The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-10-02
coPPERuEAD VICTORIES.

tOfFEHnEAD NltIOHitsS.
The Copperheads and the rebels are
working together. with the same dcspe-
ratio and malignant energy, to accom-
plish one and the some Object. The
election Of a Copperhcsd leader In the
North, or any token or sign Of the popu-
lari,y aud establishment of Copperhead
policy, carries Joy and hope to every
traitors hcurt in the South. n the word
is passe nlong the lines OF Lees or
Dragg's army, that the prospect OF elect
ing Vallandigham Is bright, and that the
blinded and cheated people are rallying
to his support, every rebel eye lights up
with new hope, the foltering grow stout
aud firm, and the weary and despairing
are clothed with new strength. and fresh
determination. On the other hand bring
to any gathering of Coprcrheads news
that Rosccrans has been defeated, the
Union armies driven back, and its brave
men overwhelmed with disasters and
driven back, and covered with blood
and wounds, and there is Joy bnt
caultntion through all the pestilent mass
for they find in Union defeat, and dsas
ter new grounds for their own success
and better chance for CopperhcOd tri
umphs. The rebels all over the Soutl
gaze with strained vision, aud trembling
hope, nj the progress Of the campaign il
Ohio they watch the swOying forwar,
and back Of tho political conflict there
with the somc wshcp and interest tina
they have in looking on the varying for
tunes Of tho fight in actual battle al
Gettysburg or Chattanooga. Indeed
some rebels wutchiho progress ofthe cam
paign In Ohio with more intense anxiety
,hnnihey do that IN Georgia; and regurc
thcdcfcat Of Bragg,a less disastrous to theiI
cnusc, than that Of Vallandighum. They
feel that the triumph Of Brough would
he more fn,n TO them than the victory oI
Rosccrans. They can endure with com.
parntiye patience and stocism the de.
struciion Of the but,crnut hosts who fight
the battles Of slavery and secession, with
steel bullet (; but they rccoil In horror
aud despair from the overthrow of their
Coppcrhcnd allies who nre struggling foI
tho same object and fighting tho same
battle with politics and ballots. Al
present the leading Captain Of the hosts
of treason is VOllundighum. The posi-
ton he has TO maintain, and the battles
he promises TO win, ure Of more import.
a ace to tho rebels, than those Of any
other General In the frll. The cam.
paign 10 Georgia Is Of Ire, consc qucnce,
but not so great ns that in Ohio. Bragg
may not be able to drive Rosccrans back,
aud regain Tennessee ; but that is n
small matter if Vollundighum can defea,
Brough, and establish the disunion peace
reign Of the Copperhcnds in free State,
One would suppose that when any po.
li,ieal party had drii,cd so fhr from pa
trio,ic principle or hud found its 10y.
atty so corrupted and poisoned by msig.
nant and false teaching, that il had come
to r. joicc in the defeat Of the armies Of
the nation, and TO hnil their disasters and
sufftrings with cxuliatiop, II was high
Time for Il to pause. II might be sup.
posed That when Northern meh hnd rot
carried so far away on the tide of party
passion and excitement, that they eau re-
joice in the overthrow Of the National
army, aud glory in the humilOiion Of their
country, TINT the c1ormity Of their folly,
the unspcakable depth of their shame
and guilt, world be more than even they
dare to faco and tlst ,hvy would start
back in alarm aud rcmorse from the black
gulf into which they are hurrying. But
TO Copperheads all things are possible,
,hht involve trenson, or help secession
The genuine Coppcrhead ia a genuine
traitor. Slavery engcndering with tres-
son has spawned in Southern swemps no
more venomous traitor than your true
Northern Copperhead. These men will
and must, swing their hats, clap their
hands, and cheer loudly and long, over q
defeat Of Rosocrans, and victory Of
Bragg. But we cannot believe the day
will ever come, when they can shout over
the election Of Vallandiehan, or cele.
brate so signal victory OF treason and
secession in the great free State Of
Ohio.
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