Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-01
VOL.22-X 2


Ii. P. spauldiag. made patribtie Speech
Of Fhieh We find q EsPOTtip the RaIanna
DeheoratP We quotr the following: p
The Judge said he had reached the age
allotted to man, and did not, staHd before
them aspiring for himselft so the honors OF
emoluments os self: what be said was
/ prompted By, other motives. lie confessed
1 10 an unusual degree Of depression. In
/ the early 6ush Of manhood he came to the
noble State Of Ohio, Here his children
had been born, here most of them had died
His only two sons living, we're ia General
Grants army, helping 70 fght the battles
| Of Ohio, and the country. Never before
had hs had occasion to blush for anything
that appeared upen the fair sscutcheon Of
| 0hiO-tut the die was cast, the foul deed
done. The Democratic party had nomina-
| ted for chief magistracy of this fair State
q traitor, now undergoing G sentence Of trea-
son. If elected, our hundred thousand
sons must be put under the beck and nod
| Of this foul traitor. This was no time for
| gratulstion he did not wish to stand
there a prophet Of evil--but It is said ;hat
| %, 900 men united making Vallandigham
the Democratic candidtte for Governor
How long is il since a5man would have
been charged with bOldness who would
have suggested such infaluaticn? In the
language OF General Cass, the meR who
did this thing seem TO be struck with a
judicial blindness. These partisans and
the sneaker knarF f-rs--s4-s-A--- -s.snf '''5Ezs
t,.--ssijs Kept them company over a quarter
Of a century-counted upon enlisting a
feeling Of humanity quite eemmendable
IN -. a hat 1as, ~
military power - The military bastile, in
the favOrits language ofthese fellows, will
be held up-and the arrestof peaceful citi=
zens-but they keep the cause Of those,
matters from the eye Of the people, and ig-
more the fact that such men are ever found
implacably arraysd against the Govern
ment We are living in the midst Of facts
and circumstances that are historic. AS
they are met manflllY or indolentyr we
stand or fall Therei is no fear offoreign in
teFvehti6nAn fear but the Government
has men 70 put down the rebels in the field
but has il men enough to keep down tres
son. in the house OF its friends Is the
Government capable Of protecting itself
against Democratic TREASON and trai tors2
Is man competent to govern himselfP isa
question that lies at the foundation Of this
Governments 0nr fatheFs and grandfath-
ers answered. il nobly in their day, and
now the experiment is for us. Ameriosn
Republicans, can we assert that we can
govern ourselves, or shall we be ground by
the hard heel Of fhe despot2 Can we not
enjoy the governmental Of free and happy
people without rnnning into licentiousness2
The Iresponse comes waited to rs from over
the water, that our popular government is
a failure p [ am Of the opinion that our
government, the government of the people,
is the strongest upon. earth. Here was
quoted the dsclarstion and theory Of JEFF
ferson upon this point d a large portion
Of those who have lived and prOspsrtd un-
der this government are now against it.
This, too, against a government ofliberty
and equality, but into whose vitality a.
serpent has orept, That serpent is slave
ny. Had it not been for negro slavery, We
should have grown 70 be the greatest ma
tion whose shores are washed by the At
lantie. While trying this experiment Of
liberty we have been Hourishing a viper.
If we but act right in this crisis, there are
blessings inrstOFe for 4us---hnt not IL thez
heel Of oppression is ground upon any por-
tion Of Gods creatures, no matter what
color. The government is not the admin
istration--is not g Ahe I,inouln 2 ==hnt4he
-ETesIdent and Cabinet are the constltuTr
tionaI representative of the people to ad-
minister the provisions Of their govern
ment. The object Of the action and course
Of disciples of secession among US is to
cripple on every hand the administration
Of the Government, and give aid and com
fort to the rebels in arms, and knowing
this, these creatures Of Satan persist IL,
their unhallowed course. The. success Of
the Government is most astonishing and
has been from the beginning, especially in
view of the feet that q war was thrust up
on it at time when, thTOugh the machiraL
tions Of traitors, the army and navy had
been so disposed of as 10 be comparatively
powerless in its behalf In Ohio we, as
yet, know no war-business is at big1
tide Of prosperity, and we possess all the
comforts We ever had, and deny ourselves
few Of the lUxUries of life. True, we have
been called out for "sqnirrel hunt or
two, but personally. wei know nothing Of
the great struggle, except as we have
heard the sods rattling upon the cofihs Of
our children. u Can this longer Be, if open
treason 10 the government stalks abroad,
pouring its poison into the hearts Of those
who seem weak enough TO put party be-
fore country? In conneclion with the Gu
bernatoriali icontestin Ohio, we can express
our gratulations upon the sOundness of.
the soldiers vote Think we they will
cast their votes for traitor who, year
ago, was hunted from the camps of Ohio
soldiers near Washington Think we
they will cast their votes for this prince of
traitors? a ID. .7-a. r.
81 .ss #.-z ai# 9ri
Upon the topic Of treason, as defined by
the constitution, the Sd section, 80 srticle
Of the constitution, made by George Wash
ington and his eompeers was quoted
"Treason against the listed States shall
consist only nsleYying war against them
or in adhering to their enemies, giving aid
and comfort =" Are not all these persons
giving aid and com fUI t-iO tlHeit4 = iSa%a N
arms, guilty Of treason against the United
States2 l. not the nomination Of Yallan-
digham giving aid and comfort to the reb-
els2 We have power enough in the gov
ernment and the. hesrts of'fhe people un-
der the government TO hold the traitors in
check, who seek to destroy confidence in
our free institutions and ensure the sue
cess of the rebels in arms that despotism
may ensue. The speaker had been told
recently by leading COpperhead Of POr-
tage county, that the Democratic party
were prepared to make a compromise with
JEFF Davis, rendering him the power 10 es-
sablish slavery in every loyal State. But
q cOmpTOmisein that kind cant be brought
abOut-God is working in this war,
through his instTUmentality, man, for q
different end. The defeats that at times
overtake our arms, are blessings in dis
guise, and God in His providence will in
dictate the time when victory shall set its
seals upon the banners OF his hosts Ne