The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-04-02
EATON PREBIE 90. OH THURsDAY, APRIL 2, 1868

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bis pollHted being, and wai
Staild foremost in the work o
LOG and destruction with hi.
'fgq5red hand, And yet, Juda:
|anld pass for a worthy disciple
Arnold fol-. a distinguished
,EithsthQse who believe il
b and true DE.
Tmocracy to resist or cMbarrass tht
Government in its. efforts to crush
the rebellion which seeks our de.
struction as a nation.
am an old fashioned and adhc-
ring Democrat, and believe in its
sublime creed sto'lay, as l have
through q long and somewhat
cvent.UI life. But Democracy. like
coin, may be counterfeit, and in
proportion as the true is valuable,
the spurious is vile and worthless.
lIcIiovc, too, tkatno party, as such,
can, Or should attempt to conquer
the rebellion, but that all can and
shpoll act together in the grand
accomplishment. by no means
include in my sweeping and com
scions designation, the great rank
sN "
and file Of the Democracy, whom |
know TO be true to the Union: who
have been misIed by se!Ecenstitul
ted and fussy leaders, by appeals
to their partisan pride and pre,judil
ce8, and creeds and traditions: for
such are as mistaken as they are
honest in clinging to their parti.
san standards, and attempting to
run the political car in the old ruts
and Groves worn in time of mere
party conflict, as though this intesl
tine war were u bloodless canvass
for the Presidency, and to be dis,
posed Of by platforms aud rogula,
ted by resolutions. But tue self.
el-et 4l1. ed leaders, inoae wLo invoke
partisan strife; who direct the par.
tisan machinery, and would jeopl
ard aud divide our Union; if not
lsiitdiy destroy tfesbest free Goyf
ernmcnt on earth, for the gratiiica.
ton Of malignant feelings and uni
worthy aspirations, they have my
permission to take the highest
niche in the temple Of infamy, to
which a worlds opinion has unil
versally assigned them for their
basencss, for to-day they are the
mainsprings Of this murdorous re,
bellion, by promoting strife at
home, and they give it its chief ali.
mcnt, and life and hope, and endu1
rance. They have been, by a conn
mon consent, designated as copper
heads, and no name could be more
appropriate. Strutting under their
borrowed plumos, and vain conceits,
claiming oiliciously to speak for De-
inocracy, to whose creed theyasecm
strangers, they boast Of the many
reproachfuI names the Democratic
party has in other days been able
10 carry away triumphantIy, and
declare their ability to render this
onc reputac lie and popular. But
hey forget that it was that Demo-
cratic party which professcd and
practiced the principles of Jeferl
son, Jackson, which was thus suc1
,essful. That it was not incumberl
I'd by reasonable leaders of the
whole or l.alf blood; that it did not
lttempt to uphold conspiracy and |
'ebeIion against the Government, !
md that SO long only as its locl
.rines were popular and acceptable. |
,ould it laugh at rcproachful
lamcs. The true Democratic par.
y might at any time have withr
'tood successfully the mere design
ration Of copperhcad, but it has
never seen the day and God grant ,
hat it rever may, when it could !
endure such leaders as these, and |
larry over the bleeding fragments
If a murdered, cruciiicd and dis8orl
'ed Union, both a brazen head and |
! copper heart. |
An ancient &lc tells us of scr,
oout-it was, doubtless, a copper,
lead, which gave up the lead to
he tall instead OF the head: that |
n attempting to crawl through a
wall it was stuck, and remained |
here, indulging in outcry, too will,
'ul to recole and unable to progress
BECAUSE Of changing TO the front !
is tempering tail; and such seems
low to be the position of the party
which now bears serpent's name,
md is ezccutinga serpcnt's missr
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