Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-10

The Demon Of CopperheadIsm.
The tale Of horror which the telegraph
brought daily from New York for four
days of July last is yet fresh in the minds
Of our readers. The air was rank with
the smell Of blood, and sitting with the
smoke Of burning buildings. A fierce
demon had control of that great metropolis,
and was holding wild riot through its
streets. Murder was his amusement, and
arson and robbery his playful antics. He
dashed out the brains Of the father, while
he flung the child into the burning build
ing, and gave over the mother to the ten
der mercies Of his internal crew. Never,
in the history of this country, has there
been such carnival Of blood. That de-
mon who thus held New York atits mercy,
was the demon Of eopperheadism, let
loose. That same demon is seeking to OBJ
tsin control Of Ohio and of Pennsylvania.
Should he succeed, then we may prepare
for repetition, in our own cities and
towns, Of the fearful scenes Of New York
in July.
Not that Vallsndigham, and Pugh, and
Cox, and Medary would themselves counsel
such massacre, or themselves lead it on.
They msy, possibly, be sincere when they
say they do not intend civil war in our
State. But the election Of Vallsndighsm
would as surely provoke such result as
effect follows cause New York knew,
when she elected Horstio Seymour, that he
was an opponent of the Administration
he could not, to be consistent with that
wellknown character, act in conjunction
with the Administration in war measures.
Hence, when war measures arose, his sym
pathies were known to be in opposition
The rioters could, therefore, as confidently
rely upon his real cooperation as the as
tronomer predicts solar change. They
entered upon their bloody, murderOus
work, knowing that they would be sus-
tsined by the Chief Executive of the State
They were not disappointed. Governor
Seymour forever disgraced himself by par
leying with them as " friends" and when
he implored them to stop fighting they
knew very well that in his heart he was
saying, "GOOd boys you've done well, and
have frightened the Government. Now is
good time for me to tell the Administra-
ton that the draft can't be enforced in
New York"
The riotous element exists in every pep
ulOus city or town, waiting to be organized
and put up to the work. In ordinary
times, it is useless for that element to man
ifest itself, for the officers and power of the
law are against it. But let Vallandigham
be elected in Ohio and Woodward in Penn
sylvaDia, and new hope would animate
all this lawless class. Both these men are
well known to be bitterly hostile to the
Administration Of the Government. Their
sympathies and moral support are there
fore secured in advance for any resistance
to the requirements OF that Admlnlstra-
ton. Who dare say, then, that we should
be in no danger from similar outbreaks to
that of New York, if those men are made
Governors OF their respective States?
These are considerations for men to pom
der. New York has had the actual expe-
rience of copperhead rule. Ohio and Penn
sylvania are yet only threatened with it..
In the light of the blazing Orphan Asylum
we can read our lesson, and upon the blood
of the murdered Col 0'Brien we should
swear that our State shall escape the hOr-
rible penalty which the Empire State paid
for electing to her chief Office an enemy TO
his Government.