The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-10-01
Their Hypocrisy.

The would be champions of free speech,
who hold to the Copperhead faith, have
for the last three years, howled about the
destruction of the liberties of the people
whenever the executive power of the
Government has seen fit to arrest person
for treason, or suppress newspaper fol
Interfering with the military in such a
way as to give aid and comfort to the re-
bellion. And they pretended to be SC
disinterested and self sacrificing that they
proclaimed that they would not only fight
for their own rights, but also for the
rights of Others who were equally sub.
jects of "Abolition tyranny" And SO
we'll feisned was their whining that
many would have thought them in ear
nest had they not remembered that these
same men had endorsed the suppression
OF tree speech in Kansas, and endorsed
laws that made it capital offence to
teach that Slavery was wrong; that they
were the same men who, for the protcc-
ton OF the very peculiar institution"
encouraged and sanctioned the suppress.
sion OF the freedom of speech by both
law and mob violence, in the Southern
half of the United States, and sometimes
Instituted mobs for the same purpose in
the North. But the majority of the pco.
pie looked on these free speech profcs.
s'ons OF the allies of the South in the
same light that they regarded their peace
principles, which they proclaimed them
selves ready and willing to enforce by
.byht'"y. That these Professions of pe,cc
principles we're only made pretext for
opposing the Administration and imnca-
ing the action Of tie Government in the
suppression Of the rebellion, was sniff.
clentIy manifested by the violent cLarac.
ter OF those who protested them, without
mentioning the military drilling, the Vi.
client threats and the riots those peace
men INDUCED in.
mat the whining of the Copperheads
about military law and the SUPPRESSION
OF the freedom of speech is only hypo.
critical hobby for the purpose of tram.
meling the action Of the Administration.
Is not only evidenced by the history of
the Copperkead party, but Is being plain.
ly proven by passing events, as follows:
Gen. Schofeld is in command of ,hs
military department including Missouri
aud Kansas. lie manages things on the
conservative plan, aud during his admin
'stratlon Quantrel has been allowed to
lead band of bushwhacking Missourian,
to the destruction of the city of Lawrence
The loyal people of Missouri and Kansas
held meetings in which the policy of G en-
schoheld was condemned. They ais,
sent petitions asking for his removal -
The people of Kansas were ready an,
willing to punish the robbers unde
Qaantrel, and the Major General fearin.
they would act independently of him, is
sued an order stating that martial Law
would be enforced, and that persons VIII,
IN any way encouraged mutiny or iusub
ordination among the troops, or who
should publish words calculated 70 st;,
up Instruction or less acts amo,o ,bo
people, or should publish "ta1sehoo5s y.
misrepresentation Of facts calculated IN
em'a'rass military obicers," would be
hned and imprisoned at the discretion o,
military commission, and that newspa-
pers Violating this order would be sun
pressed. This order, which said NOTHING
about furnishing treason, was thought BY
the CoPperheads to be threat directed