Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-28
The Model of Copperhead sed;.;.

VI ooPpefNeaQ Sedltion
Benedict Arnold, on the 10Th dar "so
t0ber, 1880, issued the following VI V2-
Froctdntdt.on to the Citizens and GIL.
Of the United States. '''a'eg
GU are promised liberty by the l.,
OF your affairs, but is there an indiv;Sal ;iS5alels
the enjoyment of it, saving your onrrlDIn .uuAI IN
w ho among you dare TO speak or vr;.sNITs.
he thinks against the tyranny which be'-la'
bed you OF your property, imprisonI-' I'S l0o-
sons, drags you to the field of battle You you
daily deluglng your country with bIooJS Is
\ our country once was happy. and |,
the prohered peace been embrac. 4 ~ ~ Iaa
two years of misery had been spent in as
and plenty, and repairing the desolat;ppSsA'e
the quarrel, that would have set the
ests of Great Britain aud America IN . 'a,e'' ne
light, and cemented their friendsbins Nue
L wish TO lead chosen band of Am.
to the attalnments ofpeace liberty end 'S19' ,@9
ty, the first objects in taking the field 'F'
" hat Is America but land of WI.
orphans and beggars? But what neaG ,eG"s;
argument to such as feel infinitely mors orr -. y
cry than tongue can expreSs2 Give -
promise of most affectionate welco1s 70 ~
who are disposed to join me in msss,'ll a.
necessary TO close the scenes Of onr ga;
ton, which must increase until We ara LIN. 80.
stied with the liberality of the mother ca Sas
try, which still offers Us protection and ~.
emption from ali taxes but such as We tb;nL
INT 10 impose upon ourselves.
Oct. 20, 1880. BENEDICT ARxo,D
The traitor here makes eight po;,,,
against the CONTINENTAL Congress and Wash.
ington the Commander-in Chief: ''
FTSt-Ihat freedom Of speech and of the
press has been taken away. '- "a ''''
,SecoRti-That property has been arpro-
priated. 1FP'0-
Tni,c1-That Illegal imprisonments have
| been made.
Fomth-That odio,ts conscriptious hay.
been imposed
FlttA-That peace, which mig have
been had, was refused.
.Strth-That the first objects in taxing
the field have been abandoned
Serenth-fhat the country has been del.
uged with blood, and made j land Of widows
and orphans
EIgAM-That it is necessary tc join him
in order to close those afiilctions and return
to prosperity.
Now we defy any man to make out more
complete model Of Copperhead halansue
in 1851 Take any of the said speeches We
care not which. Turn for instance to that
made by Horatio Seymour, Milwaukee,
and extract from which we published last
Monday, his points are as follows, and We
use his own words
First-''The freedom Of the press ha:
been denied US
.Secoud-'It is your property, the prop
erty of Northern tax payers, which is con,
iscated. -
Third Men have been torn from their
families, and locked up in prison, and wo-
men too.
Fomth-"T The policy of the Administra
ton has placed hindrances in the way Of The
Union.
Fyh-"Men are told that they must
leave their homes, and devote themSelye:
TO the war
.Sirth-''The Administra ion has enter
ed upon settled policy dangerous to til,
welfare of our country
,SecenH-"In God $ name, are therc Il,
means by which we can save the lives u
husbands and hrothers?'
Eiqhfh-''We nominated Mcclellan that
we might restore prosperity and peace Il
the people.
Thus are the points made 10y boratlu
Seymour against the Administration IN 1861
IDENTICAL, point with point, with those made
by Benedict Arnold against Washingtou
and the Continental Congress in 81 We
see precisely what Mr.. Seymour meant
when. toward the close of his speech, he
asserted ''our views came from our faith
ers They are the views which the Tor
fathers. through their executor, Benedict
Arnold, bequeathed to their Copperhead
offspring.
If any of our readers viii turn TO -Nile
Register for 1914, and read the long address
of the Hartford Convention there published
he viii find nearly every point there made
aga. nst Mr.. Madison : Administration and
the war of that period which is now made
by the Copperheads Of this day against NT
Lincoln administration and our pres Dl
war. In default of that, let him refer 70
Benton Debate of Congress. and read some
of the speeches then uttered by FedeTallsi
leaders. He Will find the same arguments;
the same appeals, the same invectives, and
even the same phrases and terms of expres-
sion that are now constantly assailing our
ears.-N. T. Times.