Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-11-10

wall jackson, and only the success of the
latter, backed by powerful and excited
party, prevented it. He overslaugbed
and oppressed Beauregard, because he lei
the people know that he desired to move
on Washington at once, after the first
Manassas fight and was prevented by Da-
Wis. He drove General Walker, of Geor-
gia. out Of the service. He retained Hind
man in Arkansas, with positive knowl-
edge of his outrages. He retains Holmes
here to crafty the Johnsons, at the ruin of
our people. He has pursued and oppress-
ed General Price, because, / suppose, the
latter was made Brigsdier in Mexico,
and Davis was not. He retained Pember.
ton in command, against the wishes Of the
country; and, to add insult to it all, sends
him to Mobile to take command, where he
is execIated by every man, woman and
child. By trick and swindle, he got
General J. E. johnson from command in
Virginia, and gave him no other definite
position until there was Q pressing emer-
! eenoy and q chance TO damage him
| thereby showing his confidence in him and
his maliguity toward him. He drove Gen.
| Pike out Of the army to crafty Hindman
and the Johnsons, and thereby lost 10 US
| the whole Of the rebel country, and, If the
war continues, will place the tomahawk
aud scalping knife at the throats Of cur
women aud children. He retains weak
and inefficient Cabinet, and never calls
them in council, that he may reign as sole
despot over our people. He has had at
his disposal physical force enough to car
~ out acts the most arbitrary and op
pressive. He has used that force. He
has shown his selfshness and disregard
for the interest Of the people, by his ap-
pointmeut Of Heath, Van Dorm, Dick Tey-
ior, Davis. and Mansfield LEVEL, al rela-
tives, and all slike incompetent. He has
siensted the people Of Georgia. so much
SO, that were the Confederagy acknOwl
edged to day, Georgia would not remain
two years under him. heard Confed-
crate General Of great prominence, who
understands the feeling in that S tate, so
declare And as significant Of this, Gov
ernor Brown, Of Georgia, gave to General
G. W. Smith, mesnly and spitefully driven
out Of the army by Davis, the Presidency
of the Etowah Iron Works, with a salary
larger than that of his salary as Lieuten-
ant General. He falsihed all his promises
to Kentucky and took General Humphrey
Marshall's command away from him, turn
ing it over to his old political rival, Gen
ersl Preston, TO crafty the partisan re-
quirements Of Kentucky citizens, who had
suddenly risen from the obscure position
pork packers, to that Of Senators and
Representatives in the Confederate Con.
federats Congress, and j1gglers in that
political SOdOm. In o word, he has en-
ss 81 nd
impoverished his enemies2 He has given
ever the people, those Of Arkansas es
peciBlIy, to plunder and oppression by his
favorites, and in no instance punished the
offender.
l admit that in some things he looms up
above other men; but he has SO many de-
fects aud weaknesses beneath others, that
it reduces him to a very poor secOnd-rate
character. And you can never change
him. His life has ben warped by political
intrigue His prejudices have been mar
rowed and his hates embittered by years
of partisan strife. And you h=d as well
take the oak which has been bent while 8
twig and beat upon By the storms Of CEN
turtles, when its boughs are falling off and
its trunk decaying, and attempt TO
straighten ii up toward heaven, as 10 at
tempt the Strengthening Of a character SO
warped and bent by years eff political
STORM and intrigue
In answer to the question, what shall
we do be says:
This question naturally comes up, after
all that has preceded. II Mr.. Davis, when
he held the lives and fortunes Of many
millions in his hands, so blundsred as to
lose his opportunity, what can we hope
from him, now that scene Of blackness,
Of anguish and desolstion reigns whore
wealth, happiness and plenty smiled. If
he ,Oould NOT protect Arkansas when he
could, but instead, gave it over 10 plunder
and oppression by his pets, what have we
to hope now that be trembles in Richmond
for his own safety, and wakes up st last
TO the terrible reality of his weakness,
folly and indiscretiou2 If we wsrs not
protected when we could have been, and if
we can now be protected, what must we
DO? Some say continue the struggle-lst
the last man die, s.
l think differently. We ought to end
the struggle and submit. But you say it
is humiliating. No more than to surren-
der when whipped. We have done that
often-slwsys when we could do no bet
ter. 1 have tried the experiment twice
and found it by 10 means foolish. Sub
mission is but surrender. We are fairly
beaten in the whole result and should at
once surrender the point
II we don't get the happiness we enjoyed
in the old Government we can get no
more misery than we have felt under JEFF
ferson Davis. Bat look for peace there.
We had it many years. Even while we
are arrsyed against it, find that hostile
forces in our midst give more protection
to the citizens than they had when Holmes
and Hindmsn were here. II is true the
Johusons tell you that General Steele has
imprisoned and oppressed people here.
Not q word Of truth in it. And they know
it is all false. In few months, when no
more Confederate money can be invested,
and nothing more made out Of the people,
they will sneak back and claim his protec-
ton.
But we are Bbipped-fairly beaten.
Our armies are melting and ruin ap-
prOsches u.s. Will continuing this strug-
gle help US ? Every battle we might gain
ought to wiring tears from the hearts of
Southern msnl We are just that much
weaker, that much nearer our final ruin
Anguish and SORROW and desolation meet
US wherever we turn. The longer the
struggle the more of it.
Don't let yourselves be deceived with
the hope that the United States will aban-
don the struggle. They can never do it.
They have toiled and spent too much to
see the solution of the problem, and not
foot up the figures. They scarcely feel the
war at home. Their cities are more popu-
lOus and thrifty to-day than ever. For
every man that dies or gets killed in bat
tie, two em:grste to the country. Their