The Richmond palladium., 1864-11-04

The Model of Copperhead Sedition.

Benedict Aarnold. on the Goth day of
( October 1.S0, issued the following
- Proclamation 10 tie Citizens and Soldiers
/ Of the United States
/ You are promised liberty by the lead
| ers of yoVr affairs. but is there an indivld
ual in the enjoyment of it, saving your
+ oppreSsors? Who among YOU dare to
/ speak or write what he thinks against the
/ tyranny which has robbed you of your
! property. imprisoned your sons, drags
| vou to the field of battle. is daley del
uginu Your country with blood?
Your country once was happy, and had
the proffered peace been embraced, the
| last two years of misery had been spent
I in peace and plenty, and repaired the
/ desolation of the quarrel. that would
have set the interests of Great Britain
+ and America in true light, and cement
] ed their friendships
! wish to lead chosen band of Ameri
| cans TO the attainment of peace. liberty and
/ safety. the first object in taking the field.
! What is America but land of widows,
/ orphans and beggars? But what need
/ of argument to such as feel infinitely
! more misery than tongue can express:
! I give nv promise of most atfectlonate
/ welcome to all who are disposed TO join
me in measures necessary to close the
scenes of orr affiiction. which must in
| crease until we are satisfied with the lib
| ersltv of the mother country, which still
alters us protection and exemption from
all taxes hut such as we think tit to
impose upon ourselves
Oct %. 1880 BENEDICT ARNOLD"
The traitor here makes eight points
against the Continental Congress. and
WASHINGTON. the Commander in Chief;
/ FGrst-T at frae lon of speech and of
the press has been taken away.
Second-That property has been ap
propriated
Third-That illegal imprisonments
have been made.
Fourth-That o.lious conscriptions
have been imposed.
FTfth-That peace. which might have
been had was refused
.Sirh-That the first objects in taking
the field have been abandoned.
.Sepenth-That the country has been
deluged with blood and made a land of
widows and orphans
EighM-That it is necessary to Join
him in order to close those atflictions and
return to prosperity.
Now we defy any man to make out a
more complete model of Copperhead
harangue in 1864. Take any of the set
speeches. we care not which. Turn. for
instance, to that made by Horatio Sey-
mour in Milwaukee, an extract from
which we published last week His
points are as follows, and we used his
own words:
F1rst-''The freedom of speech, and of
the press has been denied u.s.
Second 1t is your property. the prop
ertv of Northern tax payers, which is
confiscated'
THird-ssMen have been torn from their
families, and locked up in prison, and
women too
Fou,h-"Ien are told that they must
leave their homes, and devote themselves
to war"
Fyth-'.The policy of the Administra-
ton has placed hindrances in the way of
the Union
:Suth-'.The Administration has enter
ed on settled policy dangerous to the /
welfare of this country
.SevenM-"In Gods name are there no /
means by which we can save the lives of /.
husbands and brothers 2
E;ghth-..We nominated Mcclellan /
that we might restore prosperity and I
peace to the people
Thus are points made by Horatio Sey- +
mour against the Administration in 1864 .
Identical, point with point, with those .
made by Arnold against Washington
and the Continental Congress in 1880 +
We see precisely what Mr. Seymour
meant when. toward the close of his .
speech he asserted, ..Our views came
from our fathers. " y Times