The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-04-07
rerplexIlI0s OrlhO Coppotheaa..

Noxtto the rebels, wo know Of no
class whose dilemmas are more uumor-
ous or doplorablo than those Of the Cop
perhoads. We give samploi-
/, Unless thoy can pass for Demo,
Gratis they have no party, but
2, Ifthcy try to pass for Democrats
the party WON'T have them.
8. Unless they can combine with the
rebels, neither can succeed, butt
4, If the rebels succeed they can no
longer combine with them,
5, So long as the Union cause tri'
Omphs, they can never rulo tho eoun'
try, but
.. When the Union cause fails there
will be no country to rule,
Z, Before 6ghling they would seek a
disunion peace, but
8. Before getting a disunion peace
they must Gght tho Uaioaiss.
Q. Peace TO them means peace with
those who are fighting against the unA
ion, and war with those who are fight
ing for it, but
10, They find It costs more knocks
TO fight the country's friends, than it
would to lubduo its enemies,
II. They beliOvein all tho rights Of
man, especially in his right to own
men, but
i2 They oppose 'wOman's rights, par
ticularly the rights Of a black woman to
her chastity and her children,
IS. They luvo, tho largest liberty, to-
wit: The liberty OF State 10 secede,
in order to promote slavery, but
IA. They oppose instruction and re-
belion, especially the rebellion Of the
Federal Government against the suprenl
acy Of tho slave States.
rs, They sympathizo with tho con-
servative efforts Of Jefferson Davis to
preserve the Union as il was aud the
Constitution as it is, but
l6, They believe all the acts which
Abrsha n Lincoln has done, can do, or
ever may do to maintain the Union, are
Unconstitutional and revolutionary usur-
pations.
II. They would cOlonize all soldiers
ofcolor. but
is, They do not believe in colon-
zing the valnndighamOrS who desert
their oolors.
10. They fear abolition, lest it moy
lead the amOlgamotion, butt
20. They like slavery because Il COM
pels am algamation.
81. They believe that God has made
Ithepegfo their inferior, hutsr,s sss.-- !.
De. They toar abolition viii make
him their superior.
30. They know Mcclellan TO bo oppo.
sed to the war, or they would not nemi-
nate him, but
"a. They want him TO carry on the
war, because hc is opposed to its being
carried on.
o5. They pretend to believe that
Mcclellan made war on the rebels,
but
20. They ropublsh his Official report
as a campaign document, to show how
successfully he made war on the Admin
isTation.
27. To require rObels 10 swear to sup
port the Constitution and laws, before
voting, is to infringe the right of suffer
age. but
go. To prevent volunteers who ore
fighting for the Union from voting, is to
sustain tho right ofsulFemgo.
90. They deny that the civilization
Of the North is ssuperior to that of the
South, but
80. This involves the admission eth
or that bad as arc the rebels. the Cop.
pcrheaas are no better, or else that the
CoppcrheSds enjoy no share of Northern
civilization.
81. The above facts tend TO show
that this is a contest not between States,
communities, or institutions, but be-
tween all The dcpravity Of the human
heart, on tho one side, and what the Sc
cesh organs openly scoff at, as God and
humanity on the other Chicago
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