Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-07
governor Elroaarh at cIreIevilIe.

Governor Brough made speech on Sat
urday at CircleviIle before large audience.
We make a fss0 extracts most signiAesnt
ABOUT RESISTING A DRAFT.
Il was barely possible while ago, that
resistance to the draft, and insurrection at
home might require call. But 1 don't
believe that emergency is going to arise,
and 1 will tell you why. A few weeks
ago, these politicians were abusing the Gov
ernor, because they said he did not intend
TO let the Guards corne home But now
they don't know what to say, since the
Guards have come. The coming of the
Guards has crushed the threatened rebel
lion at home more effectuslly than any
thing else know of Tho moment they
came, you could sec these fellows rush
ing about in great distress, looking for holes
to get into. Their courage, like that of
Bob Acres, oozed out at their fingers ends,
am glad of it, for do not want drop
of blood shed in this war but that of the
rebels in arms against us.
THE GREAT QUESTION OF THE HOUR.
There were tories in the Revolution as
there are peace clamorers now. There was
AbL "a Al1lit buhb 4CfuiAlAbAA 1OuA
sires could not have made terms of peace
with the mother Government; but they
stood firm, and endured every think that
was cast upon them during that seven
years struggle, until at last on the field of
Yorktown they achieved that final vieto-
ry which transmitted to US the best Gov
ernment that God ever gave to man.
Have you degenerated from the strength,
the determination and the courage Of those
sires2 Are you prepared to surrender up
that great Government after few years
contest to crush the rebellion2 Are you
prepared to, say you are weary and tired
| Of the struggle, and that this Government
shall go to ruin--its whole fabric shall be
torn down-rather than you will endure
the privations of another year Of strife in
this war?-and / am sure 1t will be no
more than year. Why certainly not !;
particularly when you are called upon now
| to take this warfare, the civil warfare of the
ballot-box. 1 wish you could look upon
the trenches at Petersburg and in front of
Atlanta-no, not in front of Atlanta, for
thank God, our army went in there yester-
day-I wish you could have looked there
few days ago and have seen the amount
eff suffering and privation which your noble
men were enduring. 1 wish you could
have heard the talk among these men, and
you would have learned how willing they
are to fight, if you will but take care of
these rebels at home. If you could have
done that, you would rally with a force and
power that is unequaled, and you would
proclaim to the world that you are pre-
pared to continue this contest as long as it
is required of you, and to do your duty
manfully to the end.
MLELLANs CAREER.
But laying aside every thing of military
reputation, tell we where, in the history OF
General Mcclellan, are the evidences of
that ripe experience, that great political
knowledge, that fit him as candidate for
the Presidency of the United States at this
time. No civil employment has he ever
been intrusted with except the superinten-
dence of a railroad, and will just say, as
to that that while was in that business,
if my road had wanted Superintendent,
there we're fifty other men in the State OF
Ohio, whom l would have preferred to him.
This is all the civilemploymenth he has Deen
engaged in. He has given no demostra-
ton, no evidence of his capa atty to seize
upon the rcins of this Government in q
time like this. He has no political admin
istratiye knowledge at all. Even in the
last political campaign Of 1860 he had
not the genius to discover that the welfare
of this Government and the perpetuatien
of its institutions required the election of
some other man than John G. Breckenridge.
He was among the supporters Of Brecken-
ridge. Are We to turn aside and seize up
on an inexperienced man merely because
for three long years, he has made every oc-
casion Of his life subordinate to that end
While do not abuse the military career
of General Mcclellan feel this prompt
ing in my heart that but for the serpent
which whispered in his carat Washington,
even as the serpent whispered in the ear of
our great mother, that he could climb the
military hight and be proclaimed President
OF the United States-I believe that but
for that, he could have taken Richmond
aid crushed this rel ellion two years ago
believe that when he got before York
town with 10000 men, and 10000 con-
fronting him, / believe man of ordinary
genius could have gone into Richmond and
captured it. had it not been that the Evil
One whispered to him, Hold back for
while; there is a Presidency to be made
out cf this thing. We may make you
President by-and-Dy' Ii is a matter of
history, and do not criticise military mat
ters when repeat it here, that the Army
of the Peninsula lay there 10000 strong,
and before less than 1900 rebels, for a
period of fifteen OF twenty days, when they
could have stormed over them, when, if
Joe Hooker had been their leader, he
would have captured Richmond in twenty
hours. But Mcclellan said no. He lay
there until the rebel cohorts were brought
in on the other side, and he was compelled
TO retire in disaster after bury ing 10000
American citizens who tiled from disease,
under the soil of the Ohiokahominy.
ABOUT A CONVENTION OF STATES.
Well, you are to have convention of
States. Wouldn't that be rich thing-to
get a convention of these States with jeff
Davis tribe in there, to fix up new con
stitution. l have no doubt that these gen
tlemen who met at Chicago would like this
kind Of association, but the patriotic men of
this country, who have gone into the work
of restoring the Union-who have sent
their sons into it, and have stood all the
toll and poured out their blood in order to
crush this rebellion, do not feel like going
themselves or electing delegates to con-
vention to find out what terms the rebels
will come back on. The leaders at Chicago
would like that because -a
8 ga felIow-feeling makes them wondrOus kind"
They sympathize with these men, be-
cause in other times they have been joined
together with common purpose Of ac-
eomplishing the destruction of this govern
msnt. But take it that this country is
not going to have such body, in order to
fix the terms upon which the rebellion
shall cease. There is but one thing which
they shall agree to. These rebels must
come back to their allegiance voluntarily,
or by being crushed down, and crushed
out, if necessary. We have two Of the
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