Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-05-06

4Fee llsllllllOis- L our i1tuerS, mothers
brothers, sisters. and friends of patriot,
.Iith, who may be counted by nlultitudes
cherish your names and deeds with fond
est remembrance. They hail you - tht
guardians Uf the homes and sanctuorie-
of freedom, and they will count it pre-
cioU5 privilege, whilst you imperil youl
lives for Us and our country, to check
and control these Northern allies" OF the
rebels vino dare tarnish your good name
or attempt to sacrifice the glorious prin
ciples which you have gone forth 10 de
fend
We con sratulate you upon your high
resolve II struggle 10 the death for an
undivided Union. Not star must be
erased from the old hag-not State seV.
| cred from the Union, Is the nIattO of all
I loyal people. With an unshaken conf
deuce in the existence of a loyalty Us
self sacrificing ss that heretofore exhibit
/ ed, we proclaim 10 you that we will frown
upon the attempt,o OF any faction or party
( organization 10 disturb the unity and ma
! IiOualitv of our moyement-to adulterate
/ the great creed of our faith, or, to tArnish
! the banner under which our fathers led
u 10 the possession of our present glori-
Gus heritage. The soil has been corse-
Grated 10 Freedom and free institutions,
and not foot of it can be set apart for
I traitors without a base surrender of plight
ed and patriotic faith. This attachment
10 the whole Union. and the determina-
tiou to preserve its integrity are so deep
rooted and universal in the hearts of our
people, that even the most reckless
among Northern sympathizers dare not
advocate its severance OF dissolution
Such an ayowel would sink its authors to
d deep and deserved inIamy. Your earn
est and emphatic disapprobation of all
who talk about "armistice and compro-
mises, exhibits your correct apprehen-
sion of the real sources of danger. You
2aye seen the rebellion in ali its hideous
aspects, and you know, as you assert, that
Z cessation OF arms would but enable the
rebels TO recover from their exhaustion,
and 10 prepare for greater outrage. a
truce with them, now staggering under
your blows ana painting for breath, would
Ue - absurd, as to grant a respite 20 an
assassin IhIrsting for the blood OF other
victims.
W e concur IN your stern denunciation
ii tie suspicious loyalty of those who
Jsll. CI compromise. These men ought |
20 know that there can be no compromise |
w Inch does not involve total abandon |
menJ OF the glorious Inheritance of free |
government committed 10 our care. They |
must know that such a concession would |
De al act of moral cowardice, the recol- |
lection of which would sting US with re-
morse and selt-reproach, and justly bring |
upon Us the odium of the patriots of all
lands. The man who would desire re-
upon such terms has no feel |
ings in common with honorable and loyal |
men, and he ought to place himself and
treasures where mis- heart is-among the
rebels.
As YOU state, the rebels will have no
peace which does not recognize the right
Iulness OF their rebellion. None know
their fixed and treacherous purposes bet
ter than their Northern allies, who have
been again and again scornfully repulsed
oy them, and who are still waiting with
their accustomed servility, ready 10 per-
orm any act of condeScension which their
masters may suggest. The popular mind
$ becoming well informed as to the mis-
,hieVous purposes of these pretended
of peace. And, unless there
: d speedy abatement of their treacher-
1us designs, the gathering storm OF pub
ic indignation viii burst with al the
power Of the Constitution and the laws
Ipon those heartless transgressors.
Be assured that your stern resolve TO
accede 10 no terms but an unconditional
surrender Of the rebels, has inspired all
oyal men with q renewed spirit and ener-
", and has stricken with fear and tremb-
ing the Northern sympathizers with the
rebellion. Your handwriting has troub-
ed their..thoughts, as that upon the wall
1f Babylon afflicted another trangressor,
who saw, as they see in your records,
signs of a coming retribution.
We concur in your denunciatlons OF
he periidy of these northern allies, )"
who are striving to chill the fervent pat
,iotism of our soldiers by circulating let
.ers, papers and documents which basely
the noble purposes OF Amer
can patriots. This is but new, and as
We think, the last scene in the tragic dra-
IN, which has been enacted by these vile
performers The first was their affected
horror at the alleged usurpation OF the
Chief Executive in calling for 10, ,O00 men.
Fbeir pretended zeal for the Constitution
made Them Indifferent to the threatened
destruction of our National Capital
Their distractions were dearer to them
than the salvation of our Government.
Whilst YOU were buckling on your armor
md rushing into the battlefield Tor the
defense of the Constitution and the Union,
.hey were preparing their arguments to
Justify their running away from the
bloody conflict, and thus saving that dear
est 20 them of all constitutions, their own
bodies. They next appeared with hypo-
critical wailings and lamentations over
the pretended tyranny OF the President
in suspending the privilege of the writ OF
EaJe4s CORPUS. They were not afflicted
with the sad tragedy in the streets OF
B,Itimore. when the blood of our brave
men who we're rushing TO defend the
~anital of our Union, was shed by the
1and of the vile traitors. They had no
cars for those bereaved by the murder OF
our patriots but they tiercely howied
when the dastardly assasslns were hur-
red, without "due process OF law, 10
forts and prisons. Their morbid sensitive
ness on behalf Of arrested culprIts, lddl-
Gates a consciousness of their own disloy-
1ltv, for it is not within our knowledge
that any loyal man of Ohio has any dis
.ressing apprehensions that his body may
he taken for treachery 10 freedom
Again: They pretendedly frighten
.henselve. and attempt to alarm others,
with the enormous expenditures OF the
var, the depreciation of money, and the
leavv taxes which must oppress the peo-
pie. The blood of your comrades shed by
he rebels at Stone river, and on all the
1ther battle-felds were our brave have
allen, does not SO stir their souls as the
great fall in the currency. The mothers
and sisters of Ohio, who have lost the
props of their homes and hearts, have un-
nurmuriugly given TO their country the
dearest idols Of their love; whilst these
eroakers have made the air vocal with the
of their pockets. With
such mercenaries, it must be immaterial
whether freedom or tyranny prevails.
The last act in these false performances
is the unpatriotic attempt to incite the
of our soldiers, by represent