Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-01-09

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Governor seymOur's message
The marked contrast to the open and
manly words Of Governor Curtin, who, in
his Message, says that the people of Penn
svlvapia viii never tolerate any schemes
g for creating confusion and ruin" and
twill not be turned from their purpose by
the evils Of masked enemies, are the
specious pleadings of Governor Seymour
in bis long argument against the Admins
trstion Of the Government. He adroitly
pledges the State to the prosecution of the
wsr, while he declares that he will resist
the means which the Government has
taken to suppress all rebellion, North or
South. He says the spirit of disloyalty
must be put down, while he encourages it
at the North. In an elaborate defence Of
State rights, he vindicates the rebels from
the enormity Of their crimes. He is at
once loyal and dislOyal.
He says of arbitrary arrests thst they
have been tyranical and "glaringly psrti-
san,D and that it will be his duty to see
the laws enforced" By this, he means
State laws which can be construed into de-
Gliding these arrests to be informal He
ignores ell provisions of the Constitution
for extraordinary measures Of public
safety, and says he shall investigate any
alleged violation of the State statutes in
these arrests, and see that the offenders
are brought to justice" In this he cares
nothing for the necessities of the General
Government when contrasted with the su
premacy Of the authorities of the. State
which he governs. In denouncing the
putting Of the National over the State
Government, he goes to the other extreme
s5 ~ -nnld exslt Albany over Washing
Upon the subject Of martial law the
Governor is still more bitter, and by impli-
cation justifes the rebels. He says that
under military dictation "loyalty is less
secure than rebellion, fer it stands without
the means to resist outrage or to resent
tyranny" he implies by this that the
rebels had outrages and tyranny" to
resist and that they did right to resist it.
What better secession doctrine could Davis
or Stephens want? he is afraid that the
opinion that slavery must be abolished
In order to restore the Union viii "create
an antagonism between the free and slave
States. One would think that this antag-
Onism was already sufficiently demon
strated. The South certainly gave evil
dence enough Of it before the North took
up arms in defence, and it has been fed
and strengthened since by the experiences
Of war. That this antagOnism ought not
to exist all agree, but it does exist and
we must treat it as we find it. How to do
this is the question to be discussed. The
Governor says that the opinion that the
North must subjugate and destroy the
South to save the Union is Gmischievous."
But the rebels themselves say that it is the
only possible way to restore the Union
They will never submit never GENE back
to the Union until they are totally con-
quered. They want no compromise and
will have none. What is Governor Sey-
mour to do about itP viii he force
compromise upon them But he must
"subjugate them before he can do even
that, and that would be "mischievous"
This is almost the only point upon which
he disagrees with the rebels. BE is bound
to have no more fighting, and they are de-
termined to fight it out to the bitter end.
This plea of Cancellation and these at
taeks upon the Government will not do,
either with the rebels Of the SCUM or the
loyal men Of the North. viii the Govern
or tell us how he would cOnciliate-how
he would bring the rebels back except by
disrupting the Union. Until he gives us
the programme we must decide that the
spirit which prompted this message was
one Of sympathy with the rebels.