The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-04-03
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Tne SoLpIFns -!rho Copperheai

Iletters from priv6tes. all breathing
the pureet patriotism, ard might
have published moro had We til,
space.
Some friends of Poland plotnei
OF Marion tp., now in the 2lst. have
written him anti war letters. We
make the following extracts frcm
his answer: aIHt'...t>
"You say this uuholy war ia wag-
ed for the express purpose Of freeing
the negro. Yon are sadly mistaken
Did not the President give them am.
pie tune to lay down their arms and
come back into tho Union as they
were? Did he not cause "a 10 arm les
to lie still for o long time, hoping
that they would come back without
lighting, with their slayes?- Do he
not give them @from4 August last Till
the first Of January to lay down
their arms and come into the Union
as they were? Instead OF comply
ing with this offer they made preps
rations.to fight ns onss Jaeger scale =,
by putting the negroes in'o he ranks
to fight against us. Has not Lin
coln offered them everylhingl They
would not. listen to his uverturcs,
and finding tltat thc slsyes were al
vantaGeous to them and a damage
10 us, lie issued hia Proclaim ation.
and why not? While the slave is
raising corn or the rebe. aimius his
master can fight in their rauks. |
We had taken Hl,ir negroes from
them ut :he fret. that is; hl we had
All opportunity 10 take. the rebellion
would have been crushed erei this
/ But libcratiug the negro Waa not the.
.ulj,ct OF the wOr, Ii it was why
dad We not tako tn IN when we were
/. 10 AlrUrr,a, wirn we cou!d have
taken uil that was n Aiabaum, Ttn
ncssee, * ntnckv, and great psr.
Of Mississippi, Louisiana and Vir
ainia. Bpt iusteadyoi rhat, W. pro
ttected thcir ntgroes; and SIS We ftil
back from Alabama. insteal OF Tux
ing all ss we came, 1--WE gave the
bills Of protect H." prohibiting
all ipraging on their lsnds while
tie rebels came behind ns, and -;oak
everything for their army, and took
he negroes and put them on lheir
,iorts ~ work, and ,sQme %, tsaA
sters, s6hie in The rlnka. and tNe
BALANCE 70 raise grain and c.ttou
tor thcir army.
am tstling now whit | know to
be the puh; not a. eillas that al
iow hcmsciv,s 10 be ted mp witt.
such doctrines 1s the notorious Val
iandi-Eam's. You cay that is Your
irm belief, that we arc Fl hitting hr
the trptd0m OF the negro; not az all,
holhiug but ;he Uaiou end the Con-
otlIutior, bot finding that we wOud
AVE 10 iiLht them forever, or give
them lhoir con edvracy, tLus ac-
knowledging ourselves whipped.
uni ss We take portion Of their
s'aves.f m thgm. l. uco!u deem
1t the test plan to Issue such rp-
clanlsti6n thinkmg. il wonli-brng
themt TO terns of peace. Bat they /
will have nCthing, but war; and 4
they may have it, for we don't lu,I
tend to fool .withtliem any loDger;
Tor We have gwen them al chances
TO keep thciI negroes, but as lar as
we 'eNtsndsour iiyesthe negroes bs-
ierg to ns. ,.ni We put them to work
IN Aohr+trts, and iflseea be 20 WI
put thom into the ranks, II. d make
them fight the rebels.
Mr.. Ptotnerhhs agood undrratand.
ing ofthe snlject. : We 8ould pub
lish the whole OF his letter but for
want -oProem. Heis a strongDt-
mocrat.
.sgEEB Fh.FgrVEFV
James Latham, OF Delaware tp.,
in company F, plat regiment, IN a
letter tc his father, says:
81 must tell you my opinion about
those Copperheads at home. hope
they will cunscript every one OF
them, and send them down here.
and put thom in the 'front.' in a few
oaltlea ard then they will come to
time | think. ltgrt
don't see why you fellows allow
those internal towards 90 on as they
do. Why don't you knock them
coIds | want you to mark some OF
them, and when we get home we
will pay them for all their trouble.
II any OF tiIetn calls me an A boli-
tiohist, when i'get home, by the
Eternal, 1 will shoot them quicktr r.
than | would sheep-kilins dog:
and y would DO justitiible ID nldoingI
it; Tor l am sworn to support my
country, and will do 1t ut oil times
tat home or abroad. The internal
co@ards stny 40 lone aad dcy speace
peace, Tor il ia makipg, their taxes 80
higir,5' nnd thst ut is anc Abolition
war, and ought to be stopped!"-
They would see their country ruin
ed, and their flag torn down before
they would turn out to do anything
ask you ths; Do they respec,
their 'iorefa'hersl : Eo 'they love
Their country or their, treedun. or