The Shasta courier., 1864-05-07
rTne Union as ii WASP

~IHe Union as II " as
The Copperheads claim. that they want
| : the Union as it was. and charge upon the
Administration desire and determination
to form some other kind of government. The
Republicans were very well satisfied with
sthe Onion as it was, and would have been
living under it to-day, but for the treachery
If the Democratic party That party be-
came displeassd with 1.-THE Union as II was,
and raised rebellion against it. The Gov.
ernment or Administration being deslrous OF
maintaining the old Union, then made war
for It's. preservation. Under such state. OF
| facts. how unjust the charge that the kepuo-
Leans are opposed to the old Union?
The Copperheads claim that if they are re-
stored to political power. they will be able to
make peace. and bring back the seeding
States under the Constitution. They say,
elect Mr.. Vallandigham. and Copperhead
Congress. and the rebels will come back
again into the Union We are willing TO
admit that the Copperheads, being allies OF
the South in rebellion. il in power could have
mare influence in effecting a compromise.
than the Republicans-but such compromise
would be based on separation and division ct
the Union. The people want no such conf
promise, having determined by vigorous
war, to compel the seceders TO return to the
Government on such terms as 1t may die
tais.
But the Copperheads are very badly de-
ceted themselves, or they aim to deceive the
Nsrth. They ought to know that the rebels
viii never consent to come back to . the
! Union as it was, and under the Constitution
as il is" We know they do not believe it,
Tho ~ol,oIs va doalo rod hot tho Irnion xr..S
dissolved, and that they are ready to treat
with the North only on terms of separation.
They say that they have no confidence in our
people, believing that ifpeace were declared,
and the Union restored, the North would
not permit the extension of slavery. The
rebels left the Union not because of the elec-
tion of Lincoln that was only the pre;ext-
but for the establishment Of Southern Con-
federaey, under whose wing slavery shoald
be fostered and protected. The rebels ex
pected to annex Mexican teri iitory. and there
by extend the territory of the Slave Confed-
eracy.. The action of the French Emperor
was net anticipated by them, but we believe
that he anticipated the rebels.
There is no doubt that if the Copperheads
had the power to send Commissioners to the
rebel Congress, that they would endeavor to
restore the Union as it was. but never main
tain the Constitution as it is. We know that
every offer of guaranteeing protection to
slavery. even to the opening of the African
slave trade, would be pledged by commits
sion under such circumstances. But we also
know that all such propositions would be re
PEELED on the ground thata compromise onthe
question of slavery would not be sustain ed
by the North and West The Southern
Commissioners would tell the Copperheads
that the Southern Confederacy was Govern
ment co-equai with the United States. and
that the only questions to be settled related
to the terms of peace between the two gov
ernments, and in reference to the claims the
South demanded of the North in recompense
for the destruction of Southern property
The rebel Commissioners would be found to
b, firm. ard their Northern confreres would
have only 10 choose between closing the con-
ference without any agreement, or submit to
the terms dictated by the South. As the
Copperhcads are opposed to war for the res
toration of the Union, of course they would
submit The Copperheads being pledged for
peace. the rebels could dictate such terms as
they desired. The Copperheads could pray
in the name of peace, and the Contederates
could demand in the name of war. If ever
this Government treats with rebels for peace,
such Commission should represent theswar
not the peace party. A peace party could
only bring a cessation of hostilities on dis
honorable terms. To give the Copperheads
the power To close the war on n compromise,
would be equivalent to giving all the power
to the rebels, jeff Davis might as well choose
both Commissioners from his Congress.
But there is not the slightest prospe ct that
the Copperheads will ever get the power to
show their hypocrisy on the Union as it
was. and the Constitution as it is question
The people understand both the rebels and
the Copperheads- They are one in senti-
ment and would be one in action in war up
on the Government. but for their territorial
arrangement. Put the Copperheads in the
South, and the Secessionis., in the North,
and there would be no new issue. the OLD
Union is swallowed up on the negro issue
With Copperheads and rebels the negro
comes first, and the Union second. But to
cover up their hypocrisy, they charge upon
the Republicans the prosecution of the war
for the abolition of slavery. The "stop-
thief cry is very adroit, but cannot win
The Republicans are for restoring the Union,
slavery or no slavery. 1t is a second con-
sideration, and its destruction only based on
a necessity. We would treat slavery just as
we would treat jeff Davis. If the life of the
Union demands the death of either, or both,
they must die The Union must be main
tained 1t having been sundered by war,
war is necessary for its restoration.-Appeal.
SuIcIDE.-J. F. Eddy, an old citizen of
Tehama county, and recently in the employ
of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for
the Northern District, committed suicide at
the fremont Hotel, Red Bluff, by cuttieg his
throat with razor. The health of deceased
had been had for some time He was a