The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-06-13
From The New York Evening Post.
he True Method with Copperheads.

! may have been mnde before, but which.
because Of It's obvious truth and imp por,ance.
: cannot be TO often impressed upor she
minds Of our authorities. II re- lstes to tue
proper method Of suPpressing The discon.
tents and grumblings which, for the want
Of better phrase, are called copperheadism'
in the slang Of the day. Everybody i'll
admit that il Is desirable TO prevent a. far
US possible, these expressions OF discord. 10
maintain as great uninimp as possible
lin public sentiment. and 20 proceed in The
war against the rebellion with the same IN,
broken front Ia which il was begun. Fac
,ions, coteries and parties only embarrass
our efforts and give encouragement 70 that
hope Of division at the North which wac
one Of the original motives or the ring
LEADERS Of the revolt. t7t 'tA
Our suggestion il avery simple one; IL is
this: that the best, il not the only way Of
putting down the copperhcads, il TO defeat,
capture. scatter and destroy the Rebel sf-
mics II the Government will assume that
10 be lis principal duty just now. and viii
set 70 work doing Il with directn-ss. energy
and untlnching detcrnin etion, II will have
no further trouble with enemies al home -
Let |, concentrate its entire vigcr upon the
miiiisry problem which has the capture Of
Le.'s army for Us solution. and Il will not
only have enough 10 DO. but o. the right sort
The whole loyal community viii spplsud
and sustan its Efforts. and when they shslt
have proved successful Everybody will be
loyal. anda microscope Of The highest n az
nifyirs power will fail to discover an op.
nonent outside Of the insane ssyIums north
OF M aeon and Dixoh's lines. Rsf~n
The object is indeed 50 necessary Ia its eli
and 50 likely to be univ ersally salutary.
that no means should be spared 70 accoms
pIish Il. nor any side issues be permitted 10
distract the attention Of the Adminstrstion
FOR single moment /, Is the end 10 which
i, should bend aIl lis energies and devote al
the genius and talent Il can command ~
Oar armies are large enough; our soltiers
are veterans; il needs now only little more
sagacous and energetic Generalship; and ID
the commanders who have now the manage
ment OF the war in their hands are aot able
10 baa, the enemy, lei them be removed and
others put 10 their places.
If the Cover me 1T will attend clvsely io
the war, aud II military gentlemen will col
and fight the enemy, we shall hear less oil
arrests and ether abuses al home. Or, III
il be necessary that arrests should be made,
let Us begin, as . writer in one Of the morn
ing papers the other day advised, by arrest.
ing JEFF. Davis and his Cabinet, condemningl
Lee and Bragg 70 Fort Lalay eltes and hal ng.
ing Toombs. Floyd, Wise and o,hers, with
out benefit Of the writ Of habeas corpus orl
even the clergy. These are arrests which
may be made 10 the most ar bilrary manner
and nobody viii comp lain; no court will 10.
sist in reviewing the proceedings; and al
meeting could scarcely be mustered At the
Five Points % listen to speeches in vituper.
alton Of The authors
Gen. Grant, we take leave 70 say. IL doing
great deal just now In ILLUSTRATION Of our
method. BY his gallant passage Of The
yicksbufg batteries; BY his intrepid assault,
upon Port Gibson; by his rapid movsme nj
upon Jackson and capture Of tha. town
utter several hours hard fglaiog; By hsl
instant evacuation Of the place 10 sdvance
upon the enemJ . works; and, la shor, BY
his four OF five severe batules Ia. about . >,
many days, he has done more 10 stop the
mouths Of gainsayers than . thousand ar
rests and ten thousand prisous teemine
with State captives. The bisserest oppo
aent Of the Govsrnme en-. is compelled eth er
10 fling up his cap In the presence of such
fccts, or 10 remain in stupid and obstinate
silence.
Could The other officers Of the army be
made 10 initiate this activity Of Gen. Grant,
and the half dozen. litIle armies. that welj
have sca.tered about tho coast doing moth.
ing, Be brought together; could Genera
Hooker make q second attack upon Lee
from The rear. supported, however, BY al'
strong reserve; could burnside iustead oi
interfering with political sssemblsgea
march with thirty OF forty thousand men
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