The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-08-04

nencemeEt was made as he predicted.
There can be no question of the charac
ter Of the New York mob. 1t was Cop
perhead through and through, and of
the most vllainous stamp. During
scenes of robbery, con1agration, cruelty
and horror which can only find parallels
in such scenes as the dragonades of
France, the massacres in Ireland, or the
Spanish atrocities in Holland, the inhu.
rated fiends were giving cheers for
jeff Davis =" cheers for little Mac" and
their attacks were made on government,
negro and Republican property. Those
persons, also, who were assaulted or
murdered, were colored people, soldiers.
Republicans, and police officers. 1t was
the Tribune office which was attempted
to be sacked and destroyed. The N. Y.
Times, the Evening Post, and the hide
pendent were the printing Offices that
were denounced and threatened. Not a
lisp was uttered against the World, the
News, the Herald, the Express, or the
Journal Of Commerce. Not an act Of
violence was directed agains! papers of
their character, or against the persons or
property of Copperheads. Gov. Sey-
mour, during the height of the violence,
and when Pandemonium was let loose,
from the City Hall steps, addressed the
diaboical rioters, and called them what
they truly were his "triends" his
"noble- hearted riends,''- and promised to
protect " their rights p" the rights :"
Of robbers, burglars, house burners,
murderers and traitors Never was
there palmer Identification than that
this mob was Copperhead mob, and
the violence originated with concealed
traitors of conspicuous social and politi-
cal standing. And yet the true charac-
ter Of this mob is denied-as well might
it be denied that fire burns.
1t is equally hypocritical and false
that the $500 exemption was considered
by Gov. Seymour as any palid cause Of
complaint All such pretensions are fla
GRAVITY devoid of truth. The reality of
this is beyond all question or contradic-
ton. On the 9Th Of last May, the Leg
islature of New York passed Militia
Act, the 9th article of which read in
these words:
SEC. 6. Add at the end of section 300 of this
act as follows: Any person so drafted who
may be member of any religious denomina-
ton whatever, or from scruples of conscience
may be averse to bearing arms shall be excused
from said draft on payment to the Clerk Of the
County by whom such draft is made THE SUN
OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS, to be bv
said County Clerk paid to the Controller of the
State, to be applied to the. purposes mentioned
in this act
Did Horatio Seymour veto this law
because it oppressed the poor man, and
favored the rich one Did he veto it be.
cause it disregarded poor mans scru-
piles of conscience, and dealt tenderly
with those of rich one ? No such
thing. lie approved It! He affixed his
rame to it as Governor. What, then,
becomes of the hypocrisy of Copperhead
objections to the $500 exemption in the
United States law? 1t is fortunate that
evil, when excessive, works its own de.
slruction, and the Copperheads are dig
ging their own graves. 1t is believed
here, and doubtless throughout the free
States, that the. late riots will have the
effect to increase the Union sentiment
to contribute new support to the Admin
istration, and to inspire the friends Of
law, order. justice and liberty, with ad
+ ditional determination and courage. The
draft will be enforced. | do not think
that in this matter the government vii.
swerye in any respect from its daty
The fury and violence Of the Copper.
heads will beat upon a rock. Freedom
will triumph.
ARIoN.