Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-03-25
Specimens of Copperhead Domoc-
racY.

: At the late State Convention OF th.
: Copperhead Democracy in Hartford, Con
+ necticut, brawler by the name Of w
w. Eaton, elected his venom in thi
, style:
t Some of the opposition papers would
howl tomorrow, and cry copperhead
and traitor But this cry was soitening
: Public sentiment had undergone change
within few months. The doings y
this Convention will awaken lively emo
f tions in the South. He had never lost
, sight of his friends there. The Iesolu-
tions We have adopted will cause thrill
in the hearts of our Southern srcthren.-
Thomas II. Seymour ID a man whom the
6rave men and lovely s0Oneh Of tie South iOoc,
honor and estesm. The conservative men
of the North will grasp the demon aboli-
tion by the throat, Strangle it, and invite
our brethren at the South to- unite with
us"
The speeches before the Convention
were in open sympathy with the resolu-
tions. John Cotton Smith, of Sharon,
said the Administration was responsible
for the war Alvan P. Hyde, of Tolland,
who was trying TO bid place in Congress
away from w. w. Eaton, said Congress
was attempting to change the Govern
ment to despotism, and that the Ad-
ministratiOn prevented the gaining OF
any victories 10y our armies during the
fall so as to have an excuse for making
the war one of emancipation only. Jas.
Gallagher, of New Haven, said if the
| United States Marshal attempted to ar
rest him, he would kill him, damn him.
would kill And l say to. you, If one
of these infamous whelps should attempt
to arrest any of you, without due process
of law, kill 'em, damn 'em, kill EN- =
i Judge Mitchell, of Bristol, said the gov
ism. VIM. w. Eaton said the war was Il
crusade against portion of this country
and its institutions We are called
Copperheads,' he said Z l tell you the
time has come when we will rattle before
we strike and tell you now that the
Democratic party is preparing to spring
at the throat of this tyranny that is crush
ing us THE Democracy of Connecti-
cut Will not sustain the General Govern
ment in a war that is waged to destroy
the institutions of portion of the States
of the Union. The Democracy of Con-
necticut will defy Abraham Lincoln in
all his unconstitutional acts. We will
bill, but when you undertake to take
away from the Captain General of this
State the command of the guardians of
the State, we will say to you, you shall
not 60 one step further
Valiandigham, the great Congressional
Coppcrhead from Ohio, in recent speech
at Newark, New Jersey, at a Democratic
meeting, boasted of having been always
4a ho He
L" am here the representative of the
peace sentiment of the Northwest
Great applause. am not minister,
but believe the Sermon on the Mount
says, Blessed are the peacemakers' At
the commencement of this war, there
were two parties. Before the war broke |
out, very large majority of the North |
were against civil war. After the firing
on Fort Sumter, they seemed to be in an
Insignificant minority. But there was no
change in the people. There never was
a time when, in the hearts of the people, |
there was not an undying opposition to
the war. They dared not speak it. They |
were carried away by their leaders,
There was only small band favoring |
peace-they were fewer than the Apostles
but there was no Judas among them. |
Applause. 1t was said to be a war for
the restoration of the Union. thought
that an absurdity. + Shall the !
Democratic party be induced, for one mo-
ment, to strike hands with those who
desire to change the purposes of the Ad- |
ministration, and bring it back again to a
war for the Union, when the whole peo |
pie united cannot accomplish anything |
before the 4th of March, 1865! VIII the |
war continue during that time? Never, |
never! from all parts of the room. Will
you send out your sons again to the bat |
tie field? Overwhelming, enthusiastic, |
and unanimous cries, No, no! Never, |
never' God forbid,' Not if know |
myself! Shall they be conscripted to
carry on this war for two years more, and
for the negro? Tremendous outburst
Yells, cheers. Cries of No, never Let
them try it, See 'em id first We
defy them ! Shall we do this with the
vain, futile, absurd, and most unfounded
hope that, after the 4th of March. 1865 |
after four years of such war as Almighty
God never permitted to scourge any land. |
you will go back again TO a war for the
Union 2"
Just before the election last fall, Fer
nando Wood, another Demcratic candi- |
date for Congress- and who was elected
by Democratic votes, too-utteTed this
sentiment:
The Constitution is to be preserved,
in my judgment, only by change of the
present Congress, and by change of the
Administration to succeed it.
We must be rid of this Abolition Con-
gress, and it is to be done as Oliver Crom-
well sent home the Rump Parliament, by
lCaLki,0 into Parliament and scattering Il to
TIE toinds! Let your voices be heard in
the Capitol of your country, and if your
armies are not successful at once, |, for
one, will raise the STANDARD OF REVOLT
"a change of measures or a change OF
men," --l-L-
The Dubuque (Iowal Herald, of Feb.
I4th, has an article advocating the an
nexation of the Northwestern States to
the Southern Confederacy. Here are
characteristic sentences:
"One good and sufficient reason for
the Vests joining the South would be
the avoidance of the enormous debt |
which Eastern greed and dishonesty has
heaped up.
They New England) ask in amaze
ment, DO without New England7 I'm
possible l. Not less possible than proba-
BILE, She has led us captive in too ma
ny of her triumphs for her own aggran-
dizement and our degradation. She is |
not the tutor, but the Pecksniff of the !
nation or, in the words of Bescher, she |
is the pickpocket of the globe She |
filches from the West its hard earnings |
for, let US turn up never SO much soil, or
,,a,,ar oo much croin NaxU En a.