Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-07-10
Gen. schenck on COpperheads.

"A Union Mass Meeting was held at Dover,
the capital Of the State of Delaware, on Tues
day oflast week, at which Governor Cannon
presided. Among he speakers were the Hon.
Henry Winter Davis, and Gen. Schenck, of
Ohio, now military commander of the Mary
land Department. The speech of the latter
was ';just like him." and we give it as furnish
ed by the reporter of the Philadelphia Press:
He said: | came here, my friends, not as a
preacher, but as a doer of the word. Had the
Copperheads invited me 1 might have under
stood why was asked. But this meeting, L
understand is OBe for US to become better ac-
quainted with each other. When l entered
our gallant army, atethe beginning of the re-
bellon, I came to the conclusion that there
was no discussion to be properly permitted
except the discussion of arms. 1t was only on
the bloody Geld that the sole logic for the
times was the bomshells of battle 1t was on
y with such logic that our liberties were OBJ
tanned. We of the West, where was born,
indulge in the hope that we may, shoulder to
shoulder with you, perpetuate those liberties.
/ am not here as a citizen of Ohio-I am here
as soldier of the army of the United States
-as much citizen of Delaware as of Ohio.
With the aid of God and our own geod eff
forts, the privileges Of citizenship shall not
be taken from us by the rebels in other States
More than this, we intend that those rebels
shall be conquered, and be submissive to the
Union power. You people of Delaware have
memories. We at the West have hopes
But our memories and hopes concern The same
subject. One of your best memories is that
which reminds you that here, upon the spot
where we now stand, a tory named Cheney
Cloud was hung, during the Revolutionary
war, for his hostilities to our fathers He de-
served to lie hung. Then, what, in the name
Of God, viii you say Of the scoundrel who
would now, when these institutions have ripen-
ed which our fathers suffered so much to estab-
Iish, arise to strike them down, and deprive
us of our nationality? Applause, and cries
of %hang him. y Cheney Cloud was gentle
man and patriot compared with the Copper
heads of this day
l hold that in these times there is no middle
ground. ["That's SOL He who does not give
his influence for his country, that far fails in
his duty, and should be treated accordingly
Treason is crime-a crime OF. the blackest
character. And if treason be crime, sympa-
er we understand that the better. The man
who sympathzes with the rebellion.-is equally
as bad as JEFF. Davis [Applause.l You are
either for the country or against it. You can
not escape the alternative OF being with or
against u.s. Every man has an influence which
he can exercise fo2 or against the Government.
If he exercises it for the Government, he is
loyal; if he does not thus exercise it, he is a
scoundrel and a traitor. Great applause.
The issue may yet be through blood and
tears Through blood and through tears, even
sllonld they extend TO the eight years that our
fathers went through to establish our liberties,
/ will never faiter one moment as to the right
eousness and the certainty of the issue. In
concluson let me say, that peace and a united
Government will yet come, whether the rebels
before us, or the traitors in the midst or be-
hind u.s. make use of all their expedients or
not to thwart our efforts.