Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-08
COppcrhead Logic.


Ohio during the pending campaign, sums
up the speeches of the Copperhead orators
as follows:
"These great ut-pourings of the peo-
pie mean something, fellow citlzens-and
what do they mean ; If you hadn't all
assembled here to-day, doubt very much
whether some of you would not be absent.
Applause. These are momentous times,
fellow citizens-much more momentous
than times which have not been so impor-
tant. The great issue is upon us, and we
cannot escape it except by getting away
tHram it. Applause, 1t is constitu-
tiopal liberty on the one hand, and on the
other hand aisc. Applause, You are
called upon to decide whether you will
have free speech, free press and free gov
or whether you will submit to something
else not quite so good Our fathers hand
ed this government down to us, and told
us to pass it around to our posterity, If we
had any. [Cries of Hurrah for poster
ity."l They gave us the constitution,
and told us to hang on to 1t, like grim
death to dead niger, and now these
abolitionists come along and want to take
away our constitution, and leave us
nothing but bylaws to run on. But they
can't come it, fellow citizens, We'll elect
vallandlgham, or burst. Great Ap-
plause.
These aboltionists have suspended the
writ of hdbeaS cOTppS--that great charter
of the iailbird's rights. And now, my
fellow citizens, suppose one of you should
accidentally steal something, as all men
are apt TO do. or suppose, in the exercise
of your rights you should inattentively
garrote man, how are you going to get
out of Jail, as long as the Abohtionlsts
choose to keep you locked up2 You
can't do it, fellow citizens, and these
usurpers at Washington simply say to the
people, by suspendlng the writ of habeaS
corpus, that they shall be tyrannically
tried for insignificant capital ofenses.
Lastly, fellow citizens, let me call your
attention to the fact that there is more
noise in the present day about one thing
and another than there is about anything
else. applause. And | say to you
here, as freeman of Ohio, that If this in
famous administration is not changed, i
will remain pretty much as it is"
"A correspondent of the Springfield
Republican says:
Mrs. Lincoln has just got back from
her northern trip, and will soon be domi
ciled in the White House. For a few
days, until the presidential mansion cal
be thoroughly renovated, she will remain
at the Soldiers Home, and then will com
preparations for the "season" that is hast
enng on. We are to have a very ga,
season-there is no doubt of that-wheth
err our armies triumph or fail. Mrs. Lin
coin will give great many select partle
this winter to say nothing Of the common
receptions and levees. She seems to b
growing popular with the people. He
espousal of the cause of the poor am
friendless seems o have been sincere, an
this gains her many friends. | have a
ways noticed one fine trait in her chara(
ter, and IN that of MIR. Lincoln. They d
not eUer forget their old trends. No ma
who ever knew Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln i
their humber days ever came to Washing
ton to see them and got cold-shoulderaC
| have often heard this spoken of by pei
sons who had personal knowledge of III
facts alluded to-
The other day, at a copperhead NEE
ing in Philadelphia, and old democrat wi
was present was invited to seat on II
platform, and subsequently to make
speech, which he did, to the horror al
confusion of the vigorous assemblage,-
He said, referring to the speeches be ha
listened to, that he most emphnticaJty dt
sented from every asord they had uttere
AS democrat, he loved the Union, al
utterly desplsed treason. He was in f
vor of supporting the administration in i
efforts to crush the rebellion. He was
strengthening the government and n
weakening it and one of the most etfec
ual ways to drive despair into Jeff Davj
shivering soul was to vote for Andrew
Curtin for Governor. This was a 'mo
est quencher' to the meeting, and
speedily adjourned.