The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-08-06
A CONrECTICUr TRArroR I'm
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Ans sscSse RrOer0ooo RrUel9f1oG
- she Faithful.
The Montrosc Copperhsad Club was
addressed the other evening by one Of The
"wooden- nusmsg' stripe of Yankees,
hailing - Judge Munsou, Of Connecticut.
This plenipOsentiary Of the descendants
and imitasors Of the Blue Light Hartford
Conventisn Fedsnlists bought = farm
some years ago near Nontrose, and on .
late periodical visit consented TO snlight-
en- his benightsd Cdpp.rhe.d brethren of
that vicinity on the plan of operations Of
the better informed traitors down east
near Hartford.
Taking it for granted that only tho
faithful were admitted to the eouclave
which constituted bis audienes, "Judge'
hunson, whose title wss probably invent
cd west Of the Mississippi. became very
confidential, as We learn from person
present who was horri6sd ut the familiar
msnnsr in which be sst forth the plans
Of the Coppsrhead conspirstor, Of the
East and commended them to othe Dsmoc-
rscy Of Montrose. BY way Of keeping
fair show before the people, Judge Mum
son said il We necessary stilIto keep up
the cry Of "the Constitution ss il Ia and
the Union as IL was," to denounce "arbi-
trary arrests and insist on sqibsrty Of
speech" for tbsse we're popular phrases
suongst al classes Of people. They must
also be careful not to smbracs in their
platforms unpopular dogmas, but sdop,
such resolutions as would tickle the fam
cy and make votes Tor the party, for it
was useless 70 declare their principles or
their measures till they got into power
and we're able 70 carry them into eject.
Then they could unite With JEFF. Davis
and take the country with them if they
thought proper to do 80.
He told his hearers that in the sasi
the party had resolved to prevent by ev-
cry means the sending Of any more men,
especially any more Democratic to the war
Oar policy il 70 kesp al from going IL
order to smbarrass the prosecution OF th,
war, but more particularly to keep th,
Dsmoerats at home 70 vote, tha. We ma,
carry the elections.
| In order TO effect this we are raising
and you must doso too, all possible clamo
against the dran, and We are managin,
BY public and private subscriptions t
raise money to pay the exemption of Dom
ocrats from the draft if the wors. come
to the worst. We shall. by these means
succeed in getting possession Of the off
COS Of the country and control of the Gov
Arnmenk and then we win make appfe
priations from the National Treasury I
reimburse oil who have subscribed I
this exemption fund.
And then when we get control Of th
G5vsrnnsnt We will say to the South
which win by that time be almost whip
ped, come back to the. Union and W W:
give you oil yeur rights and rsstors 8
your slaves, and put you in u good cor
dition - you were before the war in th
Union - it was. And being. as / said
nearly whipped, they will do it, and tn,
is the only way in which the Union ca
be saved.
The Judge vent into extensive calcr
latlons and comparisons 70 impress b
hearers with the enormous amount of til
public debt incurred BY this Aboliiio
President in this unjust war upon ou
Southern brethren, and dwelt at gre.
length on the burdensome and n Aos
taxation which it would impose on til
people.
And yet according to- his programu
this debt, and this taxation is to be il
creased when the Copperbsads come in,
powsr, BY rounding oil the money pal
for the exemption Of Democrats from Il
draft, BY the amount. Of the debt
the Southern Confederacy in r,
sisting the Government, and BY the Co
Of returning to the traitors:.ail the slav,
lost BY them during the progress of Il
war. We should fke..anI exhibition
his mathematical gsnius in footing U
these additional items, which be propos'
the Copperhssds shall add to the emo
nous cost Of the war.
Doubtless Jadge Hunson simply dev.
oped the laadisg prints Of the Cope
head programs East, and West, which
nothing more nor less than m infamo
conspiracy against the government in Il
interests Of knaves and traitors North ii
South, and the enemies Of freedom
home and abroad.
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