The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-20


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A COpperhead-OonSer Editor
DenOunces Allegiance TO the
United states and tn Jesus Christ.
We do not remember ever TO have read
moro revolving blAsphemy than is EN-
bodied in the following extracts which
the Cleveland Leader copies from "Con-
servative Union. as-it- was and Consti.
tution-as-it-is" newspaper published in
Benton, Crawford county, Ohio. We
publish these disgusting exhibitions Of
fanatic venom to give some idea of the
spirit of Copperheadism. The Leader
says
II will be remembered some time ago,
II was reported that certain DR.. Tuttle.
notorious Copperhead leader in the
vicinity of Bucyrus, had declared that
he "owed no allegiance to Abe Lincoln.
David Tod or Jesus Christ" The report
was deemed impossible, and was not
generally credited, but we have before us
the evidence that Dr. Tuttle is veritable
person, that he lives in Crawford county,
and that he not only uttered the above
infamously blasphemOus sentiment, but
glories in il, as if it were q Christian
creed.
We have before us "Volume 4, Number
Q" of "The Divinity Physician" pub.
lished at Benton, Crawford county, by
David Tuttle, d. ID. He announces his
paper Independent of all Gods creation
ma inc oh
the sheet seems TO warrant.
Under the head of personal" the
editor says, that the "whole phalanx of
Abolition presses" have been greatly
troubled about q certain speech of his.
He then elegantly adds
"Now, / will hereby inform these
pukes Of Abe Lincoln that they have not
by all their threats or anathemas moved
me one iotA from my old political or
religious land-marks, neither can they
do il so long as | have my senses. |
have been arrested and imprisoned by
the internal whelps, but they have not
silenced my tongue nor my press, neither
| will they do il while live.
now repeat my wicked speech again:
| owe no allegiance TO Abe Lincoln on
| his scaveageY, Governor DaUid Tod, or Jes1ts
Christ. And will add further l owe no
allegiance to any King or theological
God, or any other God in the universe.
Resistance to tyrants is patriotism.
But do not believe it is obedience to
God, for never heard of God who was
not tyrant. The God of the bible is
an absolute tyrant but do not con-
slider him such = perjured usurper or
such tyrant as Abe Lincoln"
| In another ticle the Doctor, allud-
ing to having puolish,d the "Divinity
| Physician" for twelve y ears "a disgrace
full fact for his suppurttrs) says that he
had not intended TO dabble in politics,
but
Everything is mixed up now in
such a manner, praying and stealing
lying and thanksgiving, patriotism and
treason, godiness and deviltry, holiness
and robbery, Jesus and rebellion, negro
freedom and the saints, fasting and
swindling, home guards and Jeff. Davis,
Lincoln and Granny Goose, God and
slavery, and 80 on to the end of The
chapter of amalgamAtion, that no writer
or speaker can touch one subject with
out getting his hand in up TO tho elbows
in the other"
From all the facts in the case, can
not but come 10 the conclusion that for
the peace of the country, and for the
peace and happiness of the whole world,
that all kinds of religion shall be ban
ished from among men,"
And, once more:
"The Christian priests are the Onl Y
! de 10 IL a
throughout the world"
81 said publicly, eight months ago,
that owed no allegiance to Abe Lincoln.
My Goo! ! would as soon pay homage,
respect or allegi ance, 10 old Luoifer, or
to all the devils while holding mass
meetings in hell, as TO Abe Lincoln, Pres
iden, of tue United States."
"DOes the old fool, though he 10 law
giyer and laW-maker FOR the ireemen OF
Ohio, does he think because he ia knavet
that all other men are fools:
| now charge old Abe with being guilty
Of ell the crimes known in the ca alogu'
as perjury, stealing, murder, kidnapping
house breaking, burglary, fraud, false
hoed and other acts, which could I'll tht
measure heaping full and running over
Of one man's villalnio,."
81 therefore, sentence old Abe Lincolr
TO be hung by the neck q d heels uni
he is dead, dead, DEAD, DEAD, and
there is any God who has q disposition
to have mercy on his Internal blaol
soul, then there is no need Of a devil o
q theological hell"
The editor of this Conservative
organ Of course supports the Vallandig
ham ticket. He says;
almost yosF ago l published Tia
name Of this patriot AID moral hero as
0 candidate for the next Governor Of Ohio
z One hundred thousand Of the f'eemeu O
the state, on the llth day Of Juno last
. yafifod mn nomination. TIN
. coming man is destined 10 be not only
i. Governor Of Ohio, but also President o
= the United States Pat that in your pip
{ and smoke 1t, you damned minions o
hell.
e The Leader adds;
! These extracts are no fiction Of our
% They are taken word for word from th
: Copperhead paper which lies before u
. and which is H. led TO the brim with jus
{ such Infamous language.
n COloRED TRoors IN THE FHLD.-Tl
a number Of colored troops actually
tho field il between TWENTY-FIVE an