Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-10-09
Deprsvity Of the copperhead DenOe-

toned morality Ne DO not question. bot
among those Who voted for Bradbury for
Governor they are in a lean minority.
While Ne admit this Nc cannot say the sane
thing Of the great mass Of that party. A.
\ party organization IL j. inSdel and il
needs bat fes more strides in the direc-
ton Of total dePravity 70 resolve Nth the
Jacobins Of France. that - there Is no God.
and death Is an eternal slcep." A. a par
~ n has long &C offcd al the idea OF =. higb-
er Law. lowering down the moral Law OF
abe Eternal God. and max ing them mers
secondary edicts 20 the written conStitu-
tions and laws Of men. IL has long mock
ed Al the idea Of loyalty 20 God or a r.cor-
milton Of HIS claims upon the childrcn Of
has creation and protecting care Many Of
the leaders IN this party have oPenly de-
elared that the fugitive slave clause in the
consultation should be obeyed rather than
the Bible. Men d" 90 10 their place a.
general rule Judas Iscariot vent "a his.
The coPPerhcAd democracy having loser
cd down The standard Of morals and hoist
ed the inhdcl flag. il = periccily natural
that the drcgs Of society should rally around
Their imPious standard And 80 i, ) and
80 n has been- Rum llers and rum guy
ziers run into the ooPperbead camp Just a.
naturally as ducks ran fOr a mud paddle.
and there they are to-day. constituting
quite balk Of thu: organization. The
temptation A. strong in this direction. L.
cause II these lOahng tipplers have no
" change with whioh O. buy liquor. al,
ooPPerbeads furnish II gratis oct 81 their
elcetionecring funds. whieh are al~a,s
plenty during a canvass. ana especially.
town meeting DAYS. And 50 NC might 90
on SHOW US 4 street brawlcr. a profane.
vulgar. loaEng. bar room lounrer. and sc
val point you a oopPerhead. e. Birds ofa
feather ai'rsys fiock together The soeie-
~ Of high toned. moral and religious nncn
cannot be endured by modern copr.crheads.
Just a. soon would a drunken roudv and
noisy street brawler seek the PRAYER RON
Of the sincere and devoted CHRISTIAN.
W no sastaIns our common schools. our
academies and colleges. our Bible. Trsr,
and missionary societie-. our Sundsv
Schools and other benevolent institution.s
We answer they ARE MAINLY supported ont
side Of coPPerbca1ism- Who sustains the
preaching q the gospel bot the loval men
OF the country. In proof q The position
here assumed. Jet Us cite ogr readers % tl,.
lansuase used by coppcrheal orator. IN ~.
late state canvas The clergy. which a.
class arr better educated and better po.,-
ed upon al moral and religious ideas than
any other body of men ia community AMI
Whlch arr doing more for abe moral veil
being and elevation % the human rs-e
than any other profession have b.en D.,
the leading politicians 81 the comprehend
cemCTacy most veherncntlv abused AM
slandered' and no language winch their
polluted and living Tongues could 49,. Ia.
been too bad % Pc bcspcd upon their de-
voted beads. The clergy in the North.
with lev disa-rccablc exceptions arc low
a. 10 their cosntry. and a. ioyaI men. ther
vote With the union party. While tL-v haze
ooPPerbead democracy just A. they hate anr
other san. This with the copr.crheads !.
the front u their Offending. There never
can be any doubt about the moral status Of
a political party which Is 80 bad list III
American ciergy a. body leave q and dee
from % a. Lot fed oct Of So,l9,n Tn. Il.
eNsotiy the condition % TIE Bradbury de-
nocracy. There b. another evidence Of The
cePravity The copperheads. The uron~s
ct the country are opposed Oh them. bv a,-
erwheiuling maJoritics. One Of their r-.r-
elFal speakers Boz the late canvass of.r-.
declared thns che clergy and the women
were doing them. (the copperhead.D nm
mense lnJury confession which b. cnor-h
90 write the severcst sentence Of co-de-
nation upon thc whole party. The trsfi i.
thc great moral sentiment of tLe country ID.
opposed O. copperhcad su Tins SEMI
mcnt b. largely repres,nfel tv tbc ladies
l'enlacc goes NAY for thc time hcinr corr-rt
The men. bot they never can make infI.fs
oi Che women. They vii stand bv tbe ia-
stfr''ons RI chri-'isnity ari religion ana
never can tLe irrcli-ious do.frircs Of COM
perhealisn prevail. .o long a. thev I've
and exert Che Influence tbry always riu e4-
~ pr every community. 80 uot until tie
dark night ri french atheism shall b.-.s
upon us and obscure che eI.ri,a. r.t+ NJ
enlightened CHRISTIAN cisi.izsf.o, shall err
copierhead eeraocraey gam tle asrrnlen-,
it, triumph Noud roi. la,k tbs t.ae sf,,~.
AM naugarate q sscoad era of tie dsrt
ages.
Ia TTrfru as ~ 80 VI. =.