, 1864-04-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Copperhcnds Making Up tho issue
for the Campaf@n-T1o Potomac AT
my-Gsreen Clay Smith,


From our Regular Correspondentl
WAsHRGroN, April 10, 1884.
TIE coPPERuAAps MAKING UP THE ISSUE FOR
THE CAMPAIGN.
Iwrote you in my last that the speech Of
Mr. Long is but part Of the programme on
which the leading Copperheads have made up:
their minds to fight the Union men in the
coming Presidential campaign. This pro-
grammo had been resolved uponin the Grand
Castles Of the X. G. C.'s throughout ths
country. Mr. Longs speech Was followed
up BY the following resolution, offered yes
tcrday BY Mr.. Finck (Copper.) Of Ohio: =:
WHEREAS. In the opinion Of this House the Fed
cral Government Is invested BY the Constitution Of
the United Statea With the Necessary power and
cutlon Of The laws thereof and to employ the army
rssissaase e d sht5Si power aad Jurisdiction q
army and navy cannot be rightfnlly used to snbjn-
Size Ss aao Unon q
: -R<solskd: That in this nationA emergency Con-
grcss viii forget all feeling Of mere passion or re-
country; that this war should not b. waSed On our
Of conquest or aubjugation nor for any purpose Of
eayery and Eeeession> Of Institutions Of The sates
but to maintain the supremacy Of the Constitution
and preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equal
ninjurcd and Is soon as these objects ale attained
Iii; wilson, q Iowa, moved that tbs leselu77
SEs@xisy. Ellison, A@ss, Anderson, Arnold,
Asniey, Baldwin, {asss:) Baxter Bse@2n @ nainet
4: Y, Clarke, F., Cobb, Colo, Da!ls, lMd pa!ls,
1TsfasHesih, Flank. GARFIELD, Gao:S, Gssinae!I,
bald, iConn.), Jeaekes. Julian, Kassoa, kelley,
Kellogg, Mish.) Kellogg, @. r. 1oan, Marvini
%eRds Mecs Mls sr;ss hesI oSal hSs ra
Srtb, III Yattsrsea. e Pife PoaeEoy, fdcs. Randall,
Ty rice Rollins ;2.:s M seesnGk sa.;ns scesld Sistl
stevens, Thayer, Thomas. upson. Van Valken.
!eys Williams, Wilder, Wilson. Windom, Wood
Nfrs-I: c. Allen, VIZ: }. Allen, Blair tMo.l
Brown tWis.), Chandler Glay, Gottsoth, Coz, c1s-
finck, Ganson, Order, hale, Harding, Harrington.
Ha1kis {Md), Ilcrdck, Holman, johnson tPenn.),
johnson (Uhio), Kernan King, knapp, Law, La
1ey es. hadston. Sa Sct1is {osio5. Ma1fsea. Seiso
Odell, Peudleton, Perry. p1nyn, Randall Penn
Robinson, Rosers, Rollins lMo), Ross, Scott Steele
70 oolhsss be we Wesstee, %2eeier' ~ {. a. Whi;e,
White, Winfield. +. Wood-61.
It will be remembered that the Democratic
party were originally opposed to coercion
They rang the changes on that issue until the
Union masses Of the North compelled them
to abandon it publicly. They NOT only cling
to it in private, however, but some Of their
(r;de Illinois, while on the stump, and in
most OF their radical peace papers, 1t Is still
| the Shlbbolcth of the party. But the leaders
/ nre afraid to 60 to the people upon it at the
! next election. Still they want to cling to the
substance while they change the form Of
their position. For coercion then they have
! to the subjugation OF the South, now, at the
same time that they pnt forward Mr.. Long,
AIT. Horris and others, to prove that tic
question is one Of subjngation or acknowl-
cdgemcnt- But there Is no need to do that,
do,) that the Union cannot be restored BY
| coercion or subjugation In the present con-
dition Of the war, is virtu0lly for the acknow-
Judgement Of the Southern Confeder8cy
This nntl-subjugation is the ''sop' thrown to
| the peace copperheads. It is to be the peace
plank at Chicago. The copperheads are now
preparing their record on this issue. Long
l. Co. are but the araut eouriers appointed to
spread the new doctrine broadcast through
the land.
TIE ro7os1Ac ARMY.
The army is Threatened By Lee on its right,
! or, 1T least, there is an Impression among the
officers TINT It may be attacked BY him at any
! 4ApA1AAAL~ ~ 40 AIgAIoNAl&N 10 ACGCASAA5 AE7
Inducements daily by CONSUMPTION and 9th
erwise, and the impression naturally prevails
that he Ia dcsirous of striking blow before
General Grant completes his preparations
all receives the complement of troops which
be desires for his offensive operations. The
bridges between Alexandria and Warrenton
were more or less damaged by tue late floods,
and are now bclug required us rapidly rs pos
slble.
| GREEN CLAY sMITu
| This gcptlcsna.l mas just made magnificent
speech in the House on the Long case, He
laehed the Copperhead party without mercy;
| showed that It was the party that brought on
the rebellion, md that was now, to the last,
working in the interest of the tra,itors. Sam
Coz, Of Ohio, interrupted him once or twice,
but Sam never got SO terribly haYed in his
life as he did in the responses Of tic gallant
| General. They were fairly hits from the
shoulder, aud tloored the Copperhead scha,n-
plon Of the light wcichts'' every time. Sam
came to time utter one or two Knock do wns,
| but finally ordered his friends to ttthrow up
the sponge" Tor him, which they did, at tho
same time advising him to defer his response
to the last discontinue till tomorrow. F.
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