The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-02-25
FOR PRESIDENT,
Abraham Lincoln.
: .Ss,a = FOR vIcE.PREsIDENT,
Andrew johnson.
any thslr Frai,s ys shah Know Thsm.r

."By shs.r Frui,s y. shall Know Thsm.r
In the frightfal tragedy Of Saturday
lAat may be plainly seen the effect of
tho tsachings Of the leaders Of Cop
porhoadism in the North. 1t is but
sample ofthe natural fruit of Copper
head speeches and editorials. The
authors Of these are more guilty ofI
murder tbani their ignorant follower
who puts bullet into the body OF
Union citizen or soldier, to settle any
controversy that may arise between
them on questions relating to the state
Of the country Will these men deny
that they have ever counscled or insti.
gated violence or deadly outrage
against supporters of the Union, and
the alleged policy ofthe GoverumentP
OF course they willard of course we
doDot charge thom with having di.
rectly instigatcd violence and murder
We do not deny that they have been
discreet and cunning enough in the
use Of language to shield their own
carcasses from danger, but that they
have not pursued course more Ger.
tain to produce those crimes than
open instigation to them would be,
10 more than wo would like to vouch
Tor. Outright exbortations to such
conduct would be so bare facedly dew
ilish as to defeat their own object
Therefore the safer and moro cffcctual
plan Of the Coppcrhcad writers and
speakers has been systematically, by
ingenious inuendoes, and artful accu-
sations piled up little by little, to gil
tho minds Of those who look to them
for political guidance, with a deep and
vindictive hostility to the alleged tyr
amy, usurpations and ambitious de-
signs Of the Administration now in
power. II has been their habit thus
insiduously To characterize tho Admin.
istration aud its policy as something
60 vile and wicked, that weak and fero.
cious minds naturally infer that tilese
and their supporters are deserving ot
the worst that can possibly be inflicted
upon them. Disparaging remarks up
on the soldiers ia the field, comi.. 9
from shrewd and intelligent, though
malignant coppcrheads, illusions tc
"Lincoln's hirelings," and like expires
sions, insinuations against the justic,
Of the cause for which they are fight
ing-recommendations to arm with
deadly weapons against a pretended
apprehension ofoutrago--thcse things
are all well know TO have been freely
indulged in BY the class to which W.
refer. They are only too well calcu
lated to lead tho ignorant copperheat
mind to regard the soldiers as mon
sters who ought to DO cxtirpatcd from
the face Of the earth. And with such
ideas, imbibed from such sources, IL il
not surprising that occasionally poor
dsludod, viciously disposed ignoramu'
conceivos II to bo his mission t
"shoot down a soldier like a dog" up
on suitable occasions. We repeat tina
the weight Of the guilt of the act
when committed, rests with the supo
rior mind, which, while pretending t,
restrain from violence, is really hiss
ing on its infatuated tool 10 its con
summation. The infractions of Law
and order, becoming so rife in tn
land, are to bo profoundly deplore'
by every good citisen-and that the
recurrence may be as far as POSSIBLE
prevented In tho future, it 10 essentia
that popular opinion should place tn
responsibility for them where it right
fully belongs.
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