Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-04-09
Communication.

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great matters that concerns every body
lust now. The following communion.
ton from him may give the readers OF
the CHRONICLE, some idea, as to what
side of the fence JOHN stands on One
thing observable in JoHN's communica-
ton is, that he has selected a theme for
his pen, that good many others have
handled before, and would respectfully
suggest to Mr.. VINGoE and others that
instead of telling US how the war began,
they would tell us how, honorably and
fairly, to end it, and bring the country
out Of its present deplcrable condition,
into quieter and more prosperous cir
cumstances.o @9i# f5as .3a.s.
The caption to Mr.. EINdoE's article
is: e ~
WHO BEGUN THE WAR ?-yrHE COP
PERHEADs. = 19.o
The Southern States never would have
seeded butfor the Northern Copper
heads. All that they intended was to
pet all they could out of the North by
bullying. The coppcrhead papers cried
aloud to the South to come ahead. II
the government will coerce, we will
form an army in the rearand have them
between two fires, g
Having received such assurances they
declared themselves out of the Union,
then they invested Fort Sumptcr with
batteries Of cannon, stolen from the gov
ernment, and the copperheads cried out,
"no coercion p aletthem alone They
knew that the South was preparing but
we're not quite ready but when they got
ready they fired on Sumpter and took II,
which fired the breast Of every loyal
man and the people rose from Dan
to Bersheba to put treason down;
the copperheads took to their holes and
burst not show their heads openly for
fear of being crushed, they took to
crawling about in the grass slyly, still
trying to sting the Union to death by
revealing to the Rebels all our plans, 50
that when we were going to attack them,
they we're always more in number at
that place, than the Union troops, and
still these copperheads profess to be
friends to the North, and Union men,
bit keep helping the South by word
and deed, OF late they have been
more openly at work, they know that
. they have protracted the war, and all
the defeats we have suffered are through
them, in giving JEFF. all the informal
ton, and he has been able to meet us two
to one or more, and then they turn. on
the North and abuse the government and
SOW seditionamong thepeople by.appeal-
siugto their passions, theirpurse, and their
aprejudices, BY their craft the gold has
been raised towhat it is, that the gov
eminent may be crippled, and to get the
army distracted, and then finding fault
with the currency, thinking thereby to
make it a hobby to ride into power
again. Well, poor creatures, 1t is hard
to starve, they have been eating out Of
the public crib all their days, and the
Nations oats has failed them, their tails
a4are turned to the manager, for the last
two years they have had to shift for
themselves, work they cannot - they
never did work, nor never will work,
& and their appetites are very keen now,
they are ashamed to beg, and 50 by
treachery and lies are they trying to
make the people believe that the moon
is made of green cheese, so they may
have some show to ride into office again
to, feed at the crib to save them, whether
you believe them or not, they will tell
you that they are Union men and put on
line face, and try to cover themselves
with sheep skin, but they cannot hide
i themselves. They will tell you the
President proclamation of freedom has
broke the Constitution, but Of JEFF.
Davis making a raid on the North, and
stealing horses and cows, and all that
/ he can get his hands on, digging up sold
esiers bones for ornaments, and their
skalls for wine goblets, not,a word do
! they say about breaking the Constitu-
ton in all that, JEFF. and them may
steal, plumber, Stay and murder all they
please, it is all right, but we must not
touch the Sonth-nnnr thinns Oh how