Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-12-08
DAILY. LEADER


-,--151,-I Condition OF Peace.
.saiiols No -part OF the Message of the Preei-
q e 5s8t vas awaited BY the people with more
- aExiety, as vel as curiosity, than tnaI winch
: - declared the condition upon which peace
nav come Approximations Of various
-lasz kinds had been created in the minds Of
some that the na6onsl dignity and au-
~. thority would be hamiIiated By some pro
! .Eii tiset Of negotiation which should result 10
nothing but in re-estabIishing ths authori-
8g's7 " and power of the rebel chieftain more
l-i- Substantially than at present. Bat all
i. such fears on the part Of the loyal and
hopes on the part Of the disloyal, are ex-
' tinguished BY the emphatic declaration Of
the President thst such negotiations could
yessati IN no ogoOdT The President merely
interpreted in those words the conviction
p Of every intelligent, loyal man in the
North, For JEFF, Davis there can be No.
thing but success or defeat. BE must Ell
q - ther succeed in seYering the nation and
la establishing lis own power, or he must
sii o suffsS the doom of traitor, be hung, shot,
or forever be wanderer in other lands
sg. BE knows this and therefore in the face OF
ofsll that he has said and done, there could
20 5l7 be no other answer than that Of the Pres
idents Ehssov on the Portof y. Cor
sr7r8aszlt shall cease ,0Lsgersr II shdlI cease
...s on the part of those isso began IT. On this
doctrine the American people, stronger
than when the war began, plant them
49, ---l.-4a-ulilh a unanimity and purpose
greater than ever. OOa5of0- = s@-AasAd
resources in men and the materials OF Wal,
e's tbey decreed. in the recent election what
-i- the President has so nobly ayowed in his
message. B.s sds zi-T
All summer dreams of peace must there
fore be laid aside. The American people
1oagt rise, il. all their gigantic might, and
Hs- say. War is our business until peace shall
come through the subjugstion ofthe rebels.
Itmav look like a work of fearful msgnl-
tude; men may shrink from this alterna-
tive, but there is no other to choose except
that of inglorious submission. And the
@ war that is now to be waged must be such
.,.-s as the world has never known.
-.s. It is also gratifying to every loyal citi-
o zep 70 know that while Mr. Lincoln asks
sl no condition Of pace but that Of laying
down their arms, bestands firmly commit
ted to all the anti-slayeFy measures Of his
administration He is unwilling to re-
enslave any man that has been freed by
theprogress of our arms, in order TO con
f5. ciliate the rebels into submission. They
must Law down their arms and submit &c
such decisions of the courts and to such
legislation as may follow the suppression
Of the rebellion. This emphatic position
of the President must exercise an i'm
mense influence throughout the world
Rebellion viii give heed to it and see that
there Is no other issue before them but
that of intermiaable war. War unrelent-
s- ing; war with the eonAscstion OF their
lands; war with such terrors as they have
not yet known, viii be dealt out, Such Is
the position OF the President, and such
the condition of peace which he now Of
ters to the rebellion.