The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-12-08
6bs Gautaster &a5etts.
A Coppcrhead's Dream.

NORRCtucssOS OTCuL1s
EDITOR LANUAsrsR GAzETTE:-Tho
following is my recollection ofa Cop.
psrhead Dream which caused his time
u repentance, and hoping that since
the re.electioa Of Abraham Lincoln to
the Presidency, others may take sec.
end sober thocght, and have time to
repent Of their mis- .doings; and by re.
quest, and with the hope that it may
sound a note of warning TO the cars Of
such, give the following as best l
can from memory:
'Twas the still heur Of midnight, iisy on my bed,
And fersrtsh visious surrounded my head.
Idreaned had passed. through the last dying three.
And my soul tookits hight for tho regions below.
Then soon through the vide yawnng portal paSsedr
Ny passport examined, admitted atlast;
And being informed BY ghoston the way
Myrespscts to Old Nick Straightway must ra,i
Forthwith to his throne went and fell pr1s.-ats
And paid my respects 10 the arch old npostate
NN~h s'ShN No oeao NV lohON HtNohcI
And atrut through his king ION for pastime we'd take
III show yoc, s1Is he, how my quarters arc crammed
In various psr's With the ShoSta OF the damNsi"
"Noush said" replied, "so NheAd and III follow,
SO our PAth"sywo took hcross big holo~i
AZ we wendsd our way l suw on the right
A palsee ofIrou oftowenng height
Viewed ii with wonder as drew nesrer.
And discovered II wnS but the furnace Of ere;
IS apartments above, aud its Easements below.
Were crowded with beinss, the image ofwos
whats th!sf' Wns my 1ltrJ; ard the Devil then
said,
ls the place Nhero American rebels sread,
A. they claimed on the earth. the white man must bc
Above every black n'sRsr 40 'tls here so you sec.
Thess fellows are above, and their sllyss are below,
The birthstone to Stir, and the bellows 70 blcT.
Butnow lot US 90 On, you will zee as you r-ss.
The punishment dire ola still nenner rllss
This place 10 The let 10 the ierv abode
osAciHs who by thousands tread tho sbroIi rn,d /,
Ihoy arc hirelin9 watchman, who strive 70 increase
Tho size OF the 6ock for the soke of the Gocce.
They have no care at al for tho sake Of Their charge
Dumb doas Ihsy are ALL Thsn the wolf rina at largo
Thcyare priests North and South having before them
these Rims.
And they will soou be condemned 70 these s,Inhur.
ouF flames
For the meanest by far Of those ausrnbj crestures
Arethese factors Of Isll-,he pro.slsvery preachers,
They preach that the Lord msda ths ziss.r's akin
black,
That these rebels might ride 70 Keavcu on bis back
And Slavery, divinity, they'll mike II 20 plain,
That to deny u, ia taking tho Lords name 10 vsIu
Dtsrutng with them 10 time thrown away,
Forthe Gospel they prebch says, .1-rann obey.
Thoy make long prayers Ard the sermon comes uort
And "eurso' he caAnar' they take Ss te1t,
But here new light on their vision has bdrst.
And somebody beside poor canAan.is cursed
For Just fe~ steps shesd, will show you thair
station.
Along with those men who woul ruin -cur ustion.
And now a. wc stood DER preeipice dire.
l'aw fnr beneath US. great lake of6re;
Like q sea ina tempest its surface wos tessod
While II swsrned With the pals.blrninz ghosts Of the
lost.
lioet.honnd on all sides, and with hollow roar
lh snrges resounded while lnshina each shore
Tho blackncss Of darknees''-- suIrhurous cloud
Hung over the scene like q funeral shroud;
ietplalnly twas seen the red waves wcro at play,
As they dashed the dim crags which threw bscl
their spray
Each Snve rs II roSs displayed IN its cres,
some dozen pale ghosts all riding abreast;
I'LL striking these crsgs they sunk ftm the sight
ANA others rushed In, like men 10 the hEht
lis here" quoth the Devil, ~ dcmAgogues throw
When they come down and call for their lodsinc
below
Ashley never loved order, but 6rdvii-g and ,trtjs
And we're true to nobody or party in life;
Ever turnfn9 and t,eishn9 aud dat9in9 around
No plnce more behttIng for hsm could he found
Forhere they are tossing and dodgng forever,
Like dnn-wood aaoat on Niagara river
It's here you VIII find those wck~i men.
Who devoted their powers, their tongues sud 'hsi
pens
To propagate slavery and spread II abroad.
And mako all mankind Accursed OF God
Twas such that brought on'your great re5Hvsr
And Justly are they condemned here therefor
With tho meanest CT Devils who dared 70 rotrl.
To broll In the flames Of the netheImost hell
Hero are lying Reporters, Editors and Speakers,
And traitors, a. my officers and compounds Ihrisks7s
But new class Of sinners came not long ego,
And what to do with thbm swEAR don't know.
saw them tothcr day, swift crossing the s,yx.
Sent here no doubt for their moan dirty tricks
For al who arrive here, day after day,
There's none but tho mednes' oome In hy that way
floating down stream At their ease toward this lAhI
Aspecies ofbclng hnlf man and hNlf,nake
Their heads covered with copper, their bodies with
boales.
And scorpion-lke they have iinES In their tNlS.
They agree with those hore like water and oil,
And less than one hour had he'll in bro
And now sir, am puzzled to know what TO do
With this loW.lirsd phie.hrerSl, Clpperh.ai erep
III be glad to SEQ tho whole world come to hell
I'm fond ofmean msn bu. those powe MO too well
In their seal for my cause, ard tho good OF ths place
They've brought tho whole kingdom and cause Il
dagrncc.
Though loyal enough 10 NJ kingdom md throne,
They've vetarnshcd A honor hcrsyCr they are known
But then they have served wthou. nay or hone O
reward,
Bol'm bound by no bargain to show them regard
think III just take them outside Of the town.
Where the drainngs ard Nth Ms thrown,
And VII tho whole pack ofthom into tho ditch,
Then cover them over with sulphur and pitch;
And set II on A 70 and leave them 10 choke
And wrthe In the flames anil strangle in smoke.
But iwhen Jefferson DAVIS and hs rebelhost
shall arrive Ntthe cato and the home ofthe lost,
iNmost and assign them a place ncarmy throne,
And Dars and Floyd shall hc StArs, in my Grown.
But this cursed crew to tho ditch III oonsign,
1hcy wore true To my e'uIc, but Icnn't call then
mlno.
Just then came AInsesonser huryIng down,
And crying out, Sir, your majesty wantod up towr
vor another batch Of this plsoe.shriCkng crew
Have come Snsaking down hero suu are calling 70
you"