The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-09-11
Ohio COppePheaas.

II correspondent OF the Cincinnati GC
eette furnishes us with some very ba
phases of Copperheadism in that State
lnsthe first place, Mr.. Pugh, who is can
) yassing the State, denouncing the Gov
ernment, the war, the draft and tn,
/ currency, is shown up in a light tha
must seriously shake the faith of his owl
party in his reliability. 1t seems tha
Pugh has charged Gov Tod with positivs
lying, when the Governor asserted that
he (Pugh) had at one time been anxior.
to lead regiment of brave boys against
the rebels, and had actually applied tc
him fora Colonelcy. Gov. Todd in de.
Tense gives to the world all the cores
Pondence between himself and Mr..
Pugh in regard to the matter, together
with d card from Mr.. Pugh, published in
the Cincinnati papers on the 26th of
August, 1862, of which the following is
an extract: e,,g..~.
~ CINCINNATI, August %.
"GENTLEMEN: l have considered your
proposition for new regiment of volun-
teers, and am willing to command such a
regiment, if elected, or. otherwise serve
in it, upon these conditions
The conditions are simply that the
Governor shall grant commissions to the
officers. elected by the volunteers; the
regiment to serve for three years or du-
ring the war.
In this card also appear the followine+
pertinent sentences:
"Our army needs re-enforcements i'm
mediately, and since volunteering has
failed, or nearly so, even with the addi-
tional stimulus of private bounty(S5O,)
to each recruit, the obvious duty of the
Federal Government is to call the militia
of the several States, or as many of them
as are requisite, into actual service.
And again:
"The draft cannot be, and ought not
to be delayed an hour. 1t is appointed.
as l understand, for the 5th of SepIem-
ber; and after that day no volunteers
should be received, except for some regi-
ment now in the field
[Signed] "GEo. E. PuGH"
While this patriotic fit was upon him,
Mr.. Pugh telegraphed to Governor Tod
for authority to raise regiment. The
Governor at once gave his consentif the
Secretary of War was willing. The Sec
retary, like Barkis was willing" and
the Governor informed Mr.. Pugh. By
Jnis ume, however, tne courage OF the
latter gentleman had evaporated, and
that was the last of the enterprise. The
Governors exposition of the facts in the
case prove that Mr. Pugh is not only
consistent, but that he viii lie for politi-
cal effect, and that, furthermore, he is
like all liars, cowardly} ~
While this is one specimen of Ohio
Copperheadism, there are others given
Just as odious, if not more so. We will
let the correspondent of the Gazette give
an account of them in its own language
He says:
The Butternuts seem to grow more and
more insane IN Inelr Hatreu Vi Gu6 udS
tue Union and free government They
stop at nothing that can exhibit their
malice toward everybody and everything
connected with vigorous prosecution
of the war. Go to Carrollton and you
behold them, with a demoniacal spirit,
coming to meeting with the standard
sheet of American liberty tied to their
horses feet and trailed along in the dust
Go to New Philadelphia, Coshocton CO.,
and you find some traitor banners float
ing over the multitude, and attracting
the fendish hurras Of the Northern allies
of the rebels! Go to St. Clairsville, and
YOU find a woman with manacled hands
carried conspicuously in the procession
bearing upon her breast Lincoln free
DOM and in the same procession couiC
be seen woman with black and {
white babe, with the inscription, 1.-THE
union of the races. At almost any oni
of their meetings you can hear hurra
for JEFF. Davis and Vallandighami A
the St CIairsville meetings it is SAT-
that secesh songs were common with tn
refrain of hope for the success of tn
rebel armies. ''Glory hallelujahP' T