Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-21

to help them out. LCheeIs-I -.
said some object to negroes fighting ior '"
PeaHof q negro insurrection. As Tor MN al
he would take stock in all the negro insur- al
thai could be got up. de would U,
ike to have all the rebels killed by negroes br
Cheers. If you get to hanging Copper br
heads in Ohio let 8 negro draw him up. n
TCheers. D,
What shall wedo with the negroes mat Il
is a dreadful question with many. some a
say send them to Liberia, others to South v
America. We in Kansas couldn't get n
along without them. My labor IS done Dy h
negroes, who but q few months ago were 0
slaves in Missouri. 1 pay them q dollar q h
day, and every Saturday night at that'
can see them growing in manhood every q
Jav He said there would be no laborers :
IN snare when this war is over. He Wasn !
favor Of letting the negroes remain in the
South TO raise cotton, rice and sugar. Keep
he white and black races separate, but
| separate them in our own country. Inc
man who is afraid Of being equalized with
the negro is always far below his own race,
He ridiculed the talk about blacks ana
whites intermarrying. You can saIely
leave that question with your sons anu
your daughters, for their preferences are
for their color.
All that we have to do is to be true 70
ourselves. true to the flag, and true to the
memory Of our fathers. Our fathers be
Teved that slavery was q temporary lnsu-
tntion. and would soon pass away. ltgreW
stronger and stronger. At last we broke
the chains of slavery, and elected Abra-
ham Lincoln. and then the defenders OF
, slavery attempted TO break up the Govern
, mant But thew cannot do it. As for him
seIf he preferred his Government with this
5readfni war on its hands, to his eoun-
: trv under the Administrations Of Franklin,
Pierce and James Buchanan. Cheers
In conclusion. he exhorted the assembly to
r stand BY the flag to the last. Three cheers
e we're given for Jim Lane.
% NJ. c. YOunglOve then introduced Hon
/ Owen LoveiOy, Of Illinois. He said he
had lust recovered from a severe illness,
and was e~njOined BY his physician to
II speak as little as possible. He said he
IS would like to preach the gospel Of freedom
! to the saints Of the Western Reserve if he
"a could do so, but he could not. He hoped
that he would be excused.
. Hon. James NJ. Ashley, Of the Toledo
. District, was then introduced.
. He smoke of the call that was made upon
every man to decide whether q Democratic
government should be preserved in Amer
lea. or whether en- aRti-demoeratic govern
meut should be built up with Slavery as
az its corner stone. He who is not for the
Government is against it. The man VINO
IL d~iscourages enlistments. who denounce'
ng The Government who refuses aid to thu
4 IT, f,-s11oa e auafnat hi
- country. no matter what his profession
NAV be. No a~nti-slaYery man, no Repuo
iP- liean. Is lighting against the Union in tn
ay rebeI army or working against it at home
ext He spoke Of Slavery as the cause OF IN
war and declared that peace could neVe
be secured until Slavery was removed
Had there been no Slavery in this countr,
there could have been no war, and 1t ]
val useless to blink the question.
In the beginning Of this contest Europ
looked on eOldly. We gave no sign thl
there was any principle involved in it
rs- Now that the Administration through th
,eo- Emancipation proclamation has declare
,or Itself on the side Of freedom, the people
I ia Europe are sympsthizing with us mol
Nv and more every day. The whole mort
power of Europe is reached by that prot
inc iamation. We hear no talk Of interVeI
tion now. The crowned heads Of EuroI
dare not run counter to the universal sent
me ments Of their subjects. If no other o.
iect is attained by it than preventing IL
an PREVENTION the proclamation was a mast'
he stroke of policy. A nation canno ext
tbe founded upon injustice and w~ickedness.-
and This war has been sent to punish US 4
Jul uatiUuai sins. Thu UEdSo1 10 q sou
With one but we shall be the better for it. /
spoke Of the Administration as haTiI
followed rather than led public opinion
YOU the policy of the war. The proclamatiC
vice Of Emancipation he considered to be n
erv. only a war measure but q measure Of ju
lille tiee to oppressed humanity. In giviI
.use freedom to the Slave vi secure freedom
war the free. Other means might succeed b
.ded this cannot fail. Such wa the voice
the President Lincoln and such is the voice
tire the people.
his NJ. c.. Younglove, Esq, read the fOllO7
ing letter just received from the HO
~ Charles Sumner:
,oes LETTER FROM ri SUMNER
nall WASHINGTON, May 18th, 1868.
ou GENTLEMEN-It will not be in my pow
to take partin the generous meeting viii
N y will assemble at Cleveland, but l pr
you TO accept my thanks for the cord
tbo invitation with which you have honor
~ me.
- If it we're my privilege TO speak on th
occasion, 1 should urge upon my fello'
citizens everywhere, the duty Of Unit
u ~ for hs sake Of Frss9om, and also Of Fl esd
for the sake g Unity. The two cannot
separated. They are uuitedly depende
- Let this people continue united and FRI
80 dom will surely prevail. Let Freed
49, prevail and this people cannot cease to
- united.
: With such cause, there is but one 81
~ and one duty. Whoeveris for the Uni
- Of the Republic must be for Freedom, a
whoever is for Freedom must be for I
Ds unity Of the Republic. It is vain
~ think that one can be advanced WithC
w the other. Whoever is against one
against the other, aud whoever is lUl
- warm for one, is lukeWarm for the 9th
-o We must be fervid and strong for both.
"o This is not the time for doubt or hest
90 ton. We must act at once and constant
so that the Republic may be saved, VII
slavery, like Satan, is beaten down unC
our feet. And this will be done.
n Believe me, gentlemen,
, the CHARLES SUMNEF
ming He then read the following resolution
this ResoEUed, That the sentence of the NJ
eoel- tary Court in the case Of the traitor Y
Tod landigham ought to be executed to the
save ter not only so but we invoke the VI
eoel- geance Of the law upon all that cling
1t at citizens who give aid and comfort 4"
ers; the open enemies of the Republic, by ca
1t ing reproach upon the cause which has
Tree our gallant sons to the battle field.
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