, 1863-08-27
FROM SPRINGFIELD.

FROM SPRINGFIELD. !
Expielnlng Away Treason.nutternut r
fTsfte sT 8 subiIco1e4he naTis TraaSies
Fntaland Melancholy 1acc1deut~Tho
Great M0As Meeting.
{F-om Our Regular Correspondent
SPRINGFIELD, August Is, 1853.
EXPLAINING AWAY TREASON.
Tie letter writer's foz the Coppezhead papers
aud the papers themselves aye just now very
buEi]y engaged in explaining away the trou
bles in Fulton. Edgar, Williamson and other
disturbances is cast upon the Federal officers
and troops; there would have been no trouble
but for their outrageous conduct, and repeat
cd assaults OF the people Now this is all
stuff, manufactured out Of whole cloth. For
months the Union people in these localities
have been made the vlctims Of al sorts Of.
Copperhead outrages. Their orchards hare
been destroyed, grain stacks burned, horses
and cattle maimed and in some cases murders
hare been perpetrated.- Letters hare uninter-
ruptedly poured into the State authorities for
protection almost since the commencement
VI AAG HGA1. 4ACA 444A1uEAt Al1l1uEa uAfE
been going on, ayowedly for the purpose Of
raising force to resist the draft. And when
the affair comes to climax, when the forces
are gathered to do the work for which they
have been so long In preparation, and when
collision naturally takes place between the
authorities and these traitors, the papers Of
the latter throw all the blame upon the mill
taIy sent to suppress fnsurrectfon and rebel
lion. Nor is this al. In the same papers
which contain these apologies for armed re-
Eittance to the Ian yon will find the most BIT
ter denunctations Of the CONSUMPTION, the
most bold faced Misrepresentation with re-
gard to It, and appeals which almost directly
What, then, can be eaid of such papers as
those which SO palpably give aid and comfort
to the rebellion, which do SO much to stir up
earnest opposition to the Government in the
State? Simply that they are doing all they
cowardly to cope ont and directly counten-
ance their outrages hpon law and order. The
only reason TINT prevents lamphier toiniog
the secret Coprerhead organization, il his
cowa1dice. He is afraid to take oath with the
although le has long since taken 1t in his
heart, as every number Of his paper shows.
Slayery and secession arc the corner stones Of
the society, ard to Slavery and secession Is
the State Ktgist<r as devoted as the courage Of
Its editor Wlllspesn1t it to be. But The cor
respondents Of some Of the other democratic
rapcrn writing from this city, are IN full X. G.
G. communion, and Que or two Of thom arc
distinguished of1icers in this order. It is such
men who nre apalogizing for the Fulton and
ether rioters, and slandering the officers Of
the Law in the prosecution OF their duty. Let
their letters be takcu then for what they arc
worth, these things being considered.
BrTrERsUT RALLY At LAWNESCEr1LLE.
: The Buttcinuts Ind rally, o fcw daya since,
at Lawrenceyllle. Lawrence county. at which
the feelings Of the croWd and their Eympa.
flies were shown by cheers for JEFF. Davis,
Morgan the horse.t thief, Tallandigham tho
traitor, snd others. It Is true that only the
most reckless made these yociferat;ons, but
they showed the spirit which animates the.
party Indeed, 1atel5, At nearly al tho Dem
part Of the State, similar manifestations Of
sympathy with the rebels have been made.
THE DgNocKAT1c JUBILEE.
Several Of the Democratic speakers At their
picnic and other meetings have been aunoun-
cling That next year ia 10 be the Democratic
Jubilee. At n meeting at Oscaloosa, Clay
county, few Days since, Judge Bryant.
country, explained what this jubilee ls to be-
He said the Democrats would then elect
President and take the Government into their
Own hands, and that in twenty. four hours af-
ter tho power passed into their hands, they
would reconstruct the Un1cn and end the war.
They do not want the Tar ended until they
getsinto power, that is certain; for in that
eyent It might be impotent to cave s1ayery.
Their great object is consequently to prol0ng
the war until they get into power, and SO re-
construct the Union as not only to save
future as wilI put 1t in just rs good position
as If the rebellion Itself had tTiumphed.
THE PARIS TROUBLE.
In Edgar, as well as in many other counties,
the Democracy hare been helping the rebels
by obstrrcting the drntt+ mot r ithstanding that
ayear ago the Stdte Register and other papers
uniformly ca1led for this same draft, ns the
s this vas before tie K. &. 6. society had gaiued
supreme control Of the county. At Paris,
EDGAR county, the Coppe.he:ds contri,ed to
have the Deputy Provost Marsllals Imprisoned
on charge Of making an assault with deadly
weapons upon one $. \. Retman. They we're
vile Circuit, bnt not particle Of evidence
Was proved against them. No sooner were the.
Marsha1s lodged In Paris, than the Copper
beads got rP the story 19 Tint the union
ngnefs 81 }be ana Gna eho ,eTt
three 81 four hundred drilled mcn'' assem.
b1ed on the Paris and Charleston Road to pro-
tect the JUL, rs they said. They waited there
for two days, but the Leaguers did not make
their appearance. upon which they dispersed.
Subsequently these men reassemb1ed, not
to protect any right, but to resist the enroll.
1nent, which Was IN progress. This compelled
Gen. Ammen to send u body Of troops to tho
county, nhich quickly dispersed those pre-
tended defenders Of the laws.
TIE GREAT MASS MEETING.
The preparations for the great mass meet
Ing on the 3a, arc progressing. Fromscysry
are being received Of the interest taken in it
by the Union masses. The people want 1t to
be success, and having taken the matter in
hand, I have no doubt it will be. There Is
II he comes, he will receive one Of tho WaTin-
est and most enthusiastic receptions ever ac'
corded to thehead Of nation. have from
time to time forwarded lists OF other distin-
guiEhed persons who are to be present, and 1t
Is useless to repeat them here. ZErA.