The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-04-22
me Desire for Peace.

The Milwaukee Neacs, the central organ of
the Democratic party of Wisconsin, has an able
and. fercible article on the great desire for
peace. We quote he following admirable ex-
tract, for the purpose of fully endoi sing the.
sentiments ito eontains:@"Throughout the
whole land, earnest aud heartfelt prayers are
being offered up for peace. Right or wrong,
the ~mostrbloody, mos~tinefectual, most devas-
tating war of a century is drawing to a close.
The government is powerless to long continue
a conflict which the popular Judgment con-
denim. A few more battles must,b be fought
q few thousand may be slain. But ere the
flowers of June fairly bloom, we shall hear the
boom of the last hostile gun. We allege bnt
a fact, as palpable to all as to us. Outside the
dominant party, there never has been any
large number of the people uncquivocally
committed to war as a means OF restoring the
American Union. 1t requires the suppression
of presses, threats of imprisonment, tempta-
tions to plumber, the official favor of the gov
eminent, the lavish distribution of civil and
military honors, the expenditure of thousands
Of millions of the peo9h3 money, to procure
even the seeming unity [ public sentiment in
favor of war. With threats, with brides, with
brute power, with usurpa1aps.. the Admins
~Itration, which has been guided by she will OF
the people, attempt to conquer i. Hence
war; hence bankruptcy; hence the death of
GllOuSduuS u III nOO4CoI ShSA ~ - 1NHS
the division of the Republic, and the final up
rising of the people for the Constitution in
November when popular instinct became pop
ular conviction. This is history"
-rraA --
sa-The editor of the New York Express
who has had twenty-five years experiences
fighting the Democracy, says:
Ha "THE coPPERnEADs."
off there he anv thins the Democrats can
stand without wincing or wiling, it is hard
names; and what is curious, these hard names
become the slogans of their party, and after,
ward very popular. The original division of
parties in this country, after 1877, the era of
the Constitution, was Federal" and "Repub-
Iican." The Federalists nick-named the Re-
publicans "Democrats," and they took the
name and made it popular; and "Dem2cracy"
is now one Of the most popular words in our
American language, while originally the early
Republicans deemed it q term of reproach.-
We, old Wings, along in 1902, chrlstened
all the Democrats sLocofocos." The Express
people gave them that name because they used
~locofoco matches in Tammany Hallto relight
up that Hall-when the gas was shut off to
clear them out. The rascals accepted our
nickname Locofoco, and nade it popular.
Now, the Abolitionists are christening the
Democrats "Copperheads," and if they persist
in it we should not be at all surprised TO find
Copperhead a word as popular as Democracy,
for whatever Atolitionism cling to or en-
braces, it kills, and whatever it nick-namcs it
makes a shibboletb in popularity of. We, old
line Wings, thea and Democrats, accept the
name of "Copperheads" Consider US Sop
perheads." Call us "Copperheads."
Copperhead, then, Let it bel It's a very
expressive designation. r7.