, 1863-11-02

: bitter Know Nothing now as he ever
was. But that will be no objection to him
in the eyes Of the Catholic IRISH. Most of |
the active leaders Of their party are old
Know Kothings. The copperheads could |
nominate no candidate to head their ticket |
who would be more acceptable to tue Irish
than an ultra pro-slaveIy Know Nothing,
and it was to please them and the E litor
Of the seccsh 1Gmcstha he was nominated.
MODERN DEnoGnAcx I'LL usrnA-
TED.
Again history repeats itself The con
duct and policy Of the copperheads Of 1868,
are hut repetition Of the lessons taught
by the Fcdera1ists Of 1s1a-15. In that LAT
ter period, the country was, as it is now,
engaged in war; and, as now, q party in
irnical to the Administration in power car
1ied hostility TO rulers and measures tothe
extent Of treason against the Government
and the principles upon which it rests.
There ianot to-day, after making due al
lowance for tie changed condition Of the
country and for the domestic character of
the var, q maxim in politics insisted upon
blythe copperhcads, as truly Democratic
hat had not its origin among the Federal
sts dunng the last war with Great Britain;
and there is rot q measure which draws
upon itself visitation Of copperhead
wrath that had not its antc-type or coun-
tetnsrt in the war measures of that day.
The New York Epenfng Post happily fur
nishes the proof in an able editorial arti-
Gle, of what we ssy. It's historical cita~
tious are 10 the point; and We gladly trans
Ter them to our columns- And, first, in
relation to the Draft, now the most obno1-
ious Of the many "tyrannical acts" OF the
"despot Lincoln," hear what Mr. Stock
On, Federasist} Of New Jersey, said iu the
House Of Representatives Dec. 9Th, 1914:
*sDo Jou wish to plu, &c the country into
diecora snd civil sgars No jon do not-yon
cannot mean to bring abopt Euch ills. r
Give up again I pray you, thcse cruel
pasns Of cenlpltosy service BE warned In
eeason that, II you do net, Jou VIII conyalse
tho Union to Its very centrer'
The report Of the Hartford Convention
of January, 1916; was still more vehement.
It said:
uThe power Of compelling the militia aud
other citizens Of tie UcIted States, BY torc-
ible dzaft OF conscripdon, TO serEe ia the reg
ter Of the SECRETARY Of Var. Is not dele.
gsted 10 Congress By lhe constitution. and
the exercise Of it would be not less dangerous
to their uesstte. st s. thsn hostile to the sore,
this whole u rIes Of devices and measures for
raising men, this convention discern total
disregard +. + the constitution, and dispoai-
tion 10 Violate its provieiors. demanding
fomt the individual States firm and decided
opposition. An i1en defpoti:m can lmpo'e
force him from his home and bis occnpstion
to wage offensive warf, undertaken to crafty
the pfide or passions Of his master"
And now hear what Mr. Morris Miller,
Senator, in Congress, from New York, said
in his seat, about the same time:
81 object, sir, to the whole sys:em offorce
end coeYciou and contend th1t under this
constitution you have no right to raise armies
except by voluntary enlistment; AID further,
that i 5ou had he r'ght; It Tould not be dis. M
constitution OF yonr country; 1t inEAaes the
tights Of the state governments; 1t Is a d..
rtct Infringement Of their sovereignty; Il
concentratss all power IN the general govern
gsrT security 1t doe. away oil claim to per
tond freedom; It Is daring uttemp: upon
the rights and liberties OF The people"
These extracts would read tc-day pre-
cieely like choice excerpts from the cop
pcrhead newspapers, save that they art
marked by certain dignity and proprset5
Of language to which apprehension is
stranger; 3et these things, then hooted q
and reyiled as the essence Of Federalism
asodious as they were dangerous. areto-da!
standard doctrines Of the poor and ignobl
fae-end OF that great party that buried Fed
era1ism fatnoms deep under its own sins.
On the conduct Of the War, the Post ha
another extract from the speech OF Senate
Miller aforesaid, which is matched b
nothing less than the resolutions Of Ii
June Convention Of coppefheads, at sp1anl
field in this State. Said he:
~csn It be supposed that We, who have Q,
noFed this war from the beginning, OF
wrong in conception, wrong IN progress, rnn
ous il ite tendency, and incompetent to i
object; can give It cur support ?"-{Gold
borough, q. s Senate, J4nna.y, 1874
*'How much money Jon have Wasted; {
your Canada operations, is more than @
say but, until you convince me that this AZ
ufniEtrAtion is more competent to carry
the war than think It Is, with my ccnse1
you shall not hare dollar nor man lnor
This Administration has proved ttseu 10 I
utterly weak and Incompetent"
Senator Miller was an uncle Of Horat
seymour, and the Post very properly cal
attention to the fact that treason and N
1ignancy sometimes run in the bloc
Whether they do or not, these words
the Senator are just what Seymour and
thousand Of his confederates haye oft'
uttered since this war began Substtuti,
"the South" for s' Canada, they wonld jr
be fitted for the columns Of the Chica
Times, Mr. Davis organ in the Mort
Test.
Some Of our readers may perhaps
here that the doctrine Of Skats sopereignty
the Malakof Of seccssion-is mode
invention ueed for the first time to oppo
blr. Lincoln and his broad and comp,
hensive national policy. But it y
broached, perhaps not for the first time,
the Fede1alists Of Connecticut, in rept
to the General Assembly Of that 6ta
made August 25th, 1872. thus:
tsBut 1t must Dot be forgotten that t
Slate Of Connecticut is q FREE, s,rereiga d
fndfpendtsl State; that the United Staies
= ConJesArdcy Of s'a+ee, that We are cont!
Grated and rot a coreoli .a&ed Republic. i
GovernGr Of this State is under . high 9
solemn obligation TO naiatatn The lag
rights ard p11viItges Me7xgf. AZ sotereI9n. J
and Independent 6tdte,' as he is 10 support
DonsfKntton cf The United States and the o.