, 1863-09-27
Chicago Qribn1le.:


Tho Coppcrheads and, tho: rebels arc
working together, with the samo despcr-
ate and malignant energy: to accomplish
one and the same object Tho election Of
a Copperhead leader In the North, or any
token or sign Of the popularity and estab-
lishn1ent Of Coprcrhead policy, carries joy
and hope to eyerT traitors heart In the
South. If the word is passed along the
lines Of Lees or Bragg's army, that the
prospect of .elccting :Vallaudisham Is
bright, and TINT the, blinded and cheated
people arc rallying to his support, every
rebel eye lights up with new hope, tho
talteriDg grow stout and firm, AMI the
weary and dispairing are clothed with
new strength and fresh determination. On
the other hand bring to any gathering Of
Copperheads news that Rosecrans has
been defeated, the Union armies driven
back, and its brave men overwhelmed
with disasters and covered with blood
and wounds, and there is joy and exulta-
ton through all the pestilcnt mass; for,
they find In Union defeat, and disaster,
new grounds for their own SUCCESS, and
better chance for Copperhead triumphs.
The rebels all-ovcr the South gaze with
strained vision, and trembling hope, at the
progress Of the campaign in Ohio; they
watch the swaying forward and back Of
the political conflict there with the same
wishes and interest that they have In look
ing on tho varying fortunes Of the fight In
actual battle at Gettysburg Or Chatta-
nooga. Indeed some rebels watch the
progress Of the campaign In Ohio with
more intense anxiety than they do that in
Georgia; and regard the defeat Of Bragg,
Us less disastrous to their cause, than that
of Vallandigham. They feel that the
triumph Of Drough would 10 more fatal to
them than tho victory Of Rosecrans.
They can endure with comparative pa
ticncc and stocism tho destruction Of the
buttcrnut hosts who fight the battles Of
slavery and secession, with steel md bull
let; but they rccoil In horror and dcspair
from the overthrow Of their Coppcrhead
allies who are struggling for tho same OBJ
ject, and fighting the same battle with
politics and ballots. At present tho lead
ing Captain Of the hosts Of treason is Val
1andigham. The position he has to nnin.
tain, and the battles he promises to win
are Of more importance to the rebels, than
thoac Of any other General In the field
The campaign in Georgia Is Of great con
sequence, hut not so great as that in Ohio
Bragg may not be able to drive Rosccranl
back, and regain Tennessee; but that is Z
small matter If Va1landigham can defeat
Brough, and establish tho disunion peact
reign Of tho Coppcrheads In FREQ State.
Ono would sr.,pose that when nny po
litica1 party had dritted 80 far from pa'
triotic principle; or had found Its loyalty
so corrupted and poisoned by malignant
and false teaching, that It had come to rc
joice in the defeat Of the armies Of the m
ton, and to hail their disasters and suf
ferings with exultation, it was high tint
Tor 1t to pause. It might be supposed tha
when Northern men had got carried 81
far away on the tide Of party passion ant
excitement, that they can rejoice in til.
overthrow :.of the National army, ant
glory in the humiliation Of their country
that the enormity Of their folly, the un
speakable depth Of their shame and guilt
would be more than eyen they would dart
to face: and that thov xon1d etor+ ho o1- l.