Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-06-20

UDullLLlI OUuIaIAaa
The New York Tribune has an immense
circulation and consequent influence. The
responsibility Of such position should en-
sure the adoption Of a high standard Of
tone in the support Of the Government and
the encouragement Of the people to the
prosecution of the wsr. But the Tribune
has such longing for peace as to color its
ideas Of the duty Of the Government and
the people. The invasion Of Maryland
and Pennsylvania by the rebels is made
the occasion Of reiteration Of those dis
cOuraging viewswhich the Tribune has too
often expressed. The following paragraph
occurs in an editorial in the Tribune Of
the 18th:
awe trust this invasion is meant to be
determined and decisive, and that it will
not be spoiled by a premature recoil. If
the rebels are indeed our masters, let
them prove it and let us own it. If they
are not, let us make them now acknowledge
the corn. We hope this demonstration, to-
gether with that of General Grant on
Vicksburgh, may be so managed as prac-
tically to end the war. If we can now take
Vicksburgh and Port Hudson cd the one
hand, and use up Lees army on the other,
the Confederscy will be pretty nearly
played out If, on the oaher hand, the
rebels beat Grant and water their horses
in the Delaware, routing all the forces we
can bring against them, We shall be under
foot, and may as tVsH oWH Il"
All loyal people will join with the Tri-
bune in hoping that Hooker, Grant and
Banks may be so successful as practical
" to end the war" But he is but q coward
who joins in the suggestions as to our
duty if these Generals are not successful.
Suppose Lee had captured Harrisburg and
4" "watered his horses in the Delaware"2
Who is there but COpperhead or trem-
bling expectsnt of the draft who would
then be ready for the National Govern
ment to disband its armies and surrender
its territory to the domination of the
rebels For to be the first to
urge peace is to acknowledge our
selves beaten, and to confess ourselves
faithless to the high trust imposed upon US
Of preserving the integrity of the Govern
msnt and Constitution. What if the rebels
had listened to such advice as this at the
beginning Of the war2 They would have
then owned themselves under foot "
when Mcclellan watered his horses in the
York River, and Grant drank from the
Tennessee. Did they do this Not bit
Of it. They contracted their lines; in
creased their armies; sifted out the poor
officers, and tried it again. They have
been repulsed time and again they have
seen invasion after invasion of theit terri
tory; they have lost Columbus, and Mem
phis, and Nashville, and Norfolk, and New
bern, and Beaufort and New Orleans,
every one of them an important point /;
they have had invading raids made through
the heart and vitals of the Confederacy,
and yet they have SO much energy and de-
termination that they, to-day, are within
the northern lines, terror to Pennsylvan-
Ia capitalists and timid editors. The same
qualities upon the part of the North will
urge US to defend our homes and our Govern
ment to the death, and not meanly give
upthe contest because we got blow in the
ribs. We shall not be "under foot" let
what will come, so long as we have man.
hood, honor, and, q respectable amount Of
common patristism. When these are gone,
we may adopt the suggestions of the Trib-
remain brave and loyal they will stand By
the Government