Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-25

Rendeh Philips or she Eresidenpa mes-
sage and Oc'amaftons
On Tuesday evening last Wendell Phil
FPS made his so-cslled criticism on the
Presidents Message and Proclamation.
We lay before eur readers the mcst I'M
'srtant passages TO let them see that Wen
iell is not yet satisfied.
HE PROTESTS AGAIEsT The PROCLAMATION.
As one of the people undertake to en-
ter my protest against the proclamation,
and to ask Of you to demand more OF the |
government than that document covers. |
(0minOus silence) Say not that am do
ing injustice to Mr.. Lincoln. As my old
professor at the law college used to say,
" Gentlemen, know my profession 30 well
that need not blush when say no to a
question that cannot answer.
THE PRESIDENT CAN AFFORD TO HAVE HIS
his FAULTS TOLD.
80 Mr.. Lincoln has done such service In
this rebellion, has carved for a niche so
high in the worlds history, that he can
well afford to have all his fsnlts told.
[Applsuse.
TWO KINDS OF STATESMEN.
There are two kinds Of men in states
menship. One is the servant Of the peo-
pie and the other is the moulder Of the
people. To the first class belongs our
President.
THE SOUTH BRAvE PEOPLE.
The South ere brave people. Four years
ago I said to you under this roof, the
Juth is now coward, and you laughed at
me tTou know now that, however deluded
the south does believe lie and is willing
to fight for it. The last forlorn refuge Of
such people is a bloody fight. When in
the eighth century the Musselmen poured
over the Alps four hundred thousand
strong Charles Matrel, when France could
not muster but fifty thousand men to meet
biu, eeid, q Gantlemen, there is no France
but what your feet cover" Nerved By
such despair they hurled the crescent back
into the Mediterranean and saved Europe
aud Christianity. The South fights with
suoh motive and such faith.
TIE WAR NOT YET ENDED.
No, the war is not ended. 1t does moi
touch its end, and yet its end is certain
and we may read II in the light Of our
own power and our own perseverance
| The Union is TO be reconstructed with 6
cement that laughs all interference tn
scorn. Applsuse Daniel Webster said
the cement OF the Union was the Fugitive
Slave act. Sin never cemented anything
but evil.
TIE CEMENT OF THE UNION To BE THE MI
TUAL RESPECT OF THE TWO SECTIONS.
The cement of this Union is to be tht
mutual respect of the sections, bred o.
that blood which has mingled on bravely
contested fields. The South thought Of th
Yankee as one who knew only how t.
cheat. She met him at Chattanooga snt
changed her mind. The North thought o
the South as only gaeconade and empty
vaunt. She has struggled with her fou
years and learned to respect her sincerity
il not her intelligence, and out Of ths
mutual respect is to grow Union as in
destructible and dindissoluble as the grsnit
that holds up the continent. Applause.
There is not the fear. As I said before
LAS Mr.. Lincoln shows it)-it is here E
'he North-the question Of how much an'
how far we will 60.
THE CONDUCT OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
When the war broke out England as {
unit hated US. There Is 10 other wort
that will express her feelings. Closel!
allied, kindred by close blood relationship
ne trod on her heels. We over passed he
on some points. She could not bear thi
rivalry nor the conquest. She felt 1t 81
close as relatives always feel the success
Of their kindred. You will always find
safe to abuse q man to his cousin
(Lsughter) England, cur cousin, hsteC
us; aud when the London Times lo0kei
scross the water and said the bubble hsC
burst, she meant-thank God. daughter.
But she looked little longer, and out o
that bursted bubble came seven hundred
thousand armed men on the banks Of tn
Potomac-(spplsuse) and the heart tina
mated us, began to fear us. She said thi
broken fragment Of people starts up
great military power. Beecher Ia eloquent
but Vicksburg and Chattanooga, and Par
rot guns, sending two hundred pounC
balls seven miles, are more terribly elo
quent than he. (Applause.) Then, France
the Emperor of France is a long headed
man, He does not send ten thousand mel
by Enthusiastically keeping alive TIL
march Of Mexican invasion-for nothing
He has keen sight and determined
purpose ahead. He means, out ef the difh
culties of this nation, to make q serious ef
fort to arrest the march Of self govern
ment-and the sstute head that sits tn
throne is our determined enemy. Now, |
would not answer France solely with thi
beat Of the drum and the noise of rifles OF
the banks Of the Rio del Norte. Oh, no
This continent Is self-Sonssorsted by tn
ages to the full and free experiment o
self government. That is our elaim-ou
Just claim. Europe is trying the expert
ment Of thrones. Let her. She has righ
to try it without our interference. But /
France plants the germ Of sristccraey ans
thrones on the soil Of the American CONT
nent, my answer to her is, this reconstruct
ed Union, holding out its right hand, will
fifty millions of dollars for Garibaldi, say
ing, take possession of Rome, and ont
hundred millions for the republicans O.
Paris, saying, make Napoleon sit uneasy
and one hundred millions for Germany
saying, make kings tremble-I would an
sWer Napoleon with his own weapons 1
Europe leaves America TO Republication
we'll II she interfcres, we interfere-(ap
plause) land the right hand of oul
resistance IS clssped in brotherhood will
the radicals Of Europe to upset everJ
throne on the continent. (Applsuse J.
That Is foreign policy. Now, look South
I said Lincoln does not fear the South.
THE CONSTITUTION BARRIER,