The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-09-11
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THE RAvAGEs OF wAR-THE
COPPERHEAD.


lives have been sacrificed, to crafty the
Sou:h's Unsuitable thirst for power, ever
since the commencement Of this horrible
war! Ii people would learn to obey the
simple precepi, stop moment, we would
be without this contention. But no.
They will not obey but continue, and
perhaps will until both the Northern and
Southern armies are almost extinguishcd.
Look at the great empires that have
fallen, because wanting too advance to far,
and too rapidly. Few persons have any
desire, and Js,cer know ho,o to stop
The kings Of Persia dashed against the
little cities Of Gre,ce and overthrew their
throne. Alexander, whose courage no
conquest could satisfy, yielded at
Babylon, and perished in the flower o his
age, because reason could not stop him
In his course Of dissipation. How shock
ing! To think, that man had subdued
so many nations, and a, last mus, be
conquered by the sin Of intemperencc.--
SO with the poor drunkered, after HI
drinks his first glass cannot refrain from
it. 1.-The would stop momcnt; but he !.
induced to continue, and obeys, until he
is rolled off into the ocean of eternity
not knowing when TO stop. Courage
changes termerity, love to Jealousy,
economy to nvarice, republic to an
anarchy, and eulogiun to aattery. The
horrors Of war cannot be pic,urcd.-
Envy is tho cause Of such strife. Tc
envy people is to grieve at any qualiiie,
Of excellence in them, or to hate then
for success. This is the meaning Wake,
gives II. Webster defines II as uneasiuess
modification, or discomfort, excited BY
the sight of anothers superiority, or sue
cess by some degree Of hatred and malig
nifty. We see this spirit existing wher,
ere We 90. 1t is not confined to uny
-,ia.,i-- -ey--~- sii-.-S, La "a . soe o
the curses Of all nations and ages.
From whence is its origin! ] answer
in the depravity Of the human SOUL
What induced Joseph's brethren TO sell
him into Egyptian slavery. Malie which
always accompanies envy. The Bible
denominates il as rottenness Of the bones
1t is usually classed with covetousness
deceit, m,liciousness, and murder
Where envy and strife is there is con.
fusion, and every evil work. Ii is dis.
position Of envy to injure the virtuous
particularly. Slander is the result of il.
Envy is word that can and should be
driven from the heart of man, to its ma.
tive home, the region Of dark ness.
would advise all, whoever you may be,
but quiet conscience needs no accuser,
if.he shoe fits put il on, but to envy,
persons superior to you, but 60 TO your
superiors, ind inform them that you wish
to learn; to learn enough any way to tell
the definition Of the word abolitionist
70 that you may not make SO many awk-
ward expressions, aud appear so ridicul-
Gus, by calling the Republicans black
abolitionists. | should like to know who
you are, though, may ask you. need
not ask you, might know, il must be the
hollow headed copperheads, for it always
takes them to make such remarks. What
is the copperhead any wayl Does he
belong to the human family, or does he
belong to some order of beings whose
name aud origin has not yet been dis
covered! We are compelled to give him
place among men, but does any one
presume to think he deserves III think
not. think he stands alone, desolated,
SO to speak, from human society, a regu-
lar blank in the great affairB of humanity.
You eopperheads, say you are not seceshl
say you are. In what way do you diff
fer from them. - .,t.. "a.
You both speak evil, ruin tic quiet
ness Of our neighborhoods. and destroy
reputation. The sentiments you utter
are corrupt heart and come forth from a
corrupt heart melted by ignorance,
malice, envy, &c. You imprison your
selves to the traffic Of talebearing. In
dulge in imperfect notions. Low-life,
idle, degrading. disgraeeful, senseless
talking. Meddling yourselves with
things in which you have no concern. Lies
by exaggeration,and oblique hints. A
discloser Of secrets falsi6er Of truth |;
an enemy ofpeaee a disregarder Of yir-
tue, q gadder about the streets with cop
perhends and butternuts for sale, a muir
derer from house to house breathing deep
secrets Of evil. A child of the d--l with
the stolen livery Of Heaven, to lacerate
your attack at chastity, ,.love and peace,
the more sqre and mortal. You are new
or satisfied unless you con produce cold
ness and heart burnings among friends,
and enjoy life most, when malice and
envy arc stirred up by your lies. You
are traitors of innocence, and q traitor
to your country. fear some who read
these lines are coppeIheads.if so, wish,
to be personal mean you who evil
speak of your country you, who wear
secesh emblems, such as the copperhead,
and butterput breastpin, and you who