The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-05-24
PsrpIezlg Of the OOppeFheads.

Next to the rebels'We know Of no class
whose dilemmas are more numerous or
depiorahle than those Of the Copperheads.
We give a sample.
l. Unless the can pass for Democrats
they have no party, but
2. Hthey try to pass for Democrats
the party won't have them.
8. Unless they can combine with the
rebels neither can succeed, but
4 If the rebels succeed they can no
l5nger combine with them.
5. So long as the Union cause triumphs
they can never rule the country-but,
G. When the Union fails there will
be no country to rule.
Z. Before Sighting they would seek a
disunion peace, but
8. Before getteng a disunion peace
they must fight the Uuionists.
8. Peace to them means peace with
those who are fighting against the Union,
and war with those whoare fighting for it,
but
10. They find it costs more "knocks"
to fght the eountry's friends, than it
would to subdue its enemies.
IL. They believe in all the rights Of
man, especially in his right to own man,
but
12. They oppose "Woman's rights"
partic 1larly the rights Of black woman
to her chastity and her children.
13. They favor the largest liberty, to-
wit: tbeliberty of State to seeede in
order to promote slavery, but-bs5a
Il. They oppose insurrectiOn and re-
bellion5 especially the rebellion Of the
Federal goFernment against the suprem-
acy of the slave States. H 3
Is. They sympatiize with the con-
servative efforts of JEFF. Davis to preserve
the g Union as it tstaads and the Constitu-
as tits, but
16. They believe all the acts which
Abraham Lincoln has, can do or ever
may do, to maintain the Union, as uncon,
stitutiopal and revolutionary unsurpa-
ton.
II. They would colOnize all soldiers
Of color, but
Is. They do not believe in colgnizing
the Yallandighams who desert their col
.ors. 40
10. They fear abolition lest it may
lead to amalganiatiou, but
20. They like slavery because it com
pels amalgamation. -
81 They believe that God has made {
the negro their inferior, but -5
2 p They fear abolition will make him
their superior, but 90 -i
% They know Mcclellan TO be Op-
posed to the war, or they would not nom
mate him, but
"a They want him to carry on the
war; because he is opposed to its being
carried on.a
25. They pretend to believe that Nc.
iClellan made war on the rebels, but
26. They republish his official report
as a campaign document, to show how
successfully he made war on the Admin
istration. -as
q. To. require rebels to swear to sup
port the Constitution and laws, before vo-
ting, is to infringe the right Of suffrage,
but. s
%. To prevent volunteers who are
fighting for the Union from voting, IS to
sustain the right of suffrage.
% They deny that the civilization of
the North is superior to that of South,
80. This involves the admission either
that bad as are the rebels, the Copper
heads are no better, or else the Copper
heads enjoy no share Of Northern oiviliza-
ton.
81. The above facts tend to show that
this is a contest not between States, COM
munities or institutions, but between all
the depraYity Of the human heart, on the
one side, and-what the secesh organs
openly scof at, as "God and humanity
on the other.-G Chicago Tribune.