Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-04-02
Letter from a coppsrhead to a Cou
pie Of Soldiers.

ICumbeflanda from whence u was returned
to us for publication. as . warning to the
loyal men Of Marshall, and Is an evidence
of the disloyal spirit that animates .ths
Copperhead Democracy Of the county:
| s,. ,,4 Mereh tho Is 1863
Mr. Simon And David McGriff
this day set down to let you Now how
the thing is goin on beer Now under,
stand that you hav got the word that tia
is q large sum of sesaish heir SO Now will
give hit to you if this is . Nigef war to
free the Myers which it is that you see 70,
your selvs awl the dimocrsts is seces but il
hit is for to save the youn bit is the Abol.
smith such a. Coffee Masters and Mr.. Ma
kin and anvil so Miss leek said that she did
Not waunt tom to Com home tel the last
Niger was free sow this the way hit is goin
heir and if you want to No moro about
hit ask your Mother she heird her sal SOW
and il this war was to save the younion
tha wood be Ne draft but as hit is tina
amt fourt Of the men that is goin just
as soon as tha begin to draft then the fun
will begin heir
the dimocrat patty is trien their best
git you oil home alive but the other party
sase ths wood rathur have Every Man kid
then Not to have the Myers free tina think
ould A hes Niger law is the best OF all tina
ant but fu Men heir but is well armed tina
has bin more revolvers souli in the last
month then tina was in 2 years befour the
10 hal han 10 he
just what tina please Now tina Niger low
ers dount hug No one now tina dimocrats
is in to save the yunun and let the Myers
so two hell and to git the soulgers home
safe but the Niger lovers Amt in for that
so l-ok over this see who you Call seces II
you air fitting for the Niger the dimocrats
is the secesh but if you air 6tin for the
yunion hi. is the other party SO Now
will tell you about the soulgers that
Comes home tina say when tina was ia the
war hit was tould that the houle of the
dimocrats was seces but when tina Com
home hit is aul to gether difsrsnt so tel HE
who rites this kind OF slang their and tha
will git seces dam sush Man tina air dam
Counderiles tina air the rakers of hell tina
amt one ont of ten that Comes hack bnt
is Changed from abileshens to dimocrats
so you may No by last Election tina air
turning Every day Nickles and aul the
rodss is turnd and that is Not ell if tina is
a fitc heir :ha will Not one Niger lovur be
left heir am lookin for hit to begin ev-
cry day then this war will be understood
this is all OF that Mr. tom leek rites home
that he wood like to Com back to shoot
seces he Must do better then he don at the
fife their think If he is shot be will be
shot in the - (the word is too vulgar to
print. running if he wants to try hit
just let. him Come home and try hit Nou
who he meaines you boyes dount Nou
what is goin on Nahorin is about don
with by Each other tina dimocrats go to
gether and the Niger lovers 60 to gether in
generely if you think Eny of this is not
trne rite to your father about hit have
rote letters to you and dave and has got
Non and this all tell i get ansor
= to Simon and Dayid McGnfl
from A., D.. Hat6el
The only liberty we have taken with the
above letter is to substitute for a
vulgar word. and omit few lines at the
close relating to an indelicats matter about
a soldiers wife. The rest is just as it is
written. verJafim. ct Hterofin,, ct punctuat-
um. Mr.. Hatfisl IN evidently the kini Of
material which the great bulk of the Dem
ocrats is made Of. lie may honestly think,
because he has been told so by the Cop
perhead leaders, Of the party. that this is
a war to free the niggers. These leaders
have called it an Abolition war from the
start-nearly two years before the Proc
lamstion was issued. and have in turn vi
olently denounced everv measure adopted
by the President or Congress to suppress
the rebellion. They opposed the Confs
cation act quite as fiercely as they now dc
the Proclamation. and told ten Thousand
lies about the Excise law. in order 20 pref
Mice the people against il. knowing at the
same time that the war could not be pros
esuted without taxation. and that the Law
was as perfect a. could have been expect
ed Mr.. Hatiel may he too ignorant te
know that the war is not prosecuted foI
the purpose Of freeing the negroes. but tn.
leaders of his party know they lie every
time they say that is the object Of it. Tit
difference between the Union men ant
CopperheaGs is this: We think the Unior
worth more than slavery. and they believe
slavery is worth more than the Union
We say If one or the other must be DIES,
troyed let it be slavery; they say let it b
the Union-for you cannot destroy SLAYER,
without destroying the Union. We say
slaves enable the rebels to continue ths
conflict for the destruction Of the Unior
and Cons tuition. and that the Presi, ent
as Commander in Chief of our armies, ha.
the undoubted right to smancipate theiI
slaves for the purpose Of weakening them
the same as we would take their muskets
rifles, csnnons. and every thing eI-e that
enables them to continne the war;. and
the murder Of loyal citizens, not to free
the niger" but to preserve the Union
The Copperhead leaders pretend not TO ses
il in that light. but for tbs sake Of party