Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-11-24
In Search for a Name.


ly men, We must, like other mortaIs, cal!
BY their right names, and these Of course
are never pretty.
The term "Copperb cad" however ex-
pre.sivs it may be on the one hand, or
offensive on the other, has but rarely been
admitted into our paper With our kuowl-
edge and consent; but some time ago,
during our absence, letter was received
here, from one Of cur ssen,s, cootaiDing
sl, and reported in the ieite, list, a. iDten-
ded to buy medicine to extract poison
from . coppcrhead. Promptly another
brother sits down and writes to US . right
spicy little note, aid wants to know, /.
"wbo the copperhesds are; 2. What
medicine will cure them and 3dly, says
there are q goodly number Of Democrats
iu bis county, Cambria county, Ps.,) who
are called such BY the Abolition party,
but we're Union men, loyal, aud supported
the Government" Furthermore he says
"ths, every mao ought to be loyal in
times Of . civil war like this, when the
writ Of Habeds Corpus is suspended, and
martial Law in force everywhere" To
this We say Amen! adding, and at all
other times.
But We sre not certain that We can sn.
ever the questions Of our correspondent
satisfactorily, for we are also perplexed
abou, . name. There is . class Of our
fellov-citissus, in the North, who, if they
are loyal at heart, aud opposed to slsvery,ss
they assure US they are, have . very queer
way of showing it.
They are opposed to the rebellion, but
they have much more censurs for Mr..
Lincoln than for J.f Davis. They never
manifest any joy when the Union arms
triumph, and tslis,le every Union victory.
On the contrary, when the rebels best our
armies, they exultingly tell Us, with ILL.,
concealed satisfaction, 'didn't We always
tell you that you eouldu's conquer the
Soulh?" and they seem to delight to
magnify every such triumph. We have
no good generals, but every rebe! gueriIl.
leader is . Napoleon. Our troops are
towards, bu, the rebels are al brave.
Ours are "Liocoln dogs" but the rebels
are the "cbi'slry."' Our government can
do nothing to please them, If it hurts the
rebels, for then it is sure to be 'unconssi-
,usioual )" but Of the unconsti,ution 1lity Of
the JEFF. Davis conspiracy you never hear
them complain. They srs for . vigorous
prosecution Of the var, but vote for men
Who would have our armies Withdrawn
from the field of eobfic, and are for
peace "On any terms" They are friends
to The soldiers, whom they sometimes call
"our brave defenders" but refuse to vote
them either supplies to feed them, money
to pay them, or petsions for their widows.
They are opposed TO slavery, bu. invsria-
bly,, in their political acts, support those
who support the institution of slavery.
They believe oil men should be free, but
vote for those Who believe that black men
should be slaves, and would rather zee the
Union than slavery perish. They resist
the draft, but ~on's volunteer. They
raise riots At home, and enter into sworn
conspiraeies to resist the government
no, not the government, but the "Admin.
They Ere on Union soldiers
homes, and not unfrequen,ly bold one
cheers for JEFF. Davis. They organize in-
10 bands 10 the free States to threaten
pesceable citizens, As they did 10 Iowa,
Indiana, and Ohio, and invariably vote for
be men Who show the bitserest spirit
'gaiust the government.
Now, we frankly confess that " do not !
;uov what to call them, for they are in
ulted If ws should call them cooper
,esds," and like it no better to bs called
Northern traitors" or "sympashissrs with
We aim at telling the truth
'lvsys, even in applying names, and yet
'e would hurt nobody's feelings unnsees-
srily, and here is the dilemms. We are
o trouble. Call vs them Democrats, %
hey claim to be, and directly We are met
y such men % Diekenson, Dix, Butler,
Holt, Lewis Cas-, Tod, Stanton, Wright
{ Ind, and dosens Of others, Who srs the
cry higb.priesss and pstriarchs Of that
ar,y for ysar', sad they utterly disovn
hem - Deuocrs.s, and thy call them
Copperhesds." Call them pesss. .meul
70, here We demur. We are the peace
zen, for ~e are oil the while only on the
efen's Of our country and government, and
ant peace - soon - they "lst % Alone"
ud 80 home in pescs. Besides, these
Zen are not for peace. They we're not in .
lev Y ork, last July, and some Of their I
,aders, in Ohio, told us they would, in .
''su case, make War to bring v.ll.odie-
An home from Csnads. What, then, /;
'all "s call then? Opposisio. Z Al!
'as is too vsgus- Rebels srs "opposi,i. B
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