The Cecil Whig., 1863-02-28
I)ublit AGoirs.
Another Rebuke to the Copperheads.
VOICE OF THE 18th NEW UAMP-
SHIRE,

L
Md, on the l4th inst.
l. was voted that " we as a body are
in favor of sending home some expression
of views that may influence public sem
timent in New Hampshire, and serve to
rebuke reasonable doctrines and all
sympathlzers with traitors"
Upon their report the following ad.
dress was adopted
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE or
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Recognizing the Importance of heal
thy public sentiment 10 the successful
operation of republican institu ions, we,
officers of the l4th Regiment N. II.
Volunteers, deem it a duty as we'll as
privilege, when our friends and neigh
bors of the Granite State are on the eve
OF an important election, to do what we
can by words of warning and entreaty
to create and streng hen hat public SEN
tlmcnt which the exigencies OF the tunes
demand.
Our most cherished institutions are
lmperilled and our national existence
threatened by the evil Vaccinations and
the gigantic efforts of red handed treason.
At such a time the demand is inipera-
tive upon every good aud loyal citizen,
whether at home or in the field, to use
his utmost endcavor to uphold the dig
nifty and preserve The integrity of the
country, and once more to -lsscrt the
National authority throughout the length
and bread Il of the land.
1t is wi h feelings of deepest sorrow,
therefore, that we behold the exhibition
OF bitter partisan spirit at home, the
sole tendency of which must be to dis
courage the heart and paryalize the arm
of the Governmen, in honest and un-
firing cffor.s 10 crush most unholy
rebellion.
he terrible realities of he hour de-
mand unanimity of sentiment and OF
effor', and whatsoever tends to divide
opinion or diminish zeal, must dishearten
our armies and encourage our foes
There is solemn warning in tue illumi-
nation of Southern cities and the dull
thunder of the two hundred guns that
encircle Charleston harbor after the re-
ceipt of news Of the Fall elections in
the Nor hern and Western Sta es.
To Rebel authorities those elections
Indicated a revoltion of public feeling
in the North.
They reasoned, and Justly, too, that
divisions in the counsels of their enemy
would prove their rongest ally. On
this, more than on victories in the field,
lave the Rebel leaders relied from the
commencement of the war. 1t was logi-
cal, then, that opposition to the Admin
lstratlon, on account of its method OF
dealing with defiant treason, should
thrill the heart of Rebeldom wi h ioy,
and nerve them to more desperate re-
slstance, and whatsoever of discourage
ment exists in our armies to-day is the
result not so much of unsuccessful bat
ties and disastrous campaigns-for our
soldiers are as ready to-day as ever to
encounter the foe-as of the coldness
and open hostility to our cause on the
part of Northern sympathizers with Sc
ccssion.
Basing their action upon the pretended
violation of the Constitution and the
assumption of unwarrantable power by
the President, they are as really enemies
of the country as are the armed Rebels
whose hands are dripping with the blood
of our slaugh cred brothers.
TO save our country there is need that
every power in the whole range of moral
and physical influences be laid under
contribution and made to work for a
common end.
Whites. and blacks, fire and sword
cannon and devastating flood, censorship.
and dungeons, must al be used, if need
be, to defeat the designs of an unscru
pulous, dcsperae c, and powerful foe
1t Is no time to make issue upon the
method of suppressing the Rebellion. -
Discussion here is dangerous. When {
ship is sinking her only safety is an i'm
pllcit and unqaestioning obedience tc
the commands of her captain. TO cavll
then consigns bo h officers and crew 10 a
watery grave. Those who profes.
themselves fastidious about the mean.
of defeating the Rebels, justly create ;
suspicion of their homes in wishn.
them defeated at all. The primal ohjec
is the preservation of the Union. To
accomplish this, let us accept the chosen
plans of the Commander in Chief of thu
Army and Navy, and when the Unio,
shall have become an accomplished fact
we can call our rulers to account for an,
misuse of power
But SO long as great national peri
impends, while war exists, while grea
armies are marshaled in the field, ant
the Government is straiuing every nerve
to avert final catastrophe, common
sense teaches that the conduct of fac.
tious citizens of the North, whethe
combined in party organization, or a:
individuals, giving utterance to fault.
finding spirit, is monstrous treason.
The memories of our many battle
fields, drcnched with the blood of GU,
noble slain, the sufferings and hardships
of those who still survive, ready in de.
Tense of our beloved country to oboy
the soldiers summons to the deadly
strife, plead trumpet-tongued against
the deep damnation of these Nor herr
traitors. Our army has claim upor
the moral support of every man VIII,
remains at home, and that support wi.
be most vigorously exacted.
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