Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-04-07
Copperhead Letters.

lieye there's disloyal democrat in Grant
County" says one. 81 don't know Of a
Copperhead democrat in the County, says
another. "There may be two or three
traitors at Potosi," says one man, "but
none about here" at NAV be that A. B.
at Beetown, and G. D., at Boscobel ale ia
vorable to JEFF. Davis, but they don't
amount to anything party is all right
TO the union, 6ut If" &c. Says another,
1--WE grant that the Chicago Times, Du-
buque Herald, Milwaukee News, &c, are
Copperhead papers, but they don't amount
to anything" But, we ask, how is it that
these are the leading democratic papers,
except the Chicago Post, McGregor Times
and one or two other papers fsmall eircu-
lation, are working in the same channel,
and that said Times, Dubuque Herald and
Meas are to by found in the hands of ev-
cry leading democrat in the whole country /!
Again, how happens it that such letters as
the following are written back and forth,
and the writers never exposed-only when
by accident their letters fall into union
hands? The duty of every true union
man is to expose his father if traitor,
his brother, his sonl The country is
worth all the kindred, the heads and the
lives Of traitors.
Here is letter that happened to reach
the wrong mantle writer supposing he
was addressing Copperhead; it was
written by one Patteio, formerly a leading
democrat at Potosi-now deputy Post
Master at Dresbach City, Minnesota and
dated March 10th; the receiver being a
loyal man, feels it to be his duty to expose
the writer:
FRIEND C: How are all the folks
and the boys, and how is SWAMI How
does Swan like Lincoln's negro war? |
wonder if Swan does not begin to think |
told him the truth when | told him old
Lincoln and his coadiutors would carry on
this war until they could make it mill
tary necessity to abolish slavery, and that
there was not brains enough in the republ-
can party to run this Government four
years. BY the by. | have written to old
Lincoln not to make id ass and nov
ice of himself by trying to free the niggers
at this siege of the game. He has got to
issue two more prociamations before he
can reach the nigger-to annhilate the
Constitution and then proclaim himself
king; and then he can handle the niger
without nittens and not till then can the
id old fool do thing. What does
them other id scoundrels and murder
Gus traitors, with their Pharisaical boast
ings about their unionism, think, when
they see in two years what their id IA
nalicism has done to our country; one
must think they feel id peaked after
abusing the true union men ofthe country
(the democrats,) and stigmatizng them
with an inyeterate hate and malice, known
only to fanatical fools and demons. Now
after running The Government into the
ground in two short years, what do we find
these same id scoundrels trying to do to
shrink the responsibility by enacting con
scription laws ard other obnoxious laws
that they know the people will not submit
to. The republican party puts me IN
mind Of the rotten Goldfish that stinks and
shines and shines and stinks, and after
their four years Of malpractice you will
find bat very few willing to own that they
ever belonged to thatro party. There
is but two or three left in this town, and
two Of them are about to move away to
some secluded spot to hate themselves to
death.
Whata pity Lightning did not trke
that old granny before be issued that jan
uary proclamation 1t amounts to noth-
ing more or less tLan the acknowledge
ment of the Southern Independence; tell
me if you please one thing the scoundrels
have done that has not united and strength
ened the South and divided and weakened
the North. We have seen the American
people rush to the rescue Of their liberties
in full ardor Of patriotism; they have
poured out their blood and treasure pro-
fusely and stood by the Administration
as no other people ever done; they have
looked on with breathless anxiety for a
restoration Of the union, and what have
they got in return They see the Chief
Magistrate adopt suicidal programme,
and then propose to drag men by the fore
top 10 fight it out, they also see Lincoln
sell himself to gang Of political, fanatical
demagogues WHO never had the love Of
country at heart. Now what can we e&-
pect while we are in such hands. God
save the country for ! know they mean
well. VIM. P.