Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-04-22

duct upon Admlral dupont, nor lnLllAate
that he did not do all he could at Charles
-, hut it is to DC nnpen mot L. -"var
himself expressed such flimsy excuse as
this. It is probably a mere fancy theory
of a correspondent.
The Great Mass Meeting at Hamilton.
CCorrcsp spondence of the Cleveland Eeader.l
LEBANON, o., April 18th, 1858.
"a locker on in Venice 1 attended to-
day the great Union mass meeting held in
Hamilton, Butler county. 1t was one of
the sweetest days of spring-clear, light,
fresh-stamped from the mint where they
make days; and as the doctor and drove
into the busy little city it was already
swarming with its guests. From many
hOuse-tOp and across many a street fOated
the old banner the Union yeOmanry of
" benightsd Butler were fOcking in from
every quarter, and in every imaginable
description of vehicles, professions we're
passing, bands playing red ribbOned mar
shals gallopping to and fro, cars unloading
their living freight, which buzzed and
swarmed and scattered busily and briskly.
From Dayton, from Franklin, from Mid
dletown, from Lebanon, from Cincinnati,
Clifton, Armdale, from every place in a
radius of twenty-five miles, they came in
swarms, till fifteen thousand guests are
added 10 the population of the little city.
The crowd already collects around the
glee-club singers as from the stand in the
Court House square they tender our Ma
tional songs, but to me- as yet, the chief in
b.rest is found in the little house across
the road. That two-story frame house,
standing square out across the street, is
the home Of Senator Campbell, whilom the
most talented member of the Ohio delega-
ton in Congress, and its favorite candi-
date for speaker that winter when Banks
was at last elected; and in it nowa are gath
cred some of the best and truest men in the
nation That little man there, standing at
the open parljr window, with careless
dress and hair, with q compressed, deter
mined lip, anxious eye, Wiry brown mus
tache, face deeply lined with care, and
look Of nervous, persuasive energy marking
his whole form,-that is Lew. Campbell
himself His lsteh-st2ing is out to-day,
and his guests are numbered by the hun
dred. Near him stands Henry Winter
Davis, the handsome, clesr.faeed Mary
lander, keen-eyed and graceful. There is
cur poTtiy Governor, and there,-but eF-
erybody recognizes that man. That erect
and martial bearing, these stalWsrt six
feet of manhood, that keen eye, that fine
full face with the well-knoWn whiskers,
that smile, all remind us of the General
who handled his men so well at Manassas,
who, though almost "ruined by contract
ors," still commanded victory at Roanoke,
who fought bravely at Antietam, and who,
in the fierce struggle at Fredericksburg,
alone of all our Generals now deserve pop
ularity in defeat We would all know
BURNSIDE among ten thousand. He is here
to day greeting the old friends and recall
ing the old scenes Of early manhood
At eleven o'clock the meeting is organ
ized in the Court House square by the
choice of Lewis D. Campbell as President.
In few well chosen words he thanks the
audience for the honor conferred upon him,
and presents General Burnside to them,
g man distinguished in more fields than
one, not least in this, his last, where, head
ing the rear-guards Of our armies TO sub
due rebellion he has issued an order which
excludes traitors from anongus and masses
them in front"
Amid tumultuous applause the General
comes forward. If he were accustomed to
public speaking he says it would not be
proper for him to speak at length He
came to exercise military command, not to |
mingle in civil affairs, nor to identify him
self with any creed or party. at is in |
some degree my power and it shall be my |
duty to put down treason among us. 1t is |
your duty to support me in this action.
We'll do it. 1 come in full faith that our
cause will succeed and rebellion be crushed.
The rebellion cannot succeed because it
originated in wrong. The Government |
must succeed because it originated in right. |
If we do our duty God will sustain us" |
He closed with hope that peace and quiet
may soon be restored to US, a substantial,
sound, honorable peace, with the Govern
ment recognized and sustained"
Theresolutions, brief, pithy and pointed,
were introduced and carried with over
whelming unanimity The speaking then
commenced, Governor Morton, Colonel
Stanley Matthews and others addressing
the people from one stand, and Henry Win.
ter Davis Governor Tod and G. Volney
Dorsey from the other. I regret that no
room is left me for reporting these speeches.
The chief feature Of encouragement and
cheer was that ell the speakers-and but
few Of them, before the war, identified with
the Republican party-fully indorsed the
Presidents policy and proclamation, and
declared that Slavery, having endeaEored
to strike at Union, must now die. Each
sentiment, too, was eheered to the echo
of the men Of Southern Ohio, with as
hearty an enthusiasm as l ever noted in
the abolition counties of the Reserve.
The speech by Winter Davis Maryland
er and stakeholder by birth and breeding
was peculiarly significant Beginning
by addressing his audience as "Fellow
citizens of the United States" he poured
forth a sarcastic and crihcising denuncia-
lion of our Copperhead traitors at the
North. 1 must make rooom for few of his |
sentences
ct is a question of opinion whetls- -
President had the legal power to i-s,, .
In my opinion he b q. .ts..
wanted Congress to do so. I want no :
question of law left open-no possible
loubt or cavil as to the legality Of this
MEASURE. want radical neasure-one
whose beneficial Influences our arms shall a
'ear from the green banks Of the Ohio to
he glittering waves Of the Gulf Of Mexico" 5
al hold that the Constitution of Wash
ngton and Jackson is sufficient against G
ny exigency of rebellion. But the nation
J greater than the Constitution. If the
constitution fails, in the name of God let b