The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-05-27
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The Courier denies that revcrscs
to the Federal arms, produces good
feeling among the Coppcrhcals. The
editor knows better than we what
effect such news produces upon his
mind, but in making THE denial he
knows he ntters f;lsehood. AMI so
10 over one. half of his readers. One
promincrt Coppcrhead of kindlay
exclaimed, qpon seeing the dispatch
announcing thatlIutler was advancing
upon Richmond. that she hoped the
Confedcratcs might catch and hang
him." In Cincinnati the Coppcrhcads
were openly jubilapt at the news Of
revcrses--cyep going to the extent
of shaking hands upon il aud punish
ing whiskcy in token of their joy
Here, such demonstrations were not
made publicly, but no one who knows
them need inquire as TO the character
of the news. If favorable TO the Gov
ernmeilt, they are Ne gloomy as Wn
dertakers--if favorable to the rebels
they are the most comfortable look
pg men in the world. There are q
few meniu the ranks of that party,
who arc not ipcludcd in this category,
and who, while they from habit. vote
with chem, still desire the success of
thc Government But to say that q
Copperhcad--a dyed in-thc wool Val
landighpmer, an cndorser Of Long
and Harris--can feel good over Union
victories is too absurd
Why should theyY They believe
the war unjustiliabe and unholy. Do
they desire the success of war of
this character? They hold that the
Government cannot and ougM not to
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can they rejoice at its success?
They have opposed all war meas
yrcs, in Congress add Mt home, Hay
jug laboped to cripple the armies of
the Government in Congress, are
they the men to feel sorrowful if the
rebels succeed in doing the work bet
ter then they? Whenever a Copper
head will come up fairly and squarely
a.. ,f l,n ~ 10,
any one measure for the maintenance
Of the Government-whe the
party will spend onc-tenth part of
the time IN 1qnQuncing the rebels
that it does in denounqipg the Coy
ernmcnt-then will we believe that it
rejoices at Federal victories and
mourns over Federal defeats, AND not
until then,
On this subject, the Ohio State
Journal says:
The strangest and vilest sight that
ever offended human sensibiities is
TO be seen in the conduct of Copper
heads ip relation to the recent de-
monstrations against the rebel armies.
So far from manileS ding the slight
est measure Of qualification at the an.
nouncements Of the triumphs atten-
ding the progress Of our arms, cop
perhead men frown nj the onnouncc-
ments. and mutter curses, not loud !
but deep egaipst the Union armies.
When the announcement Of Han
cocks great achievement over the reL-
els was made in Congress, the cop i
pcrhead side of the House refused to |
cheer the tiAings! When the Union
men broke forth in cheers of eXulta-
tion, the copperhead Long and the
eopperhead Cox were rs silent rs
scpulchers They heard it announced |
that oar heroic leader and his equally |
heroic men had captured an entire
rebel division, with all its officers |
from Major-Gencral Johnson down, /
and all its arms and artillery, and had |
brought the men within our lines rs
prisoners of war; but no cheer OF cX.
uitation, no shout OF triumph, no ap
plause for the brave deed so bravclv
done, came from Copperhead lips or
lungs. There they sat, mute rs mum
mics, grinning ghastly grimaccs over
the defeat Of their"d "dcmocratic friends
ia Lees army. Their hearts were
fanting with sudden and appalling
fear lest ptradvcnture the Union causc
should triumph and all thOig augurics
of evil he brought to naught we re-
peat it,--such conduct is indeed the
stran9est and vilest sight that ever
offended human sensihiitics
And, everywhere that copperheads
abound, lugubrious sighs may hc
beard and loagitudinous visagcs seen
rs the news come pouring in Of one
Union success after another. They
give utterapcc to lamentations more
narrowing than any Jeremiah ever
uttered; and then, like Medaiy's Cri-
sis make hyp9criUeai protence that
their woful wailins's are all called
forth in tender rcommiseration for the
killed and wounded. And ccrtainiy
this is deplorahlc consideration =
But the remarkable feature about all
the copperhead mourning in this re-
gard is found in the fact that it is
only whnu thn relnlS nro suliGriaD