The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-25
Our Cleveland Letter.-No. 4.
iOu'o 'iu'l,
TILDEN w. PORTER.
CLEVELAND, Match 81,

CLEVELAND, March 2lst, 1864.
DEAR DEMOCRAT tit SHOWS, tho wind
blows, and it's cold, stormy weather :" but
only what might be expected from the over.
changing month of March. Within the
past week, We have had December winds,
January storms, February frosts, April
showers, May sunshine-thc qucorest, most
disagrcoable weather compound you ever
experienced /: aud all crammcd into less
than a single week in March But, thanks
to this rolling mundane sphere, March will
soon march away, and usher in timid April
and lovely May. with their showers, flowers
and sunshine, sprirgiug grass, swelling buds
and opening blossoms. Then will wo bid
adiou to cold winds, and rains, and storms,
and rovel in tho sunlight, amid tho fragrance
and beauties of welcome Spring.
Il love the season we'll,
When forest glades are teomiug with bright
forms,
Nor dark and many folded clouds ~foretcll
The c%oming-on Of storms"
/ See, dear Democrat, that you have I'M
furled your banner, and flung it to the
breeze, with tho name Of Abraham Lincoln
inscribed upon its folds, to whom you give
your support for the next Presidency. You
have only dono what almost evory loyal
paper is doing throughout the whole North,
who but echo the sentiments of almost our
entiro people, when they proclaim that
Abraham Lincoln is tho man to fill tho
Presidential chair for another four years.
lie, who has put his hand toiho pillow, and
never turned back he, who all parties con-
code is honest and upright in character 3;
he, who first called for troops to put down
this damnabIo Rebellion ; he, who first is
sued q National Proclamation of Emanci.
patton aud Freedom /; he, who takes no
back step. but moves straight on in the
path of duty ; no, who thus far has stood
firmly at tho holm, is tho man, by all means,
to guide tho great, good Ship of State safe
ly through this storm of wickodness and
treason, and land it securely in tho great
Union llarbor of peace, happiness and
prosperity, when rebellion shall be known
no more forever Mr.. Lincoln must no re.
nominated, and, if no is ro-nomiuated, he
will be reelected, which very fact will be u
terror to oil Reboldom. The chickering's of
Peace men and lies of malicious power
cravers and Office seekers have impressed
the South with the fatal delusion that we
at the North aro divided that tho Peace
doctrine is in the ascendency, and that the
Peace faction will soon DO in p~ower,-thon
they may hope for conciliatory measures,
and an carly compromise. This hope, this
dolusivo phantom, must be ouerUheimingiy
o6hterated by The rotes Of The people at The
hert election, who will! support Abraham
Lincoln and his policy. and declare by their
votes that he who began tho good work,
whose hands arc fully experienced, shall fol-
low it up to q successful completion. God
grant that he may, md that speedily
The "rag.tag and bob.tail" of what IS left
OF tho old Vallandigham Democratic car
cass, assembled here yesterday, to appoint
delegates to tho State Convention at
Columbus. Some one hundred and fifth
delegates should have beer present, but, by
actual count, delegates, spectators, report
ers and all, here were only eighty cir in at
tendance ! Deserters from tho old Demo-
cratic hulk arc constantly arriving within
tho Union lines, and those who have learned
tho truth of tho old udage, Faciiis est dc.
census dpcrni-"the way to hell is %oasy"--
to avoid going down with the party, are do
sorting like rats from a sinking ship. Moral:
"God puts a good root in tho little pigs
way +
At the American House, a day or two
since, met young Ludlow, of your place,
who is doing tho agreeable as clork of that
admirable hotel. People visiting tho city
will be well provided for at the American.
whore Mr.. B%rockway, the gontlomanIy pro-
prietor, or Ludlow, the affable clerk, will
be happy to wait upon them,
Across the way from the American. at
tho Union Ticket office, l mot your old
friend and correspondent from Missouri,
and more recently from the army, "E. A.
F. who appeared to DO in good health and
spirits About q year ago, as you are prob
ably aware, he resigned his commission in
the 4lst Ohio, in consequence of a shot
through tho right lung at tho battle of
Stone River, and was Immediately grated"
into the matrimonial army. He is happy
in his new state, and l should judge that
the bright anticipations usually attendant
upon married life, arc, in bis case, fully real
lied. though the fact be not intended for
everybody's EYES AND EARS.
CouGHs AND CoLDs.-Those who are
suffering from Coughs, Colds, Hoarse'
naas Saxa TL.aat Ia sLould tru