Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-10-22
Weekly Trinity goarnal.
WeavervilIe, Saturday, Oct. 22, 1864.
Hz- County Warrants taken at their ruling value
and Grsenbacks at par, in payment for subscriptions
BRrrAL CoppERHEAD.--The Carson Cit.
Post Of the Sth instant contains the following
concerning W W Van Voorhies

A BRrrAL CoPpERHEAD.--The Carson City
Post Of the sih instant contains the following
concerning W. W Van VOORHEES,
speech made in front of the Magnolia Saloon on the
evening after the adjournment of the Constitutional Demo
cratic Convention speaking negro equality.
genaton and Northern sympathy with the negro race sad
that Northern women preferred negro to white man,
and IN evidence of the fct made the following statement
Seyentyye went South to the City of Beaufort for
the purpose Of teaching negro school and that in the due
course of time they all became encientc He did
hot say by reason Of nternarriase with negroes he did
not that the children born bastard muattoes; but
did leave his hearerto understand that such the CASE
This Van Voorhies will be recollected as for
merly being one OF the prominent chiyalry DEM
ocratic speakers of this State. He is one of
those who a certain class of so-called Democrats
delight to fall down and worship. The more
insult and obloquy the Vans heap upon them,
the more abject their humiliation. We should
not be surprised to learn that Immediately after
the speech above mentioned some of these
Northern Copperheads washed Vans feet, after
placing them on their necks in token of abject
submission to him. q 1t is n dirty bird that
fouls its own nest" This Van Voorhies who
INDUCES in such beastly slang against Northern
women, took partner for life from that class
of people he so brutally libels Van is a good
specimen of the men who are put forward to
urge Democrats " to vote for Mcclellan. In
state of excitement he publicly gave uttcrance
to the sentiment which all the Southern Copper
head leaders do hesitate to express in private,
and which such sheets the Democratic Press
and Grass Valley National have promulgated
through their columns Any man from that
section Of country whose women so grossly
shndered by these creatures, who is so debased
as to vote to increase the power and influence of
the slanderers, is fit only to be a save.-Bee.
Tue Man WHO SLEPT WITH LITTLE MAc.-The
Santa Cruz Sentinel gives the following report
of a speech made before Copperhead Club in
that town:
Gentlemen, am laborng man. Look at
these hands | not only laborng man,
gentlemen but old soldier. I an
old soldier. ! am an old pioneer. have fought
underthe old flag myself. was First Lieutenant
of Artillery that Gen. McC!ellan--little Mac
was Captain Of. He j. scientific man. but |
was the fighting officer Of the company. lie
was promoted to be Major and sent to
Russia take items in the Crimean war, and l
WAS sent to Sayante We used to sleep together,
Mac and did, ana tell you be is gentleman,
every inch Of him. and a statesman, too. What
i. Abe Liz ola distinguished for Why, for
splitting rails and can hire an Alabama negro
for four bits day that discount him at that
am Peace Democrat, myself, but if we must
have war let US have soldier to conduct it
Applause. have got my pistol, gentlemen.
have carried II ever since was child.
learned that of Sam Houston in Texas. used
to sleep with Sam. am Texan Ranger, gen
tlemen, and mountlineer-a rough old pioneer
gentlemen that's what am" Immense ap-
plause. The speaker here seemed to have ex-
haused the list of men he had slept with, and
to have run out of ideas. He scratched his
head for another for about half a minute, but
the hair was so thick he couldn't make an i'm
preston upon it, and he gave it up.