Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-04-20

for the blood Of other victims.
We concur in your stern denunciation
Of the suspicious loyalty Of those who talk
Of compromise. These men ought to know
that there can be no compromise which
does not involve a total abandonment of
the glorious inheritance Of free govern
ment committed to our care. They must
know that such concession would be an
act Of moral cOWardice, the recollection Of
which would sting US with remorse and
self-reprOaeh, and justly bring upon US the
odium Of the patriots Of all lands. The
man who weuld desire reconciliation up
on such terms has no feeling in common
with honorable and loyal men, and he
ought to place himself and treasures where
his heart is-among the rebels.
As you state, the rebels will have no
peace which does not recognize the right
fulness Of their rebellion. None knew
their fixed and treacherous purpose better
than their Northern allies, who have been
again and again scOrnfully repulsed by
them, and who are still waiting with their
accustomed servility, ready toperform any
act of oondeseension which their masters
may suggest. The popular mind is becom-
ing well informed as to the mischieTOus
purposes of these pretended messengers of
peace. And, unless there is speedy abate-
ment Of their treacherous designs, the
gathering storm Of public indignation will
burst with all the power Of the Constitu-
ton and the laws upon those hesrtless
transgressors.
Be assured that your stern resolve to
aecede TO no terms but an unconditional
- a. Il L.. &c -,1 all
loyal men with a renewed spirit and en-
ergy, and has stricken with fear and trem-
bling the Northern sympathizers with the
rebellion. Your handwriting has troubled
their thoughts, as that upon the wall Of
Babylon afflicted another transgressOr,
who saw, as they see in your records, signs
OF coming retribution.
We concur in your denunciatiOns OF the
perfdy Of these "Northern allies" who
are striving to chill the ferVent patriotism
Of our soldiers by circulating letters, pa
pers and documents which basely misrep
resent the noble purposes Of American pa
triots This is but a new, and ss we think,
the last scene in the tragic drama, which
has been enacted by these vile performers.
The first wasdtheir affected horror at the
alleged usurpation Of the Chief Executive
in calling for 75, 900 men. Their PRETENDED
zeal for the Constitution made them indif
ferent to the threatened destruction of our
National Capital. Their distractions were
dearer to them than the salvation Of our
Government. Whilst you we're buekling
on your armor and rushing into the battle
field for the defense of the Constitution
and the Union. they were preparing their
q. Ehas,
from the bloody conflict, and thus saving
that dearest to them of ell constitutions,
their own bodies. They next appeared
with hypocritical Wsilings and lamenta-
tions over the pretended tyranny of the
President in suspending the privilege of
the writ of ha5eas corpus. They were not
afflicted with the sad tragedy in the streets
Of Baltimore, when the blood of our brave
men who were rushing to defend the Capt. |
tai Of our Union, was shed by the hand of
the vile traitors. They had no tears for
those bereAyed by the murder Of our pa
triots; but they iercely howled when the
dastardly assassins Wers hurried, without
" due process Of law" to forts and prisons.
Their morbid sensitiveness on behalf of
arrested oulprits, indicates consciousness
Of their own disloyalty, for 1t is not with
in our knowledge that any loyal man Of
Ohio has any distressing spprehensions
that his body may be taken Tor treachery
to freedom.
Again. They pretendedly frighten them
selves and attempt to alarm others with
the enormous expenditures Of the war, the
depreciation of money, and the heavy taxes
which must Cypress the people. The blood
Of your comrades shed by the rebels at
Stone river, and on all the other battle
fields where our brave have fallen, does
not SO stir their souls as the great fall in
the currency. The mothers and sisters of
Ohio, who have lost the props Of their
homes and hearts, have unmHrmuringly
given to their country the dearest idols Of
their love; whilst these croakers have
made the air vocal Eith the bereavements
Of their pockets. With such mercenaries,
Il must be immaterial whether freedom or
tyranny prevails.
The last act in these false performances
is the unpatriotic attempt to inoite the pre-
iudices Of our soldiers, BY representing the
conflict as a war not for the Constitution
and the Union, but for the emancipation Of
the negro. 1t is an unfortunate coinci-
ienee that these profsssed Union men and
rebels should so fully concur in
sentiment. But for the proclamation, say
they, we would have cordially cO-operated
in the vigorous prosecution of the war
Ohio knows that this is a base pretense. |
The same men who howl about emancipa-
ton bewailed in equally strong tones at
the arrest Of Kane and his compeers in
perfdy, the disbanding Of the conspirhtoTs
at Frankfort, and every vigorous act and
policy Of the Administration which has |
tended to crush the rebellion. When these
suspected patriots shall show the same
in speaking Of the victories of !
our arms, OF your bravery and achieve
ments, Of the triumph Of the Union over
the rebellion, and Of the perpetustion of
those great principles which constitute our
national glory, that they now exhibit for
4he negro and the misfortunes of the reb-
els, their clamors against the Government
and the Administration will at least have
the appearance Of being the utterances Of
honest hearts.
We say to you, our brave countrymen,
that our wishes, our prayers, our purses,
and if need be our blood, shall be given to
sustain you in your places Of peril We
have no politics and no party, but the
Union and the Constitution If there are
those with US who will attempt to prosti- |
tUte cur great mission with any peculiar
or partizan views, we will repudiete their
deseeration Of our high and holy purposes.
If there are money changers in our ranks
who will speculate upon the wants and
gains Of the brave soldiery, we will
scourge them from our communion. We
pledge to you and the great cause
to which you have dedicated your all, our
lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
Whilst you guard US from the hands of the
rebels, we will guard you from the treach-
cry Of domestic traitors. You have aroused
Us to a proper contemplation Of the enemy
in orr midst That enenv nust and will