, 1863-08-17

! 41ts' 0icuuta4 1OilS ME IN sent
lrg kind remembrances to Mrs. Davis an
yourself 'tA
| Sincerely and gratefully yonr friend
JOHN BH0DuEiD.
FROM SPRINGFIELD,
4 Detcstah1e and R1ood-Thirsty Tral
| tor-Opcn and Ayolyed Trcas0p nt ;
Charging --Anothor Refutat1or@t
! Spnday-ochool Picnic InyndcI h
Coppcrhc1ds-San1tary Supplies.
lProm Our Regular Co.respondcnt.1
SPRNaF1ELp, Aug. II, 1858,
The Copperheads are holding meetings in VI
rious parts Of the country, which they gencr
ally call pic.nics. At many Of those, af1cs th,
speeches, de-, the faithful are invited to drill
have before nc Democratic paper, tht
, Piatt County Conservative, which says Of thest
drills:
"Training under the mllitia law, where ali
parties conld take part, would be all right
enough, out trimming by party organizations,
such us ne have no reason to doubt Is going
on in various parts Of the State, is absolutely
wrong, whether Its object be treasonable Of
| patriotic. We hear Of men drilling In differ
ent parts Of the State for the purpose Of " re.
sisttDE the draft" Of resisting arbitrary ar.
The first ease n non rnnet hc cca1 49, ~. - -
OF seree, to engage In IL It IN sImnIv freasan
for a man to resist the execution If n Isw ~
! Congress By force, aud no man Of sense can
expect to succeed In such resistance,
1t brings nothing but bloodfhed to the ueieh.
| bo1hcod and ruin to the persons engaged =
At one Of these plc.nics held at Hickory
Grove, Fond county, few days siuce. Robt.
Das1s, 's4.. aiesat1e Denocta. o. tnosc parts,
and eon OF late Hon. james II. Davis, Uong
p5n> n distinguished Wbfor ,o,;t;,;.. =, ~
.o. ~, ,,ass % ~. 80 .as. "ms pon.'ctaa II Old
times. made Tie most violent and traitorous
spceeh have eyer read. and 1e,rn ~ e o,n
| - .o,,,. - s,.,,,.- ~ - on'
o1 eet1ee u 61ollas euorle mace by the same
person.
rrh,-, r,~,t,
Ano9c ue"oe'a'1c p1lnts winch haFe been
| denying my statements as to the character OF
1neee AeeeuRs' ano o1 Ine secret society un.
| der Whose auspices they are held, will please
| make n mite nj tb;s eoea,b Tn,,,,,,, =
A . ~ - 1' etees0' P1pA4sA II Us 4
ra,t Of the record which commenced during
| The session of the Constitutional f!or,,o,t;os,
~ 9his oitr ~ "a 4s,s"h GoaSenton
ior1 os 11;cr.. .Ie ie "h ,s"o ea TO Keep up as
to denounce: But to Mr. Davis' speech. 1 It
will pc seen that slx parsons who wero present
aid heard, testify TO the Statements Enni !
| il It:
49,, -,o,. r.
n.x1s - I11crar| ,.so,r n srkEcA @ o nohEEZ
oA'ie' Al AiehoA1 aAoFE' HoSo CO., Ill.
