Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-05-26
From he Mnmai Point Inteili encer
Communication from Judge Cothren.

EDITOR OF THE lNTELLIGENcER:- Hav-
ing been for over ten ycas confined to the
iuties Of 'he bench, and during that time
having taken no GIVE part in political af-
fairs, find myself reluctantly compelled
to take notice Of some Of the filsehoods
md slanders that personal and parlizan
enemies have carefully and pe,sistently dis.
ei,nnate,l through the country.
have been denounced as q secessionst,
IS a svmp ,thizer with rebellion, a traitor,
tnd a Copperhead 1t is scarcely neces-
,ary for me 10 say that these epithets are
solely the Offspring of private malice. IN
tensiied by the machinery Of INSCRIPTIONS
political manipulation. [ am an Aneri-
can-born citizen. | have been taught from
childhood to look with that compIacency
and admiration upon our form OF govern
.neut that is peculiar 10 Americans.
rave contemplated the growing magnitude
i our country's interests with that pride
hat is tie offspring Of a country's great
ress. The perfection and completeness in
all its parts of the constitution OF the Unit
ed States has thrown halo around the
memories of its Immortal founders. | love
the country as my own native land.
love its institutions as best adapted 10 the
wants and necessities of a free and enlght-
ened people. love lis conSti ution as the
m ,odlment of human Wisdom IL define,
INIT and control the different branches oi
government ] have many times sworn to
,upl,orl that Constitution, and with God ;
aelp will MAINTAIN and support it TO the
lay Of my death. The accusation that
South is false. He who accuses me with
sympathIzing with rebellion is a wiliul liar.
He WHO calls me a traitor has not only
forgotten my public services for the lust
>e, elteen Years under The Territory ani
State .! Wisconsin, but shows that reek
IS disregard for truth and dtcency thai
;taracterizs the low demagogue and com
,ensaet libeIer. The concentrated e..
,rnce Of maligulty seems to have foupl
vent in the utterance of single word,
Copperbead.
What does the word mean: IF we may
believe the reports from the soldiers in The
my 1t has some secret, my sLcflous, nor
Idle, but unexplained meaning. One OF
the teachings of history is that In times Of
great evil CONJUNCTION the ACCOMPLISHED,
INSCRIPTIONS politician always seizes upon
the political engine Of mystery to deceive
and delude the people until power Is gam
II. But history also teaches that poilli
clans who rely upon the poetical credult.
Of bodies .: men purposely kept in igllor
ance of the truth tread upon sleeping
volcano, for when the truth comes to he
forced upon the wronged AMI deluded, a re-
action takes place aud righteous retrlbution
comes.
During the first scenes of the revolution
Of 1880, which drove Charlie Xth from the
weak and tottering throne of France the
c'y ot viee la charte. alt oagh h"in5 no
Specification in the mind of the people,
aroused all Of the vague hopes and excited
all lhe prnt up hatred that owelle'i Ia Their
bosom. The enigInatic words " The Black
P.tnce," my stel luu~ly wnIspei Ell, anu rap
oily circulated through the vast multtude~
hat rwarmed the streets of Paris, drawn
from their workshops and hiding places lt
mere idle curiosity, took like vii! fire, AID
.rning 10 frenzy the crowd "fille oIterers,
gave To the insurgents an immense army
Infatuated men, women aud Children
whose only thought was to drown IL blood
some imaginary evil.
Does the republican party design by the
now whispered word aud now den nclatd-
ry word Copperhead applied to the den-
ocratic party, to inplant III the bosom OF
the soldier deep seated hatred towards
taelr brethren ot tile loyal North regard
.ess Of consequences? The history Of the
evolution Of 1916 is flesh in the mind 81
very one who notices passing events.
On % The de,ises used by The base min
lons of Louis Napoleon To elevate hlln
from the presidency OF free Republic.
whele he had been placed by the voice Of
he people TO AN DnperIal throne. was tiISi
. find a term and invest it with all thai
WIS dreadful and then apply IL to all who
should question the right or legality Of
theil nefarious schemes. They found this
in the word specialist" There was par
tx in the province, of Francs neither large
d number nor considerable in influence.
hat was hateful to royalty because they
believed in human equality, aud dreaied
by The middle classes because they believed
in community Of property. 1t WAS nee
,-SSary that the people should be edncateti
to believe that this calal,stic term meant
everything wicked and bad, that human
imagination coull invent. The secret
whisper-the dark insinuation--the midi
MONT leqgue Of the enginery Ut public
natronage-of personal anhition-of future
Seath-of contracts = of Iu OF power--of
lust Of gold-of $, cret mace--ol devinsn
bate--co,nbininu the organized power Of
royaliSt, democrat, republican, collSlllu-
tionalist, were brought 10 bear to invest
.c,tix fal 81 l.