Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-13

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EONDAY. FEBRUARY Is, 1895.
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The. strategy, OF JeR., DaXis-EEand
Display OF EDITORIAL and 0ratOrtcal
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Everybody has fead tha meissgs . off
Prssidsht Lincoln to Congress, detailing
thes.sps taken toward the recsnt peace
interYisH q, Everybody has drawn the.
conelufi0p from the fsess recited by Mr.
Lincoln, that the rebel commissioners
were gully OfIthemost apparent fraud IN
the uazits3 fnso9der to cover up their real
purpssesZ They knew before leaving
Richmond ths. no negotiations could take
placs except on fksbssis. Of our common
county. When st General Grants head
quarters they freely conceded their de-
sire 10 negotiate With view to the restOT7
alton of,ths Union It.wss upon such re-
presentations from General Grant that Mr..
Lineanoonsentsd to 60 to Fortress Mon
roe. They pretended TO be in favor ofthe
Union uatilt the interview was granted
them Then they demanded the indie
pendenes Of The g0nFederscy, and insisted
en- al arnistice Theylsid down their de-
msnds and stubbornly adhered to them.
--=@@-a. 7yziliing that, the. liberal
should 20 before the Southern people,
They returned TO announce that their de-
msnds had been insolently spurned, that
the dignity Of the:s graeeless wretches that
enginserf the rebellion had been insulted.
They immediately take steps 40 FIRE the
Southern heart. once more. They blow
late aboutthe war feeling being revived
again as it was in '6l: They declare that
the people are again burning with sn un-
quencbsble love for the Confederscy, that
everybody, including the Richmond edit
ors, is ready to be offered on the altar Of
Liberty and Indepodence. High pressure
editorials are again in demand. The shabby
columns Of tho dingy little papers of Rich
mond are made to sputter and funne with
war lights, and Davis himself gets up 8
huge mass mseting, at which thousands Of
therspscsllion of Richmond attend to lis
ten and cheer the mighty JEFF as he rolls
forth his sonorous blasts of war. Indeed
all the startling pyro!echnics of rebel rhet-
oric and orstory arel brought out and 8
grand effort made to galvsnize the dead
hopes ofthe rebellion into new life. No
one can read the comments of The Rich
mond press, after the return Of the Com
naissioners from our lines, and doubt that
Davis. is going through one of those
brilliant do1gss by which hehores to hush
the imps.iant clamor and denuncistion
which has been heapei upon him for the
lsst six months. By inst kind OF msnipu-
lstion Of the crowd known to demsgogues
and that kind of terrorism over the press
known to despots, Davis has been able to
get up an apparently violent war fever
onco moro. The Richmond Erainiusr of
February 7th, says that the streets Of
Rimond were resonant with the cry
Hhsng the spbmissionists to the nearest
lamp posi- The Sentinel in5ulges in g
classical simile designed to, show thstss the
Romans after the battle Of Gamma in
which they were thoroughly used up,
noblT faced disaster and at length won
victory from despair, go the rebels are
about TO exhibit more than Roman forti-
tude in spurhing the contemplate Lincoln
from than and in driving from the Con-
tinent every Yankee that presses the
sscred soil of lhe Confederaey.
By an overwhelming storm Of abuse, an
effort is made to silence every man who
thinks of paace. In order TO strengthen
the war power Of the South, the Richmond
press cdeelsres thst reconstruction might
have been achieved, had it not been for
Hthe iusoleut Seward His terms were
insulting. The whole pesce movement
was one of his ingenious tricks. Now,
however, shout the rebel leaders, the pride
Of the South is up at last, and the contest
will be fought to the bitter end.
WetruEt that our readers interpret this
new war spasm at Richmond Alright. II
is by no means formidable to either Sber-
man or Grant The rsnting Of desperate
traitors can very poorly face the bsyonets
Of our soldiers. Peace is certainly near al
hand through our armies. Let the people
only stand firm Let there be no letting
down of the spirit of the North. Fill
up the ranks. Send your man to Grant
bags that sre now being inflated in Rich
mond viii soon be epierced by the avengina
sword. Rebel fustisn cannot hll the rebe
army, nor improve their finances. It may
produce some excitement in the whisky
lhops Of Richmond, but the people of tht
interior cannot indulge in the cheap enthu
Eissm of the Richmond press.
AGsfrs at Fort FISHER.
The most recent dates from Fort Fisher