Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-20

water, too, and settles al talk Of intsryon-
ton there. II will even enter the Tuileries,
and find its way to the ears Of Louis Nspo-
lean, stuffed as they are with Mexican cot
l ton. He will discover that we mean TO light
this fight out, and the discovery viii mako
him ring wonderful change IN his tune.
THERE'S another place to which the peWs OF
this victory will go with especial significance,
as it leaps from crag to crag, and
bounds from crest to crest among
the mountains Of Tennessee. The soldiers
will hear it and will say We
knew that the people of Ohio would not leave
rs to fight this battle alone" As this news
breaks upon them, from every mountain crest,
it covers them with a foam of glory. And
why should they not rejoice ? To them and
to their efforts, we owe everything, even the
chance to vote. We have not felt the effects
Of this rebellion at all. We go home at
night and rest in peace. No blade Of grass
of yours has been trampled or stained with
blood. The torch of no incendiary has
wrapped your homes In flames the knife of
no assassin has laid your children dead at
your hesrthstoDes. But for this line Of Union
hearts which stood between you and the foe,
all these horrors would have swept upon you
and Ohio would be the scorched and biacken-
ed wilderness that Mississippi now is.
And do you know how these brave boys
have begged, persuaded and implored their
friends TO vote for Union. All honor to them
that they did not, in their public capacity,
use thrests also I know of some cases,
however, in which they have used threats
privately, and with a very happy result too.
Let me relate one instance. When I was in
Lancaster, I found upon the stand from
which was to speak, an old man whom l
had known in former years, and who 1 had
learned was identified with the Peace Demo-
crsey. Why, George, how came you
here 2' BSid I. And the old man told me
then that he had son, Captain in the ar
my. His son had written to him, saying :
Father, I pray, implore, entreat you,
to vote the Union ticket. But if you do not,
when como home, though I may slip round
to kiss mother once in a while, when you are
away, so help me God, I will never speak to
you again" The old man went on in his
broken English to tell how he carried the
letter to his wife, and how, moved by it and
by her tears, he concluded that lie would not
lose his boy for one vote.
Many like him were concluding that they
could not lose their boys for one vote. And
if the election had been put of for two weeks
longer, We would have got all the votes from
the old democratic ranks that were worth
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already come over, and in sixty days almost
all the rest will claim that they were with
us. Let US not repulse these men. Let us
cruelty by public opinion the leaders, but
let US not tread down the honest and de-
luded masses.
Let me now address a word to the ladies,
our most potent, powerful and efficient
auxiliary in this campaign. We owe
this victory, as Te owe all of good in
the world, to them. Woman was last at
the cross and first at the grave. She has
been mighty for good in this war, spreading
untold blessings all around her. No one can
tell how much her Soldiers Aid Societies have
done in alleviating suffering and in bringing
comfort to the soldier. And women have
helped the soldiers much by the sweet home
letters which they have written letters full
of confidence, love and cheer, which warm
the heart and nerve the arm for fight She
is always on the side of the people and the
Government, and has ever been with us in
this campaign. Her instincts are always for
truth and right. We-owe much TO woman.
Let US not forget her. Let US never fail in
remembfa anes Of and duty to her.
Let me, in closing, remind you that We
have still government to watch over and tC
preserve. Let US stand ready, like minute
men, to do SO, by our votes, By cur syonsis,
by all means in our power.