Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-08

war, must not Ds allowed 70 shirk on the bur-
deB. They must pay 70 the last cent for all the
misery they have caused But this result can
rot be accomplished BY depopulsting the South
The plantation q loo and 2,Ooo acres must be
cut up into farms Of 100, 200 800 acres apiece,
and say 70 the Southerners, ssIf you wish to set
tie down and cultivate that land as a decent
freeman, do Il but II the negro or the Western
man wishes to do the same on an adjoining
piece Of land, let him doit too" There must be
no shirkiDg in this. The land is for him who
will best develop its resourees-be he from the
South or North, be he white or black. We mnst
raise the Vaiue Of this land, we must use its vast
Watercourses to manufacture the cotton it pro
duces, we must spread schools and the press,
free labor and free speech all over the South.
Another thousand millions viii be added TO
our debt tax 70 stagger and grosn under,TT
Our prosperity is the prosperity Of war, lifting
on the tidal wave of battle and sinking with it.
When the war is terminated We must open new
fields Of industry, and use all our powers to
prevent that reaction which will come as 9 nat
ural result Of the war excitement, unnatural and
exhaustive. We can secure this result alone
6y making labor equal, oy raising the black
war and tore down and dishonored the dear old
hagf Slavery! What caused South Carolina
cannon to open on q United States fortl Sla-
very What dishonored our nation by making
its administration . government Of thieves and
robbers7 Slavery What has made our fair
land mass Of pollution Slavery What has
belittled Us in the ewes OF all Europe9 Slayaryi
what has drenched the land in blood and niIed
up q hetacoInb of zoo, 900 slain SlaVerYl Then
let slavery die. We cannot compromise with it.
The speaker showed By most eloquent and
powerful reference to history aud statistics that
the Southern leaders have been the shrewdest,-
have held all the power and all the Offices, have
revived the institution when it was thought to
care Of themselves" We must not be the foot
ball Of events. Slavery must not be left in a dy-
ing eondition,-it is TO die and be buried and its
epiteph is to be written by the point Of the sword
and bayonet, IN the spilled blood Of this war.
But this is not at present provided for. As the
case stands now no black man is sure Of his lib
erty st the close Of the war. And in the border
States We have nc provision made for smsncipa-
ton. We must have it there. We want the
wealth Of the border States 70 be developed, and
slavery must be wiped out from them, from the
whole land, and this war must never Close
peace must never be declared till it be on the
basis Of complete, universal emancipation.
We have done something more than to make
the slaves men-we have naturalized them. Ney-
er will we consent to zee the man who has spill
ed his blood for Us held as q chattel, or see the
race that produced such men held in bondage.
By making soldiers Of those men we have de-
clared them to be our eountrymen, and never
shall any countryman Of ours-black or white
be held as slave The flag under which freed
men and free men have mounted the pArapet
and stormed the fort, that flag under which they
have met the death yomit from the cannon's
been laid away to their eternal rest, never shall
itWave over slaves, or be polluted TO protect the
slaVemaster and dealer in the bodies and souls
Of men She then spoke Of her recent address
before the wounded soldiers at Chicago, and
paid magnificent tribute to our Union army.
She said Oh, soldiers Of the Republic, oh,
brothers beloved, oh, grand and noble spirits,
wherever you are, who have gone forth to brave
the death trumpsti you who by your devotion
and suffering in camp, on your ships, among the
mountains Of Tennessee, on whose tops the mid
night fires have attested your devotioni you
who in cloud or sunshine, by daylight and by
starlight have fought our cause your loss shall
stand forever as welcome monuments Of your
deeds, in the far South where the shot Of
plains Of Virginia was wet with your best blood,
along the endless coast wbere the sentinel ships
move two and fro with faith that never Wearies.
Listen, listen 70 the voice Of the people saying
' Well done, good and faithful servants" And
the dead speak too, saying, " Finish the work
which has fallen from our nerveless hands. Fin
ish it now, so that in years to come the thunder
Of contendIng armies disturb not our rest.'
What answer shall we give them Thsse num-
bertheless martyrs, these brave men who rest
from their agony Of conflict, may all future ages
tread softly, lightly, tenderly over their graves
wherever in the b0undess invisible their tents
may be pitched, whether sfar of in the regions
of the illimitable, or whether they Will gather
round their old haunts on earth, shall we not
give them an answer with one heart, voice and
feeling, that their work shall be ended-that the
work LEFT by them unfinished, shall be grandly,
it. 1t is in your hands, LET it not rest there. We
stand pledged by the remains OF those heroic
dead to fghtfor "Justice, Truth and Freedom"
The lecturer then told in matehless words the
story Of how Oaius Hucius saved Rome by o.
fering up his young manhood, the thing most
precious to the State. go by this sacrifice our
people will themselves be saved. And as in
coming ages the graves Of our fallen are visited,
there will be those to say Tread lightly; maj
tys to liberty sleep beneath u The speaker then
made q most powerful call upon our young man.
hood to end the war, reminding them that q
cause not worth dying for was not worth living
for. that the Prealdnnt and lGW-ma rara nellad
anxiously for aid, snd that the war must end. We,
the people, began, and We, the people, must end
this war. find no parable FOR this in any battle
save that Of Alissiousry Ridge, which has been
told thousand times and will bear telling a
times more. You all know the story,
how your men had fought, had been beaten,
broken, and shattered, how the second day had
come, how left and right and centre had stood
sullenly still, while skirmishsrs, ordered for
ward, crossed the plain under awful Ere to the
nhe-Pit. They paused not here, but, without
command pressed on up the three hundred feet
Of perpendicular rock that beetled above them
the peoples heart, beneath their faded uniforms
all aAame. The men behind rushed to their sup
port carrying officers aad gensFals with them |
Up the rocks they go, throwing aside their guns,
knaPsscks, everything, and climbing up 70 the |
foe. Batteries thundered at them, the iron |
hail Of rihery swept their ranks, smoke |
hung about them even the elements |
seemed to Hght against them. Beyond and |
above the clouds they struggled across the /
crest. They fought the battle well and the sun
5nlne OF VICTORY RudeO ther banners. Even 30 /
liter our Seventy-nYe thousand skirmishers,
how the people sweep on There are dsubters /
md disloyal but they heed it not. The rain Of
iesth is falling about them. They heed it not
Their dearest and best beloved call to them in Sc
.ents Of anguished agony. They fRlter not. So
yaning the top-most point Of the nineteenth |
century and looking thence down the long vista
u time we can hear the people cry; "Thank
}od for 4 nation brave enough, strong enongh,
nd righteous enough to save universal liberty |
or ITSELF and to PreserYeitas legacy for all fi-
ure time"