The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-02-06

mics OF the Union-men plotting to des.
troy it-shall drag this country into war
under pretext of protecting the public
property, and enforcing the laws, and
collecting the revenue, when there OBJ
ject is disunion and war, the means of
accomplishing cherished purpose.
"The disunionists. therefore, are d.
vided into two classes-the one open,
the other secret disunionist, The one
in favor of peaceful Secession and a re-
cognition of independence, the other in
favor of tUar, as the surest means Of
accomplishing the object, aud of making
separation fual, eternal. l am Union
man, and hence against the war.
"Peace is the only policy that can
save the country. Let peace be pro.
claimed as the policy, and you will find
that thrill of joy will animate the heart
of every patriot in that land; confidence
will berestored; business will ue reviv.
ed; joy will gladden. every heart; bon
fires will blaze upon the hill.tops and in
the valleys, and the church>bclls will
proclaim the glad tidings in every city,
town and village in America, and the
applruse Of a grateful people will greet
You everywhere. Proclaim the policy Of
war, and there will be gloom and sad
ness and despair pictured upon the face
of every patriot in the land. A war of
kindred, family and friends; father a.
gainst sou, mother against daughter,
brother against brother, to snbjugate
one.half of this country in obedience to
the other half; if you do not mean this,
if you mean peace, let this be adobted,
and give to the President the opportu-
nifty, through the Secretary Of War, to
speak the word peace and thirty mil
lions of people will bless him with their
prayers, and honor him with their shouts
and joy"
EDWARD EVERETT IS A CoPPERHEAD.
On the 22d of February, 1861, Ed
ward Everett, of Massachusetts, wrote
public letter which was published at
the time, in which Ee said:
"To expect to hold fifteen States OF
the Union by force is preposteronS. -
The idea Of civil war, accompanied, as
it would be, by servile insurrection, is
too monstrous to be entertained for a
moment. If our sister States must leave
us, in the name of Heaven let them 20
in peace"
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR STANTON, OF OHIO.
The next "Copperhead" and so. called
{ "SecesSOnist" we present is Lieutenant
Governor Stanton, of Ohio, formerly al
Abolition member Of Congress, and row
Lieutenant Governor, chosen by the
, Union party on the ticket with Tod il
. 1861. He said in the House of Rep
+. resentatives of the United States:
"Seven or eight States now deny theil
I allegiance to the Government have or
= ganized q separate Confederacy, anC
70 hive declared their independence of thi.
u Government. Whether that independ
S euce is to be maintained or not is will
l. the future. If they shall maintain thci
position, and if public opinion in those
seeding States shall sustain the author
tiles there for year or two to come, 81
). as to show that nothing but war o
" subiugation and conquest can bring then
: bNck, | for one am disposed to acknowl
: edge their Independence Applause
e and cries of That's right from tn,
Democratic benches Now, in thi
, state Of things, if the remaining sevel
@ ,Iaveholding States remain in the Con
icderacy, they are entitled to additoDa
If guarantees.
r NEW YORK TRIBUNE A CoPPERHEAD.
: Our next "Copperhead" is Horac
e Greeley, the editor Of the New YorI
Tribune.
"Whencver considerable section O
;, our Union shall deliberately resolve l.
- go out, we shall resist all coercve mea
4 i%sures designed to keep it. We hop
I never to live in Republic whereof on
ia section is pinned to the residue ny bayo
nets "-NeW York Tribune, NoUembsr
:. 1861
-. IF the Cotton States, untedly an
h earnestly, wish to withdraw peaceful
! from the Union, we think they shoul
# and would be allowed to do SO. An
a attempt to compel them by force to re
II main would be contrary to the principle
:. enunciated in the immortal Declaratio
Of Independence, contrary to the funda
mental ideas on which human liberty
based. ."-New York Tribune, NoUen
p Der 26, 1860.
m - "WOuId Sooner 5e "a Nigser thai
III A Dutchmnn."
in Mr.. Hills, Of Medina, is bright an
shining star in the Republican galaxy
n On the 2lst., in a discussion GROWN
o. out of Mr.. Dressel's resolution relatiV
: to illegal arrests, Mr.. Hills is reporte
id to have plunged into the subject of nj
he gro immigration, saying that foreigner
p had no right to object to the settlemel
y, of negroes in Ohio, and winding up /
Sr ar declaring that HE WOULD sOONE
ne BE A NIGGER THAN A DUTCE
ng MAN" ...
ch This is rather strange language to
~ used at this day in the Ohio Legislatu
by leading Republican; but if we co
w slider it in the light that he. In commt