The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-07-23


well, that the gentemen-lf there are
any left among the serpentine crew
expose them in their breastpins, and the
ladies (?) sport them in their braids-
"How are the mighty fallen y Fallen
from the dizzy heights of proud ambition
in other days, down, down, to the level Of
crawling Shiny snakes
OF all .he mean, crineing Copperheads
that ever crept the earth these are the
most hateful. We have them among us,
burrowing liz the cellars, creeping in the
bar rooms, and summing themselves at the
corners Of the streets. They pollute the
very atmosphere with their hot, fetid
breath, and disturb the peace of the COM
munity with their incessant Kissing Then
there are some Gig snakes among them
with more venom in their eyes, more
volubility in their tongues, more poison
in their fangs and more cunning in their
brains, who at their back lead on the
lesser brood and goad them to madness to
snap and bite.
The Copperheads have lost all sense
of patriotism and are determined like the
"Old Serpent" their father, since they
cannot "rule in heaven" to ssreign in
hell" They sometimes meet together in
their deas, to hold conventions and pass
resolutions, but they are not to strengthen
the hands of the Administration to strike
more valiant blows against secession.-
Their main object seems to be to SOW
discord in the North, advance party inter
ests, and inocnlate their deadly views into
the veins of the body polite and endanger
our national life.
They have shown the color of their skin
in the late invasion. When the tocsin of
Governor appealed to the honor of the
State, these same contemplate Copperheads,
obtrudipg their snouts from their hiding
places, could snuff nothing but "Admin-
istration les" and their leaders propaga-
ted the known falsehood through the
country that "there was not a rebel in
Pennsylvania" and their silly dupes
swallowed it down. While the noble
hearted frecmen went off in trice, to
repel the naughty invader from our soil,
these serpents true TO their instinct coiled
themselves up at home, to wait and see
if there were any rebels coming, or If 1t
was only 'lying report of our telegraph
wires" or ''a great scare.
Ever since the war began their mali
cious spirits have been exhibiting their
mercurial loyalty. Whenever victory
crowns the Union arms, CONSERVATION
slezes them and they dodge in the grass
as if they were pursued by sharp stick,
but only let reverse attend US, and you
might see them bobbing up their heads,
grinning their teeth and laughing with
devilish elee over the misfortune. They
have been so long accustomed TO bow the
knee to Baal to crawl on their bellies to
eat the dirt, and lick up the spit:le OF the
South, it seems like second nature to
follow up their snake-like proclivities.
The Copperhead Is by far a more de-
testablc snake than the Rattlesnakc, for
while the RsaIesnake may exhibit the
same rancorous nature yet he always gives
earning of his intentions, but the craven
hearted Copperhead nestles in the dark,
and strikes indiscrimiuatcly the unwary
who cross his path. No wonaer the
Southern Rattlesnake refuses companion
ship with Northern Copperheads with all
the profession Of love for their ''erring
brethren" See with what contempt they
were treated by the rebel Gen. JENKINS
in the late invasion. If they only knew
with what utter scorn they are held by
the lords of the South, they would cease
tfeir pretensions of sympathy. They
scoff at their friendship, they discard their
profers of peace: and spit in their faces,
and yet they cling to them and worship
them with more than idolatrous worship.
What pity these lords of the lash did
not have the full control of them awhile,
that they might feel the weightof their
displeasure to their hearts content, until
this hound-like sycophancy was lashed out
of them