Daily national Republican., 1864-03-18
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The Chicago Triuns serves mp the paradoKi.
cal psrplezitlss Of the eopperheAds In an
smuslnx style, as folloWsi s.H... .....H
= Nert 10 the rebols We know Of no clss,
whose dIlemmas are moro numerous or deplor-
able than those Of the copperhssds. We give
q sample;
/. Unless they can psss for Democrats they
have no party, but
.. II they try to pass for Democrats the
party won't have them. ...-...- -r
8. Unless they can combine with the rebels,
neither can succeed, but
4 II the rebels sncceed they can no longer
combine with them. -r
S, 30 long as the Union cause triumphs,
they can never rule the country, but
Q. When the Union cause falls there win be
no country TO rule.
4. Before fighting they would seek disunion
peace,but
8. Before getting a disunIon peace they must
hght the Unionists. ....
0. Peace to them means peace with those
who are fighting against the Union and war
with those Who arc hghilng for Il, but
10. They md n costs moro "knocks" 10
fight tho country's friends, than 1t would to
Bubdue Its enemies.
IL. They believe In all the rights Of men,
especially In his right TO own men, but
12. They oppose "women's rights" partlcu.
larly the rights Of . black women TO her chas.
tlty and her children.
IS. They favor. the largest lIborty, to-wit
the liberty Of State to socede In order to pro-
mote slavery, but
especially the rebellion Of tho Federal govern
ment against the supremacy Of the slave
States.
IS. They sympathIze with the conservative
efforts Of Jefferson Davis 10 preserve the
"union as 1t was and the Constitution a. 1t is,"
but
IS. They believe all acts which Abraham
Lincoln has done, can do, or ever may do, to
maintain the Union, are unconstitutional and
revolutionary unsurpations.
II. They would colonizs all soldiers Of color,
but
IS. They do not believe in coioniEing the
YAllGndighAms who desert their eolors.
10. They fear abolition least II may lead 70
amalgAmHtion, but ..
30. They Ike slavery because II compelI
amalgAmAtion.
2l. They believe that God has made the Negro
their inferior, but
%. They fear abolition viii make him thei
superior.
%. They knew Mcclellan TO be opposed Il
the war, or they would net nominate him
but
"a. They want him to carry on the war
because he is opposed 70 Its being carriet
on.
Is. They pretend to believe that Mcclellan
made Nar on the rebels. but
&c. They republish his Official report as
campaign document, TO show how successfully
he made war on the Administration.
"a. To require rebels to swear TO support th
Constitution and laws, before voting, ls TO In
fringe the right Of suffrage, but
28. To prevent volunteers who are fghtln
for tho Union from voting, Ia 10 sustain th
right Of suffrage.
On IT.
North 10 superior to that Of the South, but
80. This Involves the admission either thi
bad as are the rebels, the Copperheads are I
better, or else that the Copperheads enjoy 1
share Of Northern civilization.
81. The above facts tend to show that Il
is . contest not between States, communltl
or institutions, but between all the deprayi
OF the human heart, on the one side, and wh
the Becesh organs openly SCOT at as, "God Al
humanity" on the other.