Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-10-07
THE MODEL CoPpERHEAD.

Benedict Arnold. on the 29ih day Of October,
l7hO, issnsl the following.
Proclamation to the ciGsens aud SoIdi.rs Of The
United Mates;
You are promised liberty by the leaders Of
yorr affairs, bot IL there ~ Indiyldual IN the
ohioymtht af ii, saViag your oppresaors; Who
among yOn dare 10 speak or write what he thinks
Against tyranny which has robbed you Of your
property, imprisous your sous, lrAgs you TO the
held OF battle, aud is daily deluging your Goun.
try with blood,
Your country once was happy, and had the
prQhered pedcs seen embraced the last iwo
years Of misery had been spent iu peacs aud
plenty. aud requiring the desoatiou OF the quar-
rel, that would have set the interests of Great
Britain aud AmeriOe in .rle light, and cemen
ted their freidsbips,
wish 10 lead chosen band of Americans to
the attainment OF PEACE liberty and safely, the
first objects in taking the field.
What IL America but a land Of widows, or
phans and beggars But what need OF argument
to such as feel infinitely more misery than
tongue can express give my promise Of most
| aheotionate welcome 10 all who are disposed to
join me in msaanres necessary to close the
scopes of our atiiotion, which must increase
until We are satisfied with the liberality OF the
mother country, which still offers US protection
think hit. to impose upon ourselves.
BENEDIoT ARNOLD.
Oct 20, 1880.
The traitor here makes eight points agalns
the Continental Congress and Washington, the
| Commander in Chief;
ist-rhst freedaq of speech and Of the press
has beeu taken away.
2l-Ihat property has been appropriated.
Si-That illegal imPrisonmeutS have beer
made.
4th-That OdiOOs conscrptlons have been i'm
posed.
dth-Thet peace, which might have been had
was refused
Gth-That the first objects in taking the fielc
had been abandoned.
Wh-That the country has been deluged with
beod, aud made land Of widows and orphans
eih-That 1t is necessary to join him, In order
to close those Affections and return to pros
perily
Now we defy any man to make out q NOR,
complete model Of Copperhead harAngue il
1904 Take any or the set speeches, we cart
not which. Turn for instance to that made BY
Horatio Seymour in Milwaukee, an extract from
which we published lasr Monday His pointl
arc Us follows, and we uss bis own words
ist-"Ihe freedom OF speech and Of the prea
has been denied u.s."
2d-"lt is your property, the property o
Northern tax payers, which IL confscated."
od-"Men have been torn from their families
and locked up iu prison, an women, too"
4lh--"Men are told that they must leay
their homes, and devote themselves to war;
blh-"The policy Of the Administration hs
placed hindrances in the way Of the Union"
Gtb-'"The Administration has entered upol
settled policy dangerousto the welfare Of The
country"
, 1th---"ln Gods name, are there no means b,
which we eau save tue lives Of husbands anl
brothers"
Sth-"We nominated Mcclellan that W,
: might restore prosperity aud peace to the peo.
pic +"
Thus are the points made by Hofsto Seymour
against the a lministfatfOn in lg6A. identical
9 point ylIh pint with those madsa BY Benedic
Arnold against Washington and the Gohtneuta
! gORsFsss lp l7s9, We see prscisely what Mr
Aeymour mesni EbGn, toVard the close Of hi
speech, he asserted, sous views came from ou
. iathers." They are the views which the Tor
fathers, through their executor, Benedict Ar