The Shasta courier., 1864-08-06
Copper head Completely with the Rebels.

The completely of the Copperheads with
the rebels has been so apparent as almost to
nder II work Of supererrogation to adduce
any facts to fasten the odium upon them
Yet. lest there be some 10Th to believe that
the party with professions of loyalty on the
lips OF Its leaders has been playing into the
hands cf the traitors who have staked their
all in the game of rebellion, we submit a few
facts relative to the course of the party, and
ii number of its prominent members, which
will be remembered by those who have given
attention to the events Of the last three years.
Among the many things to substantiate
the charge. it has been evidenced by the en-
dorsement and election to Congress of Fer
nando Wood, after that immaculate man had
the State of Georgia, in the incipency of the
rebellion. 1t has been proven by the armed
opposition of the adl.ervnts Of that party, in
1868, in the interior of Pennsylvania, to the
draft, and the protection afforded there t.
those guilty of desertio3. 1t was established
by the bloody riots in the city of New York
last year. also designed TO defeat the draft.
and by the cruel murder of Union soldiers
and sitizens by those whom Gov. Seymour
claims as his friends. 1t has heen 81 sta :
tafed hy the organizatnn of the Councils of
the Knights of the Go den Circle in the
Northern and Western States, managed and
manipulated by prominent members of that
party. Further. it has cen proven by their
rally in defence of ex-senator Bright. of In
Jeff. Davis, recommending a new and effic
ent weapon for adoption in the rebel army
The charge is supported hy the letters from
j. q. Davis. ex ongressman, and j. r.
Eckle, Circuit Judge of Voorhees, district in
Indiana, to j. C. Breckenridge, introducing
Oliver Rankin to the distinguished traitor
and recommending him as IA faithful and e.
ficient ally. The truth Of it is shown by the
speeches of Yallandigham, which were we'll
calculated to deter men from enIisting and to
encourage desertion, and by the subsequent
action OF the party in electing him to the
Chicago Convention, thereby endorsing his
acts. 1t has time and again been made ap-
parent by the gratitude OF the traitors. evin
oed by the encomiums of the rebel press on
their Copperhead friends, and by the unmis
taxable sympathy of the latter with the rebel
cause, exhibited by their doleful oountenances
when the wires have given news Of rebel
defeat, and their jubiIant faces when reverses
oyertake the armies of the Union. Again. it
has teen made manifest by their .toryettM
ness, when in State Convention assembled, to
exchange congratulations over the news that
then arrived, that VicksLurg bad fallen and
finally. though il is like "Pelion on Ossa
piled, it ia confirmed by the recent discove
ry in the States north Of the Ohio, of the
secret order of the party, with Vallandigham
as its Supreme Commander, having for one
of its objects a Northwestern Confederacy.
thus creating diversion in favor Of the enc
my.
Such are few of the many proofs of their
completely in the rebellion and their sympa-
thy with traitors, and such are a few of the
many reasons why loyal men refuse to rally
round their standard, and shrink from their
contamination.