, 1863-09-25

Ehe rebels. Whatever the former could !!
10 for the latter, BY throwing obstacles in |
he pathway OF Federal success, BY re-
sisting the draft, and denounclng the war,
they have done both with will and yigor.
We find them ut Ill times declared on the !
side Of the enemy. If our armies achieve
q victory, they do their best to disparage it
and 60 about the streets mutteting oaths
and curses dire. If they sustain a defeat,
these same Copperheads cannot hold
for joy; and the more disas-
trous the calamity, the more exultantly do |
they howl over it In more heroic and
girtnous times this expressed sympathy
with tie enemy, and hatred Of the nation
al Government, would not only have been |
called treason, but dealt with as such; and |
we should long ago have been relieved t
from the presence Of these dangerous and |
traitors. It Is the hardest thing |
10 bear in connection with the war, this |
and unceasing fire in the rear Of
our ar1niesl Reverses we expect great
and terrible suffering also, and death On
the battle field But this sneaEng COM
plcity with. the enemy, by men calling
themselves American citizens, who meet
in holes and corners, and dark hiding
places, to conspire against the country and
the SUCCESS Of our arms, ais enough to
raise the stones Of Rome to rise and mu-
tiny"
Itneeds no proof, as we said above, that
this complcity exists. Not many days
ago the Richmond Enquirer said; p" II Lee
drives Meade INTO Washington, he will
again revive the spirits OF the Democrats,
confirm their tin,id, and give confidence to
their wave1ing." Why should the defeat
of the Federal army raise the spirits Of the
Democrats, fthey were not traitors to the
Republic and its armies? To rejoice over
the ruin Of ones country, and the destruc-
tion Of our soldiers, is a new, unheard Of
wayot expressing the mighty passions Of
loyalty and patriotism. It is treason Of
the darkest and deepest; and it awaits the
inevitable and memorable judgment Of the
people.
If it should be argued that the Demo-
crats'' sre not responsible for what the
Richmond Enquirer may predict about
them, OF their political action, We will
come little nearer home, and report what
took place in the Chicago Times office
when the intelligence Of Rosecrans' defeat
reached this city. The Times claims to be
the representative Of the " Democracy" Of
1l1inols-it is certainly the organ and or
aclc Of the Copperheads Of the state-and
although it disclaims the infamous name
of" traitor" Benedict Arnold himself was
aspotless patriot compared With thus moi
some and foul sheet. The Times was
caught of its guard when that news came
and the joy OF its officials was only equalled
by that of the drunken gang Of rebel sym
pathizcrs who came reeling into the ofict
on that occasion. The burden OF thcil
united rejoicings was, that Rosecrans wa:
defeated, and that the victorious
rebels would have yet anothe
good chance to redeem their los
fortunes. One Of the editors coult
scarcely control the enthusiasm which b.
felt. Il was nothing to him that that bat
tie had made thousand homes IN l1lnol
desolate. He saw only the triumph o
the rebels, and he said "he hoped the,
woula capture men enough Of our Troop
10 e1chanee' man 1of man. "llh aloEgAn
-o1ase aaao"s no" tot''ns In e1mp Doug
1as' Inc drunken coppetneaas' WHO WIT
auiesceuce. One Of Them prayed that go1'