1It. Davis said: WhY IL It that you are arn,too
md drilling crd preparing Tor battic: Why AZ,
@ ~ yo esssa
from seu. GU 'o'' 's'sz1 f'sa9s anu neef''ea taken
mint hss driven The south from ill., Mn;oD ILL.,
deluged the country IN blood, and on the ruins al
liberty and right has reared most despIcabla iss
All in authority under tho prcsfdcata,c op,vme-
tie United States; =
hnsan s j. RsS5a s a5 M nf s t9k Gs to
It bY spsptndtng tho writ Of ha1sas corpus broke
II by arbitrary af1csts md imprisonment, md the
ing martial law In Kentucky, where TO war ex-
ieied for the purpose OF carrying electfous by
venting Dem9erats fsom voting, for which pur-
polls and allow no one to vote who would not
take an oath that he was an unconditional Union
man, and Nonld support the Administration, and
ecription aet,' in trying to drag go, zoo men into
the abomfnsblc negro war against theIr Will
hiEsela has also flooded The country with a
he has not only freed the negroes, given them
ercu the right to fight in tho United States ser
Tise ana he'd ho1i noncoumssioaed Offices bas o
that II negro be cold into slavery after being
taken p!,sontr 1tom our ranks. white man shall
bo made TO Labor on the public works during tho
retaliation. ......-,
nc has denied us Tree speech. suppressed news
paets, aad @ naniSnco not oniy men but helpless
t:re"s 1"o ~ lue eoata ZOE nl'ial Oh
After al tho grievances Of the last two ycars,
ag cone NE to H. nis1 oanS set enaqEed @ h
from 10 10000 men. not 70 fight rebels butto con-
ond oi Eteh;o pfEtens nemoeats nom voting,
uation Of his heroes, Whatever may be tle yqico
Of the people. Shall they hare the 100000 men:
CHE cIowd shouted Never! never! nota man!''}
drill and p1spa1c add when Tic draft comes. yo1,
conc with your r1hes, shotguns and reyoIySrs:
n,ee. II at yoar doors, and d9Ht Il to tie ddothT
an though every court Il the United Sites "a shen
decide It constitutional, VIC know that 1t Is not,
aId VIII resfst It to the Last man. Neyer be draft
9Th dcaS en anc goHhty WIZ cover It
with blood ratler than t. ;rnfsi ao%s
We Iars 10000 suen a,n.sd md 1t9T1 1sr H.
ot underrate them They arc arming and dfilas TI:
TO meet M na: Ihs struggle may BE- bloody; But il
We ase ready and brave, and true to ourselves, VIC
mns. and W, eon9rsr: 5 e. This tyrannieal Govern
And to you M Asoltioaists, M 10 ao yon uu.on .n let
@ p 70 ens q re fos
alone. Ceep your mouths shut. Tei no tales. 81 Lei
a. Ta aId pa Abe asht It 9at aud you are al right.
TWe VIII rot hurt Tou! But you once 60 to giving
asoat. e unu @ non15otng ,5 alpuna 9oTer9ment
hnnses In sshes anI xeu1.e,yao oS I'm ~ ~
And il you do rot tako stens to nrsyent M thc an.
fo1eement ofthe draft, for every man who is drss-
ged into the service, one Of yon shall pay TIC
penalty:
onr n,nfnr aTG @ ns and toIn np
Nt1r Vo1 ph toEs NJ, ts aa togX isel Waea t1e
the CUP to ns, now We viii p,ess Il t3 ther jns .a
ard make them drink It to the dregs; drink It In.
III they tail d dead:
.ts ea1a 1n,1d 1a eone1aeaoa: Thas his uncle II.
II lie Wrog that LIZ as ae - taat he
Democrat; tying to pu two strinss At nncc. ~ ~
ing to be a war man and Dcmocrat, Which WIS
impossible, and that he would fail. Ho asked tho
S1oWd rot 70 disturb hs uncle, but IL they did not
In 49, ~ y, ,,,sdaa1i, u LIN, ~ ~ aone.
,,s]anad ~ 31;' 1 "Gte 9a Ing ground, and
inntinn. !: ~ Tf, 1rots, " ~ pest ot our Teco1~
1seson; Has.. ust =. u. oooks6y EdWln =. Kusbeny,
chatl. Levi Hamshe - AAs'
Z. liz. DaFfs snoke' INT the cr,1ra d;etn.haa
him by making d no1se, giving him tic lie.
&C. Ttey finally invited him to desist. He
sat down amid tic hurrahs, threats, &C., Of
the crowd.
Mr. Edwards made g short address. con-
cludipg BY inviting them all to dill On the
ON ~ MI H., ae ,.... ..o4 ~ ,
Ev,tou men a1feaoy enrolled and armed. I
think, however, that he puts the figures too
high, although have heard others and seen
lRitcIe from those who protested tn know
whu mt The number at these f1onres. ~ liz
mcetinr Ct the Grand Casfle i5 this citv. m