The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-12-02
death 70 COpperheads. y

A few days after the election q landlord
OF q one-horse tavern in PhiIIipsburg, Cen
ire county, flung from a window OF his
house a flag bearing the inscription sDsath
70 CoPperheads 2, The flag was up but a
short time, for the Democrats of the village
armed Them selve and repaired TO the tavern
and demanded the landlord to take il down
or, refusing TO do so, take the consequences.
He took il GOtCn, and saued his neck
The Harrisburg Telegraph, whose pro-
prieior is an Office holder, under Lincoln.
and whose editor is sipendiary under
Curtin, in speaking of The above circum.
staEce, uses this ianguage--''S So far os the
death ofG CopPerhead is concerned, that is as
desirable as the death of an armed traitor f''-
So Then the 254 III citizens of Penn
sylvania who voted for Judge WoopwARp
deserve death, do theyl Is that. what we
understand the Telegraph to suggest, and
was this The meaning of the inscription on
the flag Of the Phillipsbnrg tavern keeper :
II would seem so, for no other meaning
can be taken from The flag inscription and
the sentence we have quoted from the Teie-
grdPh II is nothing more nor less than
bold intimalion 10 Republicans to COM
mence the work of assassination. The
scoundrel who could be guilty OF making
such suggestion deserves to be whipped
TO Jelly, aud then burned to ashes.
But, let Us assure our Democratic fellow
citizens that there is meaning in the above
threats. The same threat has been made
By no less parsonage ihan the Secretary
OF War. number of Abolition officers
have also repeatedly declared that thew
would ''rafher shoot CopperheaG (Demo-
era; than rebel" This language has been
used by "picayune Butler" Jim Lane Pope
Montgomery, and other gentry wearing
shonldef-siraps. II was used, too, with the
approval Of that man of big feet and no
brains, Abraham Lincoln, for il is notorious
that all the officers aud menials who induI-
ged IN this infamous slang have been ler-
derly cared for by the administration.
Would il not be well, therefore, for our
Democratic friends to think of these things.
and be prepared to project themselves in
he event OF the Aboitionsts daring TO put
heir threats into execution The stay at
nome men OF that accur sed party or faction
are arming now; one of the objects OF those
reasonable organizations called "Loyal
Leagues" is to arm Een and drill lhem.-l
This has been ascertained to a cersiny.-
We advise no violence our party is now,
Is il always has been, law-abiding but
he Aboitionists are threatening Demo-
say we deserve death they
ling flags to the breeze bearing the inscrip-
ion ''dedth 10 coPpsrhedds," )" and we feel dis
posed TO hurl back their threats into their
eeih and bid them defiance.
We hope never to see anarchy and blood
shed in Peunsy lvania, but yet we may see
his very state of affairs. The clouds are
'lack. lowering and Porentous mad men
are in authority corruption and rascaIs are
al premium, and The gaunl abolition wolf
howls and thirsts for blood and plunder.-
Dur duty as Democrats is plain-it is 10
prepare tor The worst, and defend ourselves
i assailed. We hope the AboIitonisIs no
are in earnest; we hope their insolent mena-
,es are only the ebuiiions of coward hearts
Ind nerveIess arms. But if il should prove
otherwise, and The scoundrels who have
recommended the assassination of Demo
:rats attempt TO execute their designs, lhen
God help some men. Then the Democrats
cannot be overPowered by 'greenbacks,"
lor defeated by ceniempIible minority
Then our reckless opponents will certainly
discover that there is truth in the old max
m-"whom the Gods wish 20 destroy they
irsl make mad d.n-Cdriisie Volunteer.