Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-06-15

| would have Deen an act OF the emperor OF
China. The Southerners found out, what
the world could have told them much SOON
er, that civilization and national pros
perity could not go hand in hand with
slavery:
"What was to be done? Then came up
the dogma, that slavery must be the balance
wheel in the Government, and regulate the
admission of free States in the Union.
They therefore said to the North, you must
adopt the rule that slavery shall 60 hand
in hand with freedom, in order to preserve
the equilibrium of power. Well, the De-
mocratic party had shouldered q great
many things in its time, till, to use q
steamboat expression, we used to employ
under such circumstances, they literally
loaded us down to the guards-they gave
us, as a Virginisn would say, more than
we could tote. What was the result? We
struggled under it as long as we could but
when they piled on this additional amount,
the Democratic resolution staggered at it.
They of the South said, it is either that or
we will secede and dissolve the Union. I
stood upon the pavement in Cincinnati
when Buchanan was nominated, and every
five minutes heard that threat from some
Southern nabob: You are bound to take
this thing, or we will secede."
Reviewing, then, the election of Lincoln
and the inauguration of war, Mr.. BrOugh
said:
Why do we argue these points, and
why do the Union people gather together
in mass meetings of this kind to strain
their lungs and reason upon this question?
One would think the whole people would
be Of one mind on this subject, and that
there could be no necessity for any argu-
ment or appeal to the people of the land.
Why do we do it2 Because the sad and
humiliating truth is, there is a party, as
there always has been, when our country
was engaged in contest, that takes the
side of the enemy against the country.
Applause. I do not propose to denounoe
or abuse any man who holds On opinion
contrary to my own. But let US reason
together. Why are you, my Democratic
friends, opposing the cOntest2 You say it
is carried on by a Whig Administration
which you don't like. Is that a sufficient
reason? Suppose you had man in jail
convicted Of burglary, would you say, this
man shall not go to the Penitentisry be-
cause 3 Wing sheriff is going to take him
there or because a majority of the jury
men who convicted him were WhigsP
Upon this principle you would not help
to enforce any of the laws Of the State, be-
cause Of the Governor being Wing. The
spirit of opposition is as unreasonable and
unjust in one case as the other"
OF the employment of the negroes, he
says:
"The question that comes upat this time
is, should the Government employ the
slaves Of the South in putting down this
rebellion? If you call this policy abOli-
tionizing the war, il is a species of AbOli-
tionism which have not learned hereto
fsre. Does any man put himself on the
ground that it is unconstitutional to use
every means, either in the hands Of the
enemy or our own, to put down the rebel
lion2 If the army, marching through
the enemy's country, finds a hundred
horses or mules, and need them, he takes
them and drives them away. That is all
right; and the doctrine of slavery is, that
the slave man is but chattel, a mere ami
NAL But put it upon the broader ground,
that every slave working upon a plsnts-
tion Of the enemy is equal to two men in
the rebel army engaged in shooting down
the man in the Union army. Every negro
is raising produce to feed the Southern
army, and yielding taxes to pay them.
The negro on the plantation, who hoes his
corn, is just as effective a man as if he
were in the army, and more so, for although
he fights we'll in our army, Idoubt whether
he would in theirs"
We have space for but one more extract,
in which he refers to the complaints Of
" arbitrary arrests" and unconstitution-
tiOnal usurpatiOn:"
"Thers is no doubt Of the power Of the |
Government to protect itself, under any |
II you saw an ineendiary |
apply the torch to your house, would you |
wait until he was caught and convicted, or |
SESqd TVY htatkR he edA aRf kRq al hd7% bin
ernment may do. It may say to its citi-
zens, You are preventing the enlistment |
Of soldiers in the army; you are sowing
among the people; you are /
aid and comfort to the enemy;
therefore we propose to put you in some
place where you can talk to yourself for a
time" If this power is not inherent in the
Government, it is not worth a rope Of sand;
and the man who has the power, and does
not exercise it, is not worthy of the place
IS a ruler. Applause
nSuppose we admit that the Constitution
has been strained little; it is not strain
ed any more than old jackson strained it.
down in New Orleans, when he arrested
Judge Hall: and how we gloried over that
aeti how we eheered, and what bonfres we
burned, when tsrdy Government paid
back the unjust fine which the old hero
had paid. Cheers. Now, my Democratic
friend, do not take that all back. I can
not do it; upon my word 1 can not
Voices--no, nos you are right Let us
.ither say this Government is all right, in
aking away these elements Of discord from
Imong US, or let US do the other thing
the discussion Of the question
i'll by andby. Is this a time to be fighting
he Government when it is fighting the
losts Of the rebellion? Is this an sppro-
,riate work in the day Of our trisl?-I
Would you tear down the temple because
ONE unbelieVer comes among the faithful? |
Would you destroy the enlightened insti-
utions Of Christianity, because some hyp- ,
orite may DO deeds Of darkness and crime | :
You'd you abolish all the institutions Of
earning in the land, because abuses have .
rept inn Are you going to stop the pro-
fess Of this war, because some internal
has been unmssked and put in