Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-11
nsn Of Braias VVanied at RichmOnd.

The Richmond Wing Of the I'd instant, in
lugubrious vail Of distress, complains Of
the absenee Of master minds In the Cabinet
a Of JEFF Davis. az we could make csbi-
net Of Napoleons, Pitts, Richelieus, Maehi-
svelliS, Alexander Won Humboldts, and
msn Of their mold, we should hsve abun-
dance Of employment for them all" We
verify believe su this and still more. We
3 believe that hslf dozen Of master minds,
such as ars bSrn but occasionally in CEN
tury, viii be insufficient to rescue rebeldom
from the ysEning abyss, even should Ma
poleonic energy Of action and MschisVel-
Ian craft he found within their lines.
The pit which these sroh-traitors to Au-
manity have been digging will not be
ehsatsd Of its prey by any short-lived
swayof brains or genius ct the Rebel cap
itol. The task Of restoring Confederate
money, from Eve cents on q dollar to one
hundred, is one of those interminable prob
lens that mast 20 unanswered. The her
Oulesn work Of hurting General Grants
victorious legions back into Kentucky, ei
retsldng the Mississippi, and bringing Ar
kansas and Texas once more TO the relief
Of the starving poor Of Richmond, will not
be Oompsssed by any martial chieftsin'H
coming to the support Of their tottering
Var Department Even what little impOr-
tanSs their foreign EmbsssadOrB have had
IN the estimation Of the Great Powers Of
Rarope Is not to be recalled by any subtle
diplomat who hopes to win his way to the
ears Of crowned heads. The magnificent
navy, which was to spring up srmed from
foreign waters by the magic wand Of King
Cotton, has vanished and the rebel secre-
tary Of the Navy may ss we'll bid farewell
TO the hopes Of any successor who shall
cSntract for new iron-olads in Glasgow OF
Liverpool
The truth Is, though the Whig fails to see
Il, thst with the exception Of few great
minds, OF rather crafty minds, among the
dominant class In the SOuth, the whcle
economy Of slave societies is unfaVOrablC
10 the growth of genius Of any sort. II
devslopes q certain kind of fercs barbsr-
ism, but nothing so broad and massive aE
is the natural product Of ell free societies
It lis q notable fact that If the men who
are now our recognized great men in the
Church, In the State or in the Army, all Oi
them are men who came from that class Of
society which, in the South, is despissd.-
Lincoln, Chase, Seward, Stanton, Grant
Rosecrsns, ard a host Of others, in whose
wisdom and ability the nation almost i'm
pHcitly puts its trust, are from the honest
hsrd-Working and upright middle classes
With The rebels none but men born and
bred into the slave system have any posi-
ton Of Importance. In Free Society
there is deep rich soil out Of which gresi
men grow. In Slave Societies intellectual
development Is confined almost exclusively
70 the dominant class. No wonder ther
We have the rebel press Wsiling for Pitt
and Hsmptonc, for Riehelieus and Nspo-
Icons. Where there Is no element Of pro
Eress engrsir ed into the very structure o.
sueisty, there we need expect no riet
groWths Of mind to supply the deficiencies
produced BY great civil war. Our lead
OrS might perish and their places be sup
piled By men Of equal ability. The leaders
Of the rebellion oncs dead, the whole gi.
gantic crime ends in overwhelming defeat
0nd shame.
We are getting into deep waters and &
feeling Of dread is shaking the souls Of the
people" Why nOt7 These bold bad men
who have "turned the world upside down, "
Seaing that their lease Of power is certain
lysnding are shaken in soul.
The people in Rebellion always means,
n the mouths Of the Richmond press, the
families Of 10000 Shareholders Thess
nay well be shaken in soul and pray for
the speedy sdvent Of brains In Richmond.