The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-02-28
COpperhcads.


sullen, sluggish reptile, not caring to
move from its place Of conccalment when
disturbed, but strikes the intruder with Its
iangs which is almost certain death. Those
who are fortunate enough to recover from
the bite of this venomous reptile retain evil
dence of its deadly poison through life in a
rash, the color of the serpent, which breaks
out periodically.
The traitors who claim and receive the
protection of the Government, and who
! move about in our midst, while they con-
coct plans to help their friends in arms in
the revolted States, have been dubbed
Copperheads " by the true men of the
nation, who contend against armed despot-
ism and anarchy on the one hand and
stcalthy, disguised treason on the other
That it is we'll earned sobriquet canlor
must admit. The snake from which this
class of enemies to the institutions of Wash
ington. Jefferson, Madison, and Jackson
and propagators Of the pernicious doctrines
of Calhoun, derives the wel-merited name,
is said TO BE blind from its venom in dog
days. lis at this season the stroke of its
tangs is most deadly.
1t would appear that the dog star now
RACES in the political armament, and that
the venom and blindness of the Copper
head traitors who have stolen the livery of
democracy in which to conceal their per-
nicious doctrines, rs the serpent conccals
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unsuspecting victim, have reached their cul,
minating point, and the people at last begin
to discover the manifest purpose of these
political snakes, who are attempting to lead
them into the yawning abyss of secession
prepared by the proselytcs of Calhoun,
there to be overwhelmed by an armed rebel
lion, which fights, not for the people, but
for q class, whose assumption to rule is
based upon the possession Of a certain NUM-
Der Of negroes.
In last weeks Wing we published stir
ring address Of the volunteers from Indiana
to the people of their State, in which they
warn those Copperheads of the conse
quenccs of their attempts to assist in the
overthrow Of the Government by opposing
every means it may adopt to squelch the
rebellion. THIS week we publish an ad-
dress Of the Fourteenth New Hampshire rcgi
ment, stationed at Poolesvlle, in this State,
the strongest dcnunciations are used against
this Copperhcad class of politicians who are
so industriously laboring to lead the people
into the armed camp Of jeff, Davis, by call
ing themselves democrats, and singing like
syrcns, of Peace and Conservatism.
The signs of the day are that these domes-
tic traitors have gone as far as the honest
masses are disposed to follow The cloven
foot has been shown too plainly recently, by
this class of enemies to the country, whose
only care is to get into Office and crafty the
lust Of the present moment. In Kentucky
u convention of these traitors calling them
selves democrats, was recently dispersed by
the military in Baltimore the bosom COM
panion of Breckenridge, and high priest of
Jeff Davis, Nallandigham, failed to deliver
one Of his treason h;arangues in the Mona
mental city, as advertised, the Union men
giving him to understand they had heard
enough at his thunder.
These Copperhead politicians have sue
ceeded in cajoling the people to an extent
in voting them into Office by protestations
of loyalty to the country and by this we'll
known proneness to gullibility of the popu-
lar mind, have succeeded in materially aid
ing their friends, the armed rebels and in
seriously embarrassing the Administration,
which has been so tender and indulgcnt as
to let scores of the worst enemies of the
nation go unhung, who have richly earned a
hempen collar. But these allies of jeff
Davis and secession-call themselves what
they may-havc been cmboldcned by appar-
cnt popular favor to assume a more AFRO
giant position in their hour of blindness,
and to advocate open resistance to the
Government, and revolution in our midst :;
but the voice of the soldiers in camp, and
the true men at home warns already that
thus far and no farther shall they go with
their treason. Henry May, the COPPER of
Nallandigham, in CONJUNCTION with the Cop
perhcad party throughout the country,
showed the rebel colors undisguised few
days since in Congress; which so reused our
Representatives, Leary and Thomas, that
they rose in their places and denounced the
traitor in unmeasured terms. And thus it
will be when the Copperheads are dis
covered, they will be scotched by the great
body of the people who will turn, disguised
with the traitor, whose silver tones and
painted skin for while deluded them, to
yield a more hearty support to the Govern
nent to tramp out of existence those ficnds
who are driving indiscrminatcly youth and
age into their camps to fight against the
Union. The men who fly from their homes to
escape this horrible rebel CONSUMPTION, are
hunted by blood-hounds among the noun
talns, like wild beasts. The territory of
Mississippi has been laid off in districts of
twenty miles, and recruiting Coonels APP
pointed for each district. thousand
Colonels have been appointed to enforce
the conscript act, and the militia act in
North Alabama is even worse. Many
! Union men, in that section state that VIC
lent efforts are made to force them into the
Rebel ranks. The Union men have long
hid out in the woods and caves, rather than
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