Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-02
. civil Kar, Unparalleled IN the history Of

the world.
To appease them, we began to offer them
still greater CONCESSIONS. We offered the
resolutions Of the Committee Of Confer
enoe, but did any one of them say that,
with the passage Of those resolutions or
the Crittenden Compromise they would
have been satisfied would not have voted
for them myself, for had ceased to bow to
the Southern despotism. (Good, good
told them, within FIVE minutes after the Com
mittee came together, that, as they had
come with arms in their hands, would not
vote for any measure of Cancellation. L
told them to lay down their arms and cease
their threats, or they could expect no con-
cessions from me; that would not be dog
ged into anything, but when treated as q
man among men, and Senator among my
peers, 1 would talk about any arrangement
that might be proposed. told them that
l would not even talk about compromise
under threats, and they would not respect
me il did. Two years Of war and blood
have followed, and before Heaven, and in
the midst of the glorious present time for
our country, declare that l have not re-
GREETED the course took. As long as we
are men, and are free to be manly, we must
stand to our manhood, war or no war.
TGood, good l am not the man to be in
umidsted>by the threats of traitors who
proposed to destroy the Government. Bet
ter to deluge the whole land in blood, than
that freemen should be trampled under
foot as towards. The moment people
lose their manhood, the nation is on the
highway to slavery and ruin. Twill have
no peace with traitors in arms. Neither
will have any peace with slavery, the
nursery of treason. I prefer to fight it
down now, and have done with it and civil
dissensions forever. That's goOd.l
Thus you see that all their pretenses were
hypocritical. He who says that they re-
belled on account of any injury done by
the North, is fool. He is not capable Of
reasoning. would prefer to argue with
an OK. appeal TO you, therefore, to know
whether we we're wrong On this subject.
No, no.
ABoLITIoEIsM.
But they tell US that AbolitiOnists have
goaded the South into rebellion. If the
Abolitionists have injured the South,
wherein they have done it ? II you can
not tell, how is it that so many of you are
now upholding those who are waging a
terrible war fer the overthrow Of the Gov
ernment?
Will any Democrat tell us of single
slave brought up under that bill that was
not held to be a slave. Bad as it was, the
great mass OF the Northern people had ae-
quieseed in it as one Of the great meas
ures Of the South to reconcile them to the
Union. This, you know, is the surest sub
terfuge-the Abolitionists, mere handful
of men, caused this war And yet you
will substitute this miserable show for all
the vast interests of yourselves, your chill
dren and humanity that are at stake in
this conflict ! Such trifers are the Cop
perhesds, but the real Democrats of the
old school of heroes who have ever been
ready to fight for their country, whenever
involved in war, will not be delu ded by
such contemplate nonsense. tbs an in
suit to the human understanding.
Think of it; consider that we have over
| 100000 men in the field to defend the flag,
preserve the Union and maintain the
character Of the American citizen. This
great army composed of your brothers,
sons and fashers, and standing face TO face
with the hosts of treschery and treason.
Who are you that are now giving aid and
comfort to those who seek TO butcher our
army, and would overrun and desolate
your country? Every man who gives the
/ traitors aid and comfort is a partner in
their treacherous guilt. 1 have sons in
the army, and there is scarcely one of you
but has some relatives fighting for your
protection, and I charge that all who are
opposing the prosecution Of the war and
holding out encouragement to the enemy,
are as guilty as he who levels his gun at
the heart of one of cur soldiers in the