Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-08-11


The CopPerhead Meeting at the meIOdeon,
The Copperheads OF this city, met 81
the MelOdeon for the purpose Of having q
kissing poW-Wow and listening to speech
from Honorable (2) Sunset Cox, the Member
from Franklin county, who succeeded in
being reelected by the aidIof the whiskey
interest, on account Of his having advoca-
ted in Congress the reduction of the duty
on Whiskey. The audience did not exceed
seven hundred in number, and we failed
to see over q dozen respectable looking
men in the crowd.
The speech of Cox was an unsparing
abuse Of the Government and the Union
party. He showed himself to be the most
mendacious specimen Of pettifogging
demagog1e we ever heard. He denounced
the Administration and characterized its
members as imbeciles and despots. He
charged the Abolitionists and Republicans
with being the cause of the war, or in other
words, as much as to say they fred the
first gun on Sumter, and endeavored to
destroy the government and break up the
Union by force of arms. To cap the cli-
max the lying little squirt had the impu-
denee to say that during the " "Obsrlin Res
cue trial" in 1859, "TwELvE THOUSAND
NEE ASSEMBLED IN THE CITY OF CLEVELAND
FoR TEE PURPOSE OF EAUaURATIEG REv-
oLUEIoE, to overthrow the Government, the
laws and the Constitution |"
Mendsoity so monstrous needs no CON-
ment here. lhe citizens Of Cleveland
who were present at that meeting in 1859
can judge from this what reliance can be
placed on the words Of this brazen-faced,
forked-tongue COpperIead In all his TRADE
I've shall not dignity it byIcalling it q
speeeh) he had not one word to say in de-
nuncistlon of the treason of JEFF. Davis,
Floyd, Cobb, Toombs, and others Of his
trsitorious colleagues He made no ap-
pssl to stand by the Government in put
ting down this ungodly rebellion. He
made no remarks in favor Of preserving
our great Union cost what it viii. But,
on the other hand he favored compromis-
ing with rebels in arms He was for
showing to the world that we had no
Government that can sustain its au-
thority. BE insisted that the Gov
ernment and the people should eat dirt for
the purpose Of gaining peace, and per-
hsps the Union restored.
To wind up, this modest little fool drew
up 8 programme of what should be done
when Vsllandighsm was elected Gov
ernOr TO get him back into Ohio.
he proposed that an army Of 10000
Ohioans Che put it at 200, 900 in his Toledo
speeoh) should march to the Falls of Mag
ara and the traitor Vallandigham to
TO Columbusl His magnificent army Of
Copperhesds what an awful amount
Of kissing there would be in that easel
would take about one half Of the voting
population Of the State. He did
not stop to say where the arms would be
got, where the money was to be had to pay
the men and the officers to discipline
them,and above all he did not state where
the whisky was to be had to keep his re-
dOubtable Ccpperheads in Sighting trim.
We will give Cox credit for one good
trait. BE showed himself to have the
quality Of prudence. He advised his
hearers to submit to the draft We shall.
not ascribe this to best Of motives-that
Of obedience to the lsW-but to the fact
that he has sufficient discernmentt to know
that It would only result in destruction TO
any party who attempted to resist the en-
forcement Of the eOnscription, so deter
mined are the people now to squelch any
more msbs or riots, and that too with ball
cartridge.
Cox had plenty of crocodile tears to shed
over the suppression Of the liberty of
Speech and Press" but did not account for
his having the privilege to tell such abOm-
Unable lies as he did sgainst the adminis-
tration, and utter such reasonable doc
trines as he advocated.
We will now dismiss the little demago-
que with our benediction, hoping that he
may get his desert in common with other
traitors.
Kentucky Election.