to
- 60 into the fight in earnest. The battles Of
the war have been something like wsr, be-
cause there our brave soldiers, who enlisted
'''a to put down the rebellion in the shortest
.siol possible time, had an opportunity to hurt
- somebody. But 1t is pitiNil humiliating
disgraeeful, to read Of the tender solicitude
= which our soldiers are required to have for
- the rebels when on the march or,in camp
The veriest traitors that the world ever saw
.l-l are kindly protected and their property
z7l ll,guarird to prevent its being used for the
benefit Of the Union army. Our troops
- may freeze, but they must not take a rail
~. from traitors fence to build FIRE with.
y-.laa They may starve, but if they take chicken
-ss or loRf OF bread from the house Of a rebel,
i-.i they must be eourt-martialed. And these
traitors and rebels, male and female, must
E bstenderiy informed that our armies march,
not TO conquer them, not to injure their in
stitutions, but to "protect them. The
rebels are actually treated with more leni-
go eucy than the Unionists and premium is
- put upon treason by too many Of our gene
rlls isan outrage upon the good sense
Of the loyal American people and that out
rage is intensified by the unwarranted
liberty bestowed upon rebel prisoners at
.-ssl the North. No wonder Europe says the
ali.ll North can never suBjugate the South, when
our generals expressly tell the rebelinhabi-
.-s tants that they do are not there to subjugate
- hut to protectthem. There is not govern
ment elsewhere on earth that would "roar 50
So gently to those who were stabbing it to
the heart and our exception does not re-
dound entirely to our credit either These
g. rebels are thieves, robbers murderers, as
a sasins, outlaws, traitors, and yet we fight
them with moral suasion, and expect re-
spect from those who win never respect
49,, anything but brute force, and who receive
-.a our Kindness with taunts Of cowardice.
d, They fght US like devils; we are angels Of
ll7a peace They shoot, hang, and disembOwel
g UaiOnisis; we guard, protect and beg par
don Of rebels for trespassing upon their
a- grounds. They bayOnet our wounded and
ta.a rob our dead; we beg their permission ()
80 70 bury our dead in their cemeteries. They
49, shut our prisoners in filthy oelIs and shoot
fhem if they look out at the windows
- We let the rebel officers out on
. 9 parOiet to flourish their aecursedbadges of
treason and their damnable doctrines OF
rebellion in the face of outraged Union
men and women. And they man their
guns, build their forts and grow their
-ss- crops with slaves, while we swear that no
= negro shall come into our lines, but that
.a.l they shall remain slaves 50 long as the
Federal army can keep them there.
.B And now, to show that We are not in
dignant without cause, let our readers
read this extract from the letter of one Of
the best correspondents Of the New York
Times, who now writes from McDowelps
- army. He is speaking Of the care taken