Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-04-30


The following correspondence has been
sent us by soldier who left this county last
Fall strong Democrat. We suppress the
name Of the "Copperhead friend.'
MtRrREEsBoRo' TENN,
April 18th, 1853.
EDITOR CHRONICLE Enclosed | send
you letter received from Copperheod
friend, and my answer, and If you think
worth while to disgrace the columns Of your
valuable paper by inserting it, with my an.
swor, have no objections.
OLIVER WrLKIsoN.
Belmont Co Ohio April 7th 1868
Dere sir | resived your letter OF the 30th
and was glad to hear from You and you are
so well plesel with old abe prolimation for
us Copper heads don't like Any thing Of the
like Of nigqar being let free amongst US Mr..
o. see by your letter OF the 30;h that you
halve fired your old rusty gun at me l feel
1t my deuty to roll back tho slander upon
the shoulders of thoes to whom they belong
l do not think Chat is the proper time for
to talk OF this war at time when war is
spreading its wide des ,lation when the glo
rious old Ship Of our State that has sailed
out upon the old Sen of time for eghty.five
years and j. about sinking beneath the waves
Of ianatlcisln when weeping and mourning
is coming up from every corner of our land
think that man with as mitch patriot
ism as you claim 10 have W ,nld have showen
it to better Advantage it he had come out
in proclamation asking what can VIZ do
my democratic friends to save our bleeding
country instead of heaping all manner OF
| lies and insinuation upon US yet AS he has
commenced the contest we feel it our duty
to roll back this infamy upon the right
shoulders but again you sill claims to be a
democrat but acknowledges that he is not
one in the sau,e sense that ON and in or.
der to prove what kind of democrat he is
he quotS from the declaration Of indepen.
dence that all are created free aud equal
what does you want to teach us by this he
would have US understand that thomas JEFF
ferson taught the doctrine A nigger is Just
as good as A white man now Mr. o you
would not have your finer feeling pretty
badly ruffed if were to tele you that you
are no better than A nigger would you moi
no sir Mr Jefferson never taught the doc.
trine of negro equality would have you
understand that when Mr. Jefferson pened
the declaration of Independence that he
penned it for the white man and not for the
nigger and when he says that all men are
created free and equal he had no reference
to the black race at all so mutch for youl
democracy whose heart does not melt with
in him whose soul is not bowed down who
can refrain from weeping and mourning
when we think of the Sad state of oul
Country to day aud if the Spirits Of the il
lustrous dead in the concerns and cares o.
those who are dear to them in life the eve
J dear and veneratod Shades of our departed
fathers are looking down and weeping owe
our distracted and bleeding country to see
men who have Stood by each other in bet
ter days went side by side and hand in hanc
who fought and bled aud died side by sid,
on many hard fought battle fields Of tn,
, revolutionary war when the smoke from
, off there bloody battles mingled togethe
} and wound its way up to the heavens lik
| incense from off their country alter who b.
theiI united arms carried the beautiful Sta
; Spangled banner from conquest to conques
over the mountains and scorching the plain
D OF mexico and planted that banner in from
Of that national capita but alas an evil da
has come the men of the north and the me
of the south are now arrayed in deadl
r roar of the artillery is sounding from tn
r ing aud waling is heard all over our Ian
3 well may we adopt the language of tn
wise man of old when the wicked rule tn
! people mourn in conclusion lot me say
1 few words to you my friends We are in tn
: midst of a tremendous crisis it becOins u
as the follows of Washington and Jefferso
to rally to the rescue OF our country
| there ever was an important period in tn
history of our country it is now what wi
f be the future history Of our country is t
. be Saved it must be doue by the democr,
party therefore let us Stand by the unio
t the constitution and the Stars and Stripe
forever *****
Mr.. *******#**-SIR. Your letter {
+. April 7th is before me, which l las ever
n true American should) look on with con
/, tempt. You seem to think have fired m
old rusty gun" at You in the shape of le
ter. Well, if the truth hurts you it il onl
the greater evidence Of your traitorou
heart, for all traitors have an utter dislik
!, for the truth. Sir, | am somewhat lik
i yourself, only think this is no time to tai
of partyisln, when our glorious old Ship
q fast sinking under her heavy load of treason
with which you acknowledge you are syn
y pathizer, if not co-operat0r and yet 20
s claim to be good and true American, whe
n you are nothing more than a traitor, an
not worthy to be called citizen Of the Un
~ ted States. You speak of calling on ou
). Democratic friends to say what we shall d,
y Now, sir, in the first place, deny ever ha,
ing been a Democrat, or their being On
friends Of mine, il Democracy consists {
robbing our forts and arsenals, and concoc
ing tr,,ason, as was done by your Souther
It friends, with Floyd at their head, under tn
d Buchanan Administration; aud, in the Sc,
n ond place, | deny that you, or Floyd, Q
d any other traitor belonging to the Vallar
s digham clique, are any thing but an orgaI
ized band Of desperadoes and outlaws.
Q is needless for mo to here argue the poir
/ about who inaugurated this war, for yor
v true to your ignorance, or the evil heartet
y ness Of traitors, throw the blame on th
l. Administration, when South Carolina va
: in open rebellion against the Governmer
o before Mr.. Lincoln called out a man, on
c had demanded the surrender Of Fort Sun
z ter.
!. l don't know, but believe the beet con
promise we could make with old JEFF. woul
Q be to seize all the Copperheads in the 10y
Q States aud exchange them for loyal Souther
Il men. Then YOU could enjoy their blesse