The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-01-29
The COppcr.Heads.


Southern Brethren" and deadly hostilit
20 the Union cause, Oh the part Of the trait
orous Copperhealed presses and politician
Of the North, is one Of the strangest phc
nomen Of the times, and most forceabl,
illustrates the habitual proneness Of Oh
American mind to be led astray by appear
ances. and to be deceived by pretencss, th
most spec'ous and delusye There has beer
no time dlring the terrible ordeal throug
which We bave been passing; when the char
acter, designs and tratorous purposes Of thes
-scou9drels could not, and ought not to hav
been known and read Of all men. What the,
are now openly, theY have all along beer
secretly, black hearted, sneakiug, plotting
traitors, wanting aud watching only an op
portlnlty when thoy could effectuallv betray
their country, its honor, its institutions, ana
this glorious Union of the Fathers into tn,
hands Of JEFF Davis ana his cut threats and
pirates. Look at them all along through
the experiences Of the past two years, ano
you will find them always the same u,re
lenting foe Of the Federal Govern nent the y
. d,m.n tr TO day to be. Hear them
when the flag was first Shot d,wn at Sum
ter, crying out against coercion and when
at the sound OF that opening shot the nation
rose 10 svcnge thu insult and wrong, aad
save the nation, hear them openly declaring
that soldiers shall 60 to fight the south, only
over their dead bodies and all along hear
them whispering in tue ear Of every volun-
taer uho>would listen to them, their base
SANDERS against the government, telling
them that this was an abolition war, and to
let the abolitionists fight it out alone and
everywhere crying down the credit of the
government, croaking about debts, and pre-.
dieting to our arm, d;,sra:s AL defeat.
Yes, these copperheads have been copper.
heads oil the time. 1t is true that the spec
tacle of the great uprising of the patriotic
masses, in the earlier stages Of the war, the
most sublime spectacle the world ever saw,
suggested to them the folly and madness Of
seeming to oppose the majestic and unuis
taxable flow of that current of popular en-
thusiasm, and the mass of them cultivated
that discretion which is the better part of
valor. But gradually, as the war progressed,
and its burdens begin to b. felt, they have
been developing their true characters and
expressing their real sentiments, the inte-
rim being occupied in manufacturing urea
son in their Lodges OF Golden Circles in
poisoning the minds of all within their cir
Gle, and getting ready when the time should
come, to throw the weight Of their influence
into the scales Of the traitors of the south,
as they have intended to do all the time.
But the funniest thing in the world, il
anything connected with such gracelcss
scamps can be regarded as funny, is to hear
them talk abou: what they have done for
the war the vast numbers they have furn.
ished to swell the ranks Of our patriotic
volunteers, and the very great comfort aud
support they have FURNISHED to the Presi.
dent in Ills time of need and trail, Horatio
Seymour, -Vallandns ham, the Chica 20
Times, the Dubuque Herald, and the O,tum
Wa Mercury, all talk in this way, and with a
co nplacency truly refreshing. Ga Indeed
models o:polisical honesty, truth and con
consistency! Amt you beautiful set truly?
Your support Why, if yoi had dons
what you profess, the war would have been
over long ago. Instead Of sending soldiers
to ths war, you opposed tn. draft, and YOU
tried to keep than at h,me. Thcy went to
The war in spite of you, and in opposition to
your influence. And instead Of favnring ut
any TINS vigorous prossscuti N of the war
you have done your best to promote disaf-
lection in tbs army; and have applAuded
these most and only who have hur,
the rebels the les {. Your influence, 30
far as You have hal any, HIS b,.n a. fatal
everywhere, as the sUpas tree, shedding
abroad disaffection, opposition to ths al.
taorities, paralrzins the army, dividing tie
people, distracting tho public councils, and
resting like an incubus upon everything.
But there is one good thing about it.. You
have now coma ont in your own o,lors.-
The late exhibitions you have been making
Of yourselves, in your papers, in the few
legislatures you control in coassqu .nce o.
the absence of Union voters, and your
threats to withhold me1 AMI money for the
prosecution OF the war, brings you out where
all men can Look a. you. The sight will
ultimately d, good. Better. m open foe
than pretended friend Your assumed carb
ofloyal'y didn't fit well; you look better
and twice as n,tural withoat it, an SO 90
ahead with your correspondence with
Jeif Davis. with your schemes Of dividing
the West from the East; anncxin. the
North west to the Southern Conf ID ,racy
and Introducing in the North tn. san.
anarchy and desolatlon " hich your rebel
friends have dme at tho 3,nth. No man
need longer be decsivei about yoa. aaa
no one will be-
s- In glancing 1t recent number o.
the Mercury, NO find that one Thos. O'Sul
Ivan, City Collector, announces thu he is
determined to sell snndry lots at pablis out
cry for taxes, penalty. and costs, and the
like. Byron once said !: :. Tx pleasant sure
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