The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-03-19
Treason Ist Home.

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less true, that while our sons and broth
err are riskiEg their lives to preserve the
Union and our rights as free people,
there arc those here at home who, even
while they remain at home, and enjoy
in security and peace, the very blessings
which these soldiers are lighting to main
our noble army, and busily engaged in
plotting treason against the Government,
and who would f1her see every one Of
our brave soldiers filing Southern graves
than that slavery--the idol for which
they would barter theirvery souls-should@
suffer; and, yet, poor pitiful towards,
they have not the courage to 20 over to
the rebel lines and take up arms in defence
of the Institution they reverence. These
are the men who gather around tie street
corpers with woe-begone looks when the
news comes Of any reverse to the Confed-
crate arms, or that some STAKEHOLDER has
had his slaves run away but how their
countenances brighten when they hear OF
Confederate victory, even though thou
sands of brave Northern lives have been
sacrificed. they have no commendation
to bestow upon the brave deeds, or tear
of sympathy to shed for the fall of any of
our braves. Every sentiment Of maIli-
ness is effaced from their breasts, and
they are well named "CoPperheads," for
they are filed with venom OF the bit
terest and most degrading character
With the Infamous, arch-traiter Fallan-
digham, " hose name will be covered with
blacker iniamy than that Of Benedict
Arnold, for their acknowledged leader,
they are working with all their energies,
backed By. the powers of darkness, to
accomplish The overthrow Of the best
Government the sun ever shone upon, and
are using every means to cripple the Ad-
ministration in its efforts to put down the
rebellion, and SOW discord in the ranks OF
the army. We have some respect for a
Southern Rebel, whose every interest is in
the South, and who is led en- blindly by
his leaders; but who can respect tie poor,
mean, pitiful cur, who will turn rcUnd
and bite the hand that has fed him.
aud under whose protection he lives p
Such are the men who are ever pratipg
Of peace, no matter how Gishonerable, SO
that 1T is peace that will preserve slavery.
Poor fools do they imagine that the
South would enter into any alliance with
them :? Do they suppose that they would
get the "Union as it was and the Constitu-
tion as it is ?"' No, indeed Were the
South conquerors to-day, the poor miser-
able Copperheads would meet with only
contumely and scorn for their pains in
proof of which assertion We copy the fol-
lowing extract from the Richmond
Enquirer
'sIf they repudate the debt they have con-
tracted, and abandon the Government they
have established and recant vows, and
break pledges, and eat dirt, it is we'll. we
shall be charmed the movement will suit us
perfectly and, although We shall not exactly
respect tie actors in that affair. ye, we shall
not be unwilling TO trade with them-holding
suitable civil;ties-but at proper dis
tance"
We have these Copperheads in our
midst, and letevery loyal man keep his eye
upon their actions, for, unlike the South
ern rattlesnake, they do not givo warning
before they strike, while their sting is
more insidious But let the traitors
beware when our brave soldiers. return
for the men who have fought, and bled,
and suffered to put down Southern rebels,
will not be inclined to show much leniency
ia the Northern traitors, who have en-
deavored to deprive them of all their
rights. Let them beware how they croak
of treason then. And, now, let every
loyal man be on his guard to circumvent the
efforts Of the traitor hordes who infest the
North. Watch then as YOU would the
msanest rebel and while we go on giving
our hearty support to the Government,
we are as certain that success will crown
our arms, aud that the schemes of North
ern traitors and Southern rebels viii be
overthrown as we are that there is a God
Of Justice who orders the issue Of all
things.