Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-17

from each state; and ths convention ad-
iourned for three days.
On the meeting Of the convention, the
above committee reported to the sstisfac-
ltion Of all, and the body proceeded to or
ganize the legislature and other depart
ments of the Government. r------ o.,
The above is one of the many facts
which show the good hand of God in lead
ing our fathers through perils, guiding
! them In the way Of safety and giving the
4 nation prosperity until We became great
\ nation in the earth. -..--
4 II. HIS hand Is still seen slistainizg and
4 keeping tEis 1etioa for his dVetEigl1 place
4 Though he has suffered us TO be @esst
down. we7are S'not destroyed" With all
our exceliencies we were in possession Of
some disabilities and INDUCED IN evils
which we'll nigh wrought our ruin. zf.
/ Party spirit ran high and engendered
hatred-A-local hatred. We enjoyed free
speech, but 1t was sometimes too free. We
| shared the common vices of the civilized
world We even excelled other IeiYilized
nat OPS in greatness of sin; for we nation
alised barbarous system of human Op-
preston, and held four millions Of Coos
children in1slaVery's chAins. 7sG s1
The one subject, slavery became the qab-
sorbing snbject in Our land. It became a
clear test OF political party relations. Tt
would not down at ttheo bidding of sny
party or ofiqueo 1t drew lines Of distine-
ton IN socHti5cirelea, and often separated
neighbors, and made enemies of friellds--
It's Interests, entered into commercial cal
eulations, and Il was companion of capi-
tGlists. Slavery found its way into the
church Of God and made its deadly weight
felt In eeolesiasticlA councils. It often re-
strained prayer and, sealed the lips of an
nointed ones before the meney-seat; yea,
| the minister of God often kept silent in the
| presence Of mortal who had gold when
! crushed and bleedihg humanity craved his
snpplications. Brother lost confidence in
brother who held adverse views and men
and womenowho bad ''Wglked to the house
of God in company and taken sweet coun-
sci together became separated In their
affections oyer the one vexed question n
! Other and essential, interests failed to
serve as political capital, and this subject
! anon and ever Was at our door. In the
heat of debate and party strife, denuncia-
| tions and menaces we're fierce
! ly made and as hercely return
ed.r A want of love prevailed
and consequently q want of harmony In
csunSelS, At length q party of the South,
fearing the loss Of power, held for thirty
years past, and conforming to long cher
Z ished wish for q pretense for withdrawal
from the Union. said to the Nation D." If
you elect that Northern man and give TINT
sectional party powerr we will secede."
] This threat amounts to this acknowledge
ment, that theirs was a sectional OF local
/ party, and TO a demand that their local in
terests control the body. .- gf III
The makers of the threat were faithfuli in
its execution, On the 10th day of Decern-
Der, 1860 South Carolina seccded. This
was followed rapidly, ike the igniting Of
lone cUmbustiblei substance after another,
with events so gigantic and important that
caused the nation to tFemble and the stout
ests hearts to fail. While positions, forts,
arsehals, ships and munitions Of war were
being seized, officers high in State were
plotting the ovegthrow- Of the Government
irEebbing her treasury and transferring her
arms and munitions into the lap Of the in
I,surgents. 20 clap the climax of tribdla-
tons in this land the chief Executive
thereof, to whom the epithet " "imbeeileP is
as soft term as can be applied, sat quietly
and really offered no resistance to the Gem
bined efforts of the enemies of this Gov
ernInent at its destruction, for the alledged
reason that such resistance would be In
violation Of certain pledges given to his
friends. 10 90 Gsls1 aHT
How many wise men and good men
thought they could read nothing but ruin
| written all over our sky. Then was mans
extremity. Had there been no higher
power than mans we must have TalLsH and
SSFishSaj for men all oTer this land rose
up against us.a 81 9H o5w SAGA. .-
l5q7 God kept Us, We can confidently say
He brought an honest man into the Chair
Of State, who took his solemn oath and re-
1lem6sred It, This man, with frmness
l offered words Of Cancellation, entreated the
eCrug ones TO return, and anticipated the
: day when the better angels of our natures
should be touched to harmonyI but never
said to guilty rebelsi +" Wayward sisters go
In peace.'F5f - -5
The opposition offered, the times of peril
experienced, and the remarkable deliver
sapces to US, since that time, teach US les /
sons Ofa9 oyerruling hand Time would
taft to point out the many instances illas-
-trating this point. = -.-
VI late, and even now, We seem, after so
many lessons received, TO need further in
stT1etion from our Master. Our eneinies
within and without the rebel lines were
Confidently boasting, some good men seem
ed TO hesitate, while viewing the "horrid
Yisage Of var and Others were, and still
are, olamorous for peace, 9 peace other
than that hey might have assisted in
achieving ihct this, by7s hearty cooperation
with the Government. .,-s.,s-.--- II
The importance of Wrestling Mobile har. |
6oF from the enemy was felt by Us, Three |
objects of immediate strugg had been |
regarded important by Us, and were con- |
sidered even vital BY the rebels, as viii be
seen by the quotation from the Richmond |
ESagssasr Of August slst. in an article
calculating upon advantages from politi-
cal Combinations In the North, II savs.. |
"If Atlanta were to fall, or Petersburg.
or II Sheridan we're TO drive Early back to
Lynchburg, or II any one of these events
should lbefsl US then all the peace pfinci4
ples. and peace Presidents of Chicago
would be at the election next Noyamber
where last years snow-is, and last nights /
mooushiDe. War for another Presidential
term would sweep out every vsstige Of op-
position, s;,-.,,..t,,r .... .-.---
We are permitted to-day, In ackhowl-
edgetnent Of Divine power, to say tho de-
fences OF Mobile harbor have been taken,
md Atlanta, BY the strategy and power If I,
be gallant Sherman and bis afmy. has
allen: Wsare willing to leave the Er-
lz1l'1eF to calculate on q peace President
slong with sLast nights moonshins.f ID
He whom we feared so much because Of
'eekless and bold daring, and cruel inHic-
ions, and the entire absences Of moral
John Morgan, with his band
las been surprised and defeated, the staff
aPtHred, and the leader killed. While L
ye would not rejoice in the downfall of /
ne Of sWeA, weAre disposed In this case to
az, 'the will Of the Lord be done.p ri 1
These three important achievements. |