Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-02
How the southern r Receive the
The following from the Richmond En-
guirsr Of the 2Ist, shows the sentiment Of

shO lAoiu ACDOl press 'i tHo NOtv"
Never since the surrender of the South
ern armies, have the people of the South
had such cause to feel the lo~ng-forgotten
| charm Of cheerfulness us they have to-day.
Never have they had less cause to be dis
satisfied with that result. The calm, con-
scientious and dispassionate message of
the President, in returning to the Senate,
in which it originated, the bill "to estab-
fish Il bureau for the relief of Freedmen
and refugees, and for other purposes" is
conceived in such a spirit of catholic pat
riotism, and embodies such cogent reason
ing and unanswerable logic with such ele-
waited devotion to the country at large,
that We may well take courage to repeat
thealmostf forgotten maxim, "NI desDeraH-
ato, de Repu5tica.'
When such a paper Eliminates from the
Executive of the Republic, it brings Is
back again to the better days of its history
and we, poor, DISTINGUISHED and discarded
o]utcasts from 4 once common patrimony
may lind comfort in the hope that We,
even we, may " have 81 country now 1t
is not the iubIlant outbuTst Of Il sectional
4 triumph which finds a voice in our con-
graduation, but it is the advent of that
long deferred, but ever hoped for time,
when some tangible evidence should be
! given that the DAYS of domineering des-
p0tism We're ended, and that the Republic
was C more, indeed, entering upon its
career Of freedom glcry and prosperity.
1t has come. We NAV now indulge the
belief that the gloomy days are over.
Nov Is the win'er Of out discouten
Made glorious SUNNI T.
And the people of the South, throwing
aside the lethargy and supineness which
had well-nigh disqualified them for all ac-
tivity, may take heart again and enter
upon the cultivation Of their fertile fields.
and the development of their mighty re-
sources, and put their houses in order to
assume the character, the dignity and the
honors which belong to American citi-
zens. They may o begin to indulge
the anticipation Of a glorious future, and
renew their hopes of coming prosperity.
Thank God, the Union may now, indeed,
be reunited, and We may one more claim
a part Of the glory and renown which
were beQUeathed by the founders of II
common country.
1t is no part OF our purpose to bespatter
Andrew johnson with the t%reacherous
q lthtN q lNAtl-AAA tFfAAul0s " w lAoL
his partisan. and his own declaration an
~nouncing his intention to retire from pub
lie life ut the expiration of his present
term has removed him from the arena, as
we'll rs the influence of mere party or
g0uization, ever if we belonged to any
such. But the same manly spirit which
has eve inspired the people Of the South
and which led them into revolution
against overwhelming odds, will now
cause them to rally TO the support Of the
man who can forget his own personal
| grievances in the noble spirit of patriotic
devotion to principle and u~ntiagging
determination to perpetuate the Union rs
the Constitution made 1t. By every
means at their command they will hasten
to uphold his hands, and by every effort
in their power they Will sustain him in
his undertaking.
There Is needed, to secure the coming Of
the new era which the President is en-
deavoring to inaugurate, only that the
/ Conservative masses at the North shall
follow our example, and bury mutual ami
mosities in one grand uprising to put
down faction, discord and fanatici=m, no
matter where they may exist. We have
faith in the belief that it will be done.
! The President Will find in the returned
soldiers OF the Union such CoadjutOrs rs
VIII give him ~uDconquer8bie strength.
They have witnessed the fortitude and
high bearing of u people wen in their
darkest disasters, and they have wit
messed the heroism of our soldiers in the
hercest conflicts. They will not now hes
tate To sustain 81 measure which viii make
aljiss Of their late adversaries and triea6s
of their former foes.
1t Is impossible 10 repress the reflection
that the exhibition of such Il spirit AS the
President has manifested, will do more to
reuuite m feeling. interest and utilization.
the long separated sections, than anything
else could have done. If such a spirit had
been manifested when Virginia sent her
Commissioner to Washington in 1861,
the Old Dominion never would have pass
ed her ordinance Of secession, and the
last five years of conflict would have
passed in peace without the drawing of a
sword. The lonely prisoner, Sin his stone
cell at Fortress Monroe would never
left his seat in the Senate, if his repeated
| appeals had been heard in this spirit; and
alas, the fertile fields of Virginia would
never have been deluged with blood, and
devastated.
But the five years which we have
passed are only "a speck of time in the long
ages through which this Republic is des-
tined to endure; and if the sacrifices of
each section shall bring about q better I'M
Outstanding and more fraternal feelings,
the experience will not be valueless.
Iron the Norfolk Cva) Post, Feb. 2f,l
All the Southern papers received here
are jubilant over the defeat of that vital
measure tine Freedmen's Bureau bill.
Since the morning OF July -, 1861, when
the news of the great Southern victory,
achieved by Baauregard over Mcdowell,
and the awful rout Of the Federal army
on the plains of Manassas, was borne
through the South on the wings of the
wind. rs it were, carrying JOY and iubila-
tlHu into every Southern household and
g~ladlening every true SOutherner, there is
no news received with 5 much rejoicing BY
the people ofthe South i. e. rebelsb as that
contained in the despatch informing them
that the President had vetoed the Freed
meu's Bureau bill. This is the greatest
victory they have achieved during the
war-greater than any feats of arms of
Stonewall jackson or Robert E. Lee, and
it has given them more pleasure than had
General Lee been elected Governor of
Virginia. They lthe rebels have found
an ally in the President worth more to
them than the alliance of France or Eng
land. They now begin to see, even as
they foreshadowed at Manassas, the final
triumph OF the great Southern cause The
Republicans have been ANONYMOUSLY
defeated and driven from the field, and
nothing fcan save them from total ami
hilation. All that Is necessary for the
South 10 do Is to continue to hold up the
President hands and wage sn unceasing
and bitter warfare against the Republican
Congress. The stone which the rebels
rejected has become the head Of the
corner. and Andrew johnson is now
cnshrined in every trebel) Southern heart.
They viii accept nc terms from radicals; |
they ask no favor, and expect none.
Fanatics may roar and hiss, but their
claws are cut and their fangs p~oisOnless.
TlC@be R556F+y5. - f5s' FoGrs ~ YOU our fR@ep5ubbfi-
can Congress. We have a President with
absolute powers, who can carry on the
Government good enough for this section
without the assistance OF Congress.
Shifting FERNS.
Dean Trench in one Of his books shows
how the meaning of words has been
changed in the course of the ages. He
cites several Of q religious character, and