Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-21
SESSION.

o'clock.
SESSION.
The attendance in the afternoon was
much larger than in the morning, the
space about the speakers stand being
densely packed. Lsland's Band and the
Akron Cornet Band took turns in enliven-
ing the moments preceding the resump-
ton of exercises. There was some delay
in the appearance of Gen. Lane, the next
speaker, during which there were calls for
Gen. Carey.
The General responded to the cal, buthad
spoken but for a moment when the arrival
Of General Lane was announced.
Judge spalding then introduced General
Lane. who was greeted with three cheers.
He said it was a great time for the peO-
ple to get together. It is the peoples war
Il was brought on you by traitors, but 1t IS
Won and your money that must be employ
"a IN hiring it to a successful termination.
The motto of the Democratic party during
tbe Mexican war was, stand by the Ad-
ministration. It could see no other way
nov and he who will not stand by the
| Administration is an enemy to his eoun-
/ try. When the time comes under the Con
| stitution to change that Administration, he
would have the ballot box free. Until the
A1-a-r---at~- ~ OL~.Bvji We must stand
BY it. Did 1 differ with the man at Tne
head Of the Government, as I differ with
the devil himself, 1 would stand by him
until he was put out by the ballot box.
Who would be at peace with traitors; you
might as well establish peace between vice
and virtue as between freedom and slavery.
Tie father who would have peace while
there is a slave left is q coward, because
his children will have to fight this war
oveIsagain which you ought to have ended
while you lived. he repeated that the
man who would stop short Of the entire
overthrow Of slavery, is an enemy to his
children. Loud cheers.)
He told Of q mastering officer Ia West
Peinter) he met at Fort Scott, when he
went there to raise IN army Of negroes,
Said he, al will resign before | will equal
ize myself with q negro Said ! "don't
you march in an army where there are
mules" aldo" said he, and consider
a mule superior to the negro Well,
said I, "on that we will not differ.
rLaughter. The speaker ridiculed the
idea Of attempting to put this war through
without using all the means in our power
TAnecdote of mule received with cheers
He spoke of the immunity which the
negro enjoys in a climate which is fatal t.
the white man. Why not send the Negro
to fight in the South, and let our Ohio boy'
come home2 Why not2 Because slavery
may be crushed out. II is the Southern
slave-drivers who have made Northern
men devotees of slavery. l was n o
these devotees myself. Eight years agI
YOU could have found Jim. Lanein Kansas
claiming that slavery was a divine insti
tuition. Laughter. Was raised to be
Tieve that doctrine-had it distilled int
me. Now, thanks be to God, l believe
slavery to be an institution Of He'll, anC
nonebut fends Of He'll advocate its con
tinuance. 1Cheers. 1 know not how
much Ohio blood has been spiltin this war
but every drop that has been split has beer
on account Of slavery. We underrate Co
when we expect this war to come to al
end while there are shackles on a singh
slave. 1Cries Of "that's So" You can
fight a man successfully with one hand AM
support him with the other. Fighting tn
rebellion with one land and sustaining
slavery with the other has prolonged thi
war. Had it not been for that the rebel
lion would have ended months ago. Go
is against any other close to this wal saw
the crushing out of the aus Of the rebel
lion. THE speaker pulled off his coat q
this point, which was greeted with cheers.
He said he felt sort of at home in Ohio. !
was Ohio that aided Kansas TO be a fire.
State, against the power of slavery and o
the Administration. CCheers.
Old Abe. is coming. [Cheers. We ar
advancing. General Thomas, a short tim
ago a pro-slavery fossil, has gone to tn
I, Mississippi, and he tells u boys tina
they can soon come home, for there will b
negroes enough there soon to whip out tn
rebels. TCheers.1 He told how they use
/, C~opperheads in Arkansas. They don
bother the Government with them. If
: C~opperhead shows his head they give hiI
notice 10 quit. He thought the people o
Ohio should have strung up V~allandighaI
and relieved Government Of all trOubl
with him. TCheers. V~allandigham de
serves death not only for his treason bu
for his c~owsrdice. You cannot do tn
cause of the Union more good than b,
taking care of the COpperheads. The ma
who advocates peace now is not only
coward but a murderer. The rebels trea
with scorn and contempt every proposition
for peace. Nothing less than the acknOwl
|, edRment Of their independence, they 50.
will they accept. And where is there
|, man who would acknowledge their indie
|, pendence? "a voice-"He's sent TO For
Warren" Cheers
We have to whip them or they will Will
us. 1 propose to fight it out with them
Whip them this year if we can; if "
can't do it then do it the next, or the next
OF, if necessary, let us establish war as
permanent institution CCbeers.l WeWil
have an army Of a million Of negroes, an'