, 1863-04-20
|Qt)iraqo Gributtt.
MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1868.



The nomination Of Mayor Sherman for
second term, was expected at the hands Of
the Copperhead Convention He has
played SO faithfully and constantly the
part in the game Of treason assigned him
by the leaders Of the Copperlead faction;
he has had so facilc will; has displayed
50 little sense; has been so bungling and
w1ctclcd an administrator, that he could
not be spared. He isthc man OF al others.
whom treason would select for its
purpose. As profoundly ignorant as
any horseback Of the principles
which control parties and undc1lie eov-
crnmcnts; like other men whose ignorance
is as thick as . cloud, at the mercy of
his prejudices upon which any skilful
manipulation may play; ambitious without
the knowledge to teach him that the higher
he climbs tie more ridiculous he becomes;
malevolent to his enemies, but easily COZ
Holled By any who will tickle his vanity
with the assertion that he is great man
personally respectable and citizen Of SUBJ
stance; not without good trai,s, if one
will dig below the excrezcnccs Of
partisanship to find them; per-
haps believer in his OWL good intentions
toward his country-he is just that COM
pound, that, artfully used, would be far
more dangerous to the popular cause than
any one Of the political rufIlans and amhi-
tious traitors who stand behind him and
pull the strings when he Is made to dance,
The Copperheads have derived so much
comfort and so much advantage from his
rule that they. cannot give him up.
hlany Of them thought that the time
had come to nominate 8 representative
man. And but for the warning which
they received in the Rhode Island, Conncc-
ticut and Cincinnati elections, their policy
would have been adopted, and some one
whose treason is open and blatant, would
have been put on the track. The more
prudent urged q continuance Of the policy
that has worked 50 well. "Useful," said
they, "is he that useful proves.
Has he not done our work?
"Has he not, while protesting loyalty,
"bcen the creature Of our will? When NC
shave told him that he must not preside
"oyer Union meetings, did he not obey?
"Whcn we have wanted him to stand
"sponsor for what We knew was false, has
che not endorsed it as true? Granted
t'that he is brainless, and, save as
"we use him, useless, has he ever
"failed us? And cannot he get the votes
"that your Representative man would
"tailto get? With lin we may win; with
"out him we surely lose. The game Of
deception is not played out. We will
t'try it again! Sherman is the man.!' This
reasoning, if such it may he called won,
and the ticket was made up.
Men Of Chicago! it cannot be possible
That you can be deluded by pretences like
these-by policy SO shallow! 3Ir. Shcr-
man iswhatcrer tie Itales faction will make
him. He is their property, their tool-their
chattel personal. If it suits them to cause
him mutter loyal words, he will make the
ghastly attempt to do 50. If their aims
can be promoted by causing in him mani
1estations Of treason, he will initiate to the
best Of his ability whatever they direct
him to say. In this crisis, when the coun-
try, the army and the cause look to Chicago
for condemnation Of all that is traitorous
or scmi-traitorous in politics, do ne wanta
man whatever his rcputed wealth OF his
personal worth, who is nose Of wax in
disloyal hands?