St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-11-05
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Judging from the tone Of the copper
head journah-slat The lsoisuey Of, i. &tse
people per.iit to Be- published 10 the North
Ono would suppose that the "peaoe''
tAey pretend to be seekiug eau be pro-
cured at moments notice and, that all
that is necessary to secure it, is merely to
hint to jeff Davis that tho time had come
for him to disband bis army aud come back
to the expanded arms Of bis dear friends,
Vallandigham Il Co. who would not only
forgive h,s little errors Of the head ()-
consisting in the aggregate, Of over two
hundred aud eighty thousand people, I'M.
necessarily sacrificed to bis ambition-but,
by way Of compromising HIM and the d.s-
tardly traitors who form the circle Of his
associates, place him and them in some
high and responsible position in the Gov.
erument they have attempted to destroy,
The editors Of those journals have en-.
dea'ored to impress upoa the minds Of the
people . long list Of .bsurdities, touching
tho constitutiooality Of the war w.ged on
che part Of the North, and have the An.
dacity to assert that the present war is
"Lincoln's war;" that it is IA abolition
crusade against the "long respected rights
Of the southern States" that "peaoe can
be had, the Union restored and law so.es,
tablished," by merely Staying down our
allowing the rebels to retain theirs
Of course-and piteously appealing to
Jeff's sympathy, asking him for our Coun-
try's sake not to murder Us all in cold
blood-permitting US probably, the right
to suggest in all meekness, however, that
if he did presume to be 50 cruel that our
ghosts might possibly haunt him. And
strange as the announcement may seem,
there are numbers Of those who arc either
30 ignorant a. to believe the assertion. or
otherwise so mean and contemotihle-so
lost to homo, and patriotism ~ to believe
the principle correct, and seek to spread
the doctrine As part and parcel Of a po-
litical faith, which they pretend to feel in
duty bound to promulgate.
Absurd a. some Of the copperbead o..
nouncements may be, there are numbers
who repeat them rs gospel truths; and if
from ignorance, they are to be pitied; but
if from design to aid the arbitrator Da.
Wis, they should be watched with In argus
eye. If from mental alteration produced
by long associations with high.handcd per-
jury and vice Of every description, they
should be passed by with all the indifer-
ence with which We pass the low-livcd vag-
aloud rolling in the gutter, covered with
the filth Of gambling hells and brothels |!
This "Lincoln's war;" when all Of
South Carolina and large portion Of 9th.
er southern states were armed aud equip
ped for the contest before Lincoln had as
sumed the duties Of his Office: This ~
"Abolition crusade against the rights Of
the South" when not s;.gle right guar
anteed them by the Supreme Courts has
ever been violated, whereby they have ev.
er Loot single dollarl Bah! It is all
worse than nenseuse; and the argument
eaa only be intended to impose upon the
uoeducated and to carry out the whole de-
sign Of dissolviug the Union and aiding
jeff Davis to asouthern throne. Would
to God they could be permitted to live un-
der bis mild sway for q season, that they
might fully appreciate the generous hos
pit.lity Of contemplate cut-throat, ele-
waited to the dignity Of ruler, possessing
al the attributes Of iend and conc Of
those qualities which 60 toward making
the honest man or the firm patriot
If Dante was on earth searching among
its inhabitants for disguised ill.shapened
souls, Low, treacherous, per6dious scoun-
drels, brazen.faoed, venomous, forked.ton-
gued reptiles, wearing the form Of men,
wherewith to grace his decriptive list Of
those iobabitiog the regions Of the damn
ed, he could-ard We make the announce.
ment with oil due Difference to His Satan
10 M.jesty-hud in the persons Of Je8
Davis, Yancey Toombs, Slidell, Mason,
Vallandisham and their particular friends,
lust such eharacters ~ would be nseessa.
~ to answer the question as.to.
''What kind Of characters sre they, .
Who in eternal tormeats ive!"
and would completely carry out the idea
which poets have given Us Of the forme'
occunation IF thnae Who hava takan mn