Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-05-17

certainly; would that be had been carried
so high as to have alighted within the
Rebel lines ameng his friends, where be
might give them honorable assistance.
The statement that the above named
change is possible do not think correct,
and therefore i, needs no further answer.
quote another extract. "The past
week has been made horrible and bloody
BY tho barbaric bloodthirstincss of the
modern Calgulas, Jeff Davis and Abe
Lincoln. Again has the blood of thou,-
ands of Americans drenched the soil Of
Virginia caused by the Gends and traitors
in their fierce struggle of ambition
and hate" Why does the writer thus
speak disrcspec'fully of bis fellow partner
in the cause of rebellion? At first it
would seem uncalled for; but if be does
not conceal his love of aud sympathies for
JEFF Davis, his power to aid him will be
diminished aud the Copperhead will con-
ceal himself and crawl through the grass
and dirt to bite his superior, the Office of
his hatred to call the President a fcnd
aud traitor is not only mean, but we can
only say that words fail US; that it is
condescending to the lowest depths of
falsehood aud meanness. That the soil
Of Virginia has been drenched with the
blood Of Americans by Abraham Lincoln
is something | can not underst and. Did
not the South rebel? Did not the people
demand that the rebellion should &c put
down? Did they not volunteer for that
Do they not demand to be led on to Put
down the rebellion? Are not the soldiers
doing it with their own free will, aud is
not the President the servant Of the
people and does he not obey them
Why did the soldiers re enlist? Why
did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipa.
ton Proclamation All this is the vol
un'ary working of free people, and the
President is their instrument. To curse
the axe for cutting your toe is utter fool
ishness
The writer, after finishing bis cursing,
begins to pray, like JEFF. Davis. 1t has
been characteristic of jeff, that be has
eudeavored to appear before the people
and the world as an angel of light. lie
has made himself notorious for bis proc
lamatioDs for fasting. AS for the latter,
he certainly need issue no proclamation for
that purpose, for they do considerable of
that any bow; and as for prayer, he must
bc as ignorant of that aud it's effects, aud
how to pray, as the writer Of the above
article; for if he knew any thing about it
he must know that prayer can not be
acceptably offered without first repentiDg.
We are taught by revelation that We
shal! pray expecting to receive answer
through the Savior but the writer of the
article prays God to have mercy on our
afflicted nation through the virtues Of
Washington. This is just what might
be expected of a Copperbead it is about
the height Of his power Of conception, aud
it seems, as they refuse to be taught, We
can only lock on them with pity, and
wish tha. their eyes might be opened. |
To notice al! the lies contained in :he !
argus would take more time than l wish .
to bestow; aud although l Lave noticed
few, l generally consider them unworthy
of notice. The Copperbeads are worse
than Rebels; for with the demon spirit
in them they have not the manly princi-
pie to take up arms with the Rebels, but
they are like little dog when be sees
the cars coming, he runs out barking but
when they come closer, be will run behind
the corner Of the house, turn around and
bark. So the Copperhead will run behind
the Constitution and bark and fear that
tho Constitution will be broken. | must
say, that it would be bad enough to have
the Constitution broken, yet if the missile
that would pierce the Constitution would
pierce the hearts of all the Copperheads
that are trembling behind it, would be
tempted to assist 10 hurling the missile,
for the Constitution could be patched up
again, and although it would be strong
enough to protect loyal men, Copperheads
would fnd it an unsafe thing to stand
behind.
l will close by giving you two defui-
lions Of a Copperhoad, either of which
will be sufficient to explain the meaning
Of the word. First, the Copperheads are
The lice on the head Of the loyal North
second, the Copperheads are the msggo,s
working in the carcass of the Democratic
party, long since dead. J. H. NJ.
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Correspondence Of the Star 4 Chronisle.
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