Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-11-17

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Grant and Thomas Becoming hAaieais'
No careful and intelligent observer can 6
fail to perceive the immense,chsnge being c
wrought in mems views and positions on
the great questions Of the day. Since !
the rising Of the insurgents, the old adsge
"Times change, and men change win
them has been foreibly and pointedly IL
lustrated in innumerable instances. Inc
rebellion has been q great educator. 1t
has opened The eyes Of men. 1t has brok-
on the shaekles from their minds. 1t has
dethroned prejudice. By its mOnstrous
claims and its bloody deeds, it has caused
men to pause and think. And as honest
men have thought, and reflected and oo-
served the scales have fallen, and they
bavs beeu ushered into new light. The |
claims of humanity, and the common
rights of mankind, impress them as never
bsfore. Partisan ties fall asunder ike max
before the touch of FIRE Men thus olsen
tbralled would that all, were SOY stand
forth in the strength and dignity Of in7ig-
GRATED manhood.
Anotsble instance Of this was exhibited
in the person Of General siCkies, as he ell
oouently spoke forth the words OF truth
and soberness in the great Freedmens
mestinp st the Cooper Institute, in New
York. on the 9th inst. He is man OF a
clear mind, and of honest patriotic Pur-
nose. He has conquered his Prejudices.
He has given up party for his country.
He faithfully stands by the measures Of
the Government, which have been project
/, /, Cd for the prosecution of the war. de
gives his voice for that greatest, most I'M
, nortaut and necessary measure Of all, the
, proclamation of Emancipation. In SPEAK
inc Of that measure, he said, "he, Perhars 3
f was one who, if he had been consulted
vould have hesi.atsd TO advise the meas
T, ure But he was one Of those who, 1t haV
a inc been done, would maintain it" And
: again, said he the destiny Ofthe millions
70 vbo vould be elevated to freedom by tn
Proclamation was one of the creates
onsstions of the times. Il lgds dslus19i
n 70 suppose that that decree gould 'Oer Be re
poksd" And again, thousands an
& thousands of the emancipated ha
t, gone into the army as soldiers. Il
c. this respect he felt peculiar interest il
them and their kindred. They had wol
tbs resDeot of the army by their courag
and devotion
in General Grant, the great commander
I. the Southwest is another notable instsnc
o. Of a brave and honest man who has ovel
lll come all the early and inyeterate prejr
dioe9 of education, and has taken h
= stand upon the high table land of ii
,io broadest humanity, and of equal and il
- alienable rights.
" General Thomas, still more remarks
ty' Bile instance thsu either of conquered pr
iudice, is now laboring side by side wit
Frederick Douglass, IN the work Of neg
enIstments.
But why multiply examples. The e0u
trv and The army are full Of them. Il
'-H soldiers vote tells how, by the snlighte
ty' ing progress Of events, men have be
emanoipated from prejudice and part
and lifted up to the plane Of manly Patl
otism and heroic manhood.
The noble, able letter Of Mr.. CAN'T
7tb Arkansas, shows heslthful change
the current in another direction. The \
- ton is being regenersted and renewed
''n every part. 1t is being purified by bn
tism of blood-sla7ery, that curss of ours
which had sunk It's immediate participaI
and was fast sinking the whole Nation
to semi-bsrbarism, could only be cradles
-, ed bv war and carnage. For this, was
war sent, by destiny beyond mans gu
un- suee or control We accept the destln
on With ever-increasiDg interest We wat
the great changes, the wonderful progr'
Of events, and await the end, conhde
that the right will prevail, in the est'
ushment of justice throughout the lal
and in the secured enjoyment By all,
.''-i the great rights of man.