Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-17

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Davis have already completed portion Of
that ocean voyage which brings them be
fore the attention Of the European rowers.
EetWithstaoding the fact that Europe is
bseoming exceedingly sensitive in regard
70 It's intsrnal affairs, war threatening all
around tho horizon, and diplOmstic ma
neuverings on the political chess-bOard get
ting to be ludicrously impOtenL the Great
Powers will turn 8 more anxious eye to
these tWo important documents. We msy
safely calculate that Europesn opinion
wiz be very much affected by the different
matter and manner Of these messages.
For ct least one year, public opinion in
Rnrland, France and Germany has slowly
hut surely been gathering the conviction
that this government is altogether the
greatest military power on the globe
They have stood amazed at the troops that
spring from the loins Of the North, full
armed, 70 be poured in tida. waves seross
the laads elutched by ambitious slave
drivers, dashing back over mountain sum
raits the hordes that endea7Ored to stay 1t
In its fearful deVastations.
Their sympathy for the heroic valOr dis
played By the Confederate forces, and their
greedy pursuit Of wealth, has, at times,
warped their Judgment but nevertheless,
despite their gloomy Vaccinations Of fall
ure snd ienoble defeat, they have gradual
II yielded 70 the stubborn logic Of events
They sre compelled, even though it be
with unwilling syes, to see the salvation
that Is being wrought and are rapidly
passing from condition of cOldness or i'll
wishing to hearty admiration and fear.
We predict therefore that the steamer
bearing to Europe these two messages will
bring back great fruits in the change Of
English opinion and in checks given to
the plotting foreign ambassadors Of the re-
bsllion.
The one talks TO the world in the calm
voice Of self-confdenoe. The other in that
Of & soolding jade, endeaVOring to conceal
4 bad cause under cloud of frOthy words.
The one, in interminsble columns Of fig
ures and statistics accompanying il and
interpreting our wonderful resources,
rsureseDts q nation with its gOvsrn-
mental machinery in full operation,
sending the impulses of its power
IN wide channels from sea to sea.
The other complains that more than half
Of his dominions have been wrested from
his clutches, and virtually eonfesses the
bspQary Of his various departments. "Gen-
tlsmen Of England" says Mr.. Davis, u
en- sorry to acknowledge the corn, but the
truth is my State department is entirely
Q paper afsir; my representatives. have
bssn snubbed and kicked out Of doors BY
that old boor, Russell, and that upstsrt,
Louis Napoleon. Ny navy don't amount
to hill Of beans. As for my Treasury
department, 1 must confess that we are
getting swsmped. Ny subjects are very
uareasonably opposed 70 paying taxes On
their darkies and lands and really, TO use
the Language Of Ny Lord MemmingeTr
sTaxes become fruitless, by reason Of the
dspreci4tiou OF the money. The army can
neither be paid, clothed nor fed arms and
munitions Of war csa no longer be sup
piled; tie officers Of the Government can
not be supported, aud the country must
suecunb' Ny war department is in lit
lie better condition. Ny poor whites are
etill faithful and will fight 4" for their In
sUsusble rights. homes and altars " in q
style highly eommendable. But s'ter ALI
iPs rather unfair for Abraham Lincoln 70
call for q new levy of 100000 men. We
shall have to enroll every man TO Withstand
this new avalanche. But still farther
gentlemen Of England, Frsnce and Ger
many, 1 give you to understand that King
Cotton will yet inaict savage retribuIiOn
for your official unkindness In the hour Oi
our last extremity"
On this wise does the shamfaeed con
spsrstor braWl his wicked folly into tbs
ears Of EurOpe.
Bat what says cur good Abraham2 In
simple and self possessed superiority, hi
.FSoounts the gigantic operations Of the re-
pablio BY sea and land. He unfOlds the
magnificent resources Of the nation. H'
tells the nations sorOss the sea, ths
asns of our relations with them are IN
pleasant. That we are respected and cor
daily treated. Ny armies, he says
Aushed with unparalleled victories, are
eager 70 blot out the last vestiges Of the
rebellion. Ny treasury is overAoWing.-
Mypeople are more decided than ever that
ths republic shall live. And yet l grant
complete smnesty to the deluded men who
are eonspired against the glory and power
Of the nation.
Who doubts the effect which these two
MESSAGES will have on European thinking
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