Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-07-09
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cense Of treason TO the extreme apostles of
peace and separation The gentle breathines
OF brulherly love, and woong tones OF concili..
alton which these editors and orators rehearsed Z
as their peculiar role, changed 70 wsspish and
yndiclive dsounc iAtion, Hinged, not With rose
color, but with blood red pictures OF the kFOReh
revolution and specters Of future horrors to
which that was but faint prelude. OF course,
it became political, II not national neoess-
y 10 have definition Of Coppetheadnm from
a reliable democratic" source. In glancing
yesterday, over the published finding Of Mill
tary Commissions, we came upon General
Court Martial Order, No 80, issued from the
War Department, at Washington, May l8,
1864.
1t seems from these findings that, on the
9Th Of October, 1853, military commission
in session in this city Rrraigned and tried o
member of the Democratic party--if not Of the
'secret organization of the Democratic party
ON the charges of"dsloyal practice. Plain
John OConnell, citizen" Of Warren county,
thus srraigned, was no formidable political
candidate or wealthy editor who sought office
or profit from the advocacy Of separation and
peace. Yet his political faith s strikinglyih
accordance with the uttsranoes OF Vailandsg
ham and OF the Cincinnati Enquirer Draw.
lug his inspiration from them, be defines Cop
perheadism TO be an advocacy Of peace, anti
coercion, failure of coercive war, defense of
, lguerriliaism, superiority and ultimate inde
pendence of the South, defiance Of the Gov
ernment, and support OF Mr.. NsllandiRham.
: For such liberty Of speech in a private letter,
Citizen 0'Conneil was sentenced to be hanged
nv the neck His fellow Copperheads Of the
! Enquirer, unabsshed by his arrest and trial,
the severity Of this verdict, demand Of the
. Government the right to scatter broadcast
over the border States and throughout the
: armies, the same tenets OF Copperhead faith
Z For their benefit and that Of Copperheads
! generally, we give the specifications to which
I, IO'Connell plead guilty and the final action Of
, the Government in his case, OConnell ed-
! mitled that his Copperheadism tended to de-
! moralize the army and afford aid aud comfort
: to rebels but with a precision ssexaet as the
= logic Of the Enquirer claimed that he was not
: guilty Of "Disloyal practice " The Commis-
= sioner and the Government took the opposite
i view of the matter. 10 e. e
! The specification is as follows o..
Specifcation-In this that the said John
: I0 Council did on or about the 18th day OF
: June, A. d, 1868, at Oregon, Warren County,
. 10 write and send to one Cornelius Hatho-
y y way, soldier in the 14th Regiment o, V l.,
= then at or near Murfreesboro Tenn, and in
y the Army of Major General Rosecrans, o let
= ter in words and figures following, to-wit;
!, "oREooN, O., June l3, 1868
"CoRNEIIus HATHowAY
's The reason write you is this I am
le boarding with your mother, and it appears
n she has informed you that | am Cooper.
ID head You say that you would like to drive
j. a bnlet through my head Do you know
ID what are the ideas OF Copperhead? guess
n l.. u
nt Well, will speak for myself / am decidedly
re- against the further prosecution Of the war.
e. No Union maintained by force for me Dc
re YOU desire such Union. as exists between
as Russia and Poland ireland aud England
ne Austria and Hungary, and others ! could
IN mention Such a Union | heartily despise
SO Even il you do put them down by main force
I'd now you will have TO do the same thing over
T. again in a few years But doubt whether
In you will be able 10 put them down at all They
N have adopted two systems Of warfare (the reg
r. nlar arms and guerrillas).by which generals
and armies we're defeated, compared TO which
la your Generals are asses and your armies mere
children. Ialude to the attempt Of Napoleon
to put his brother, by force, upon the Spanist
throne. Was there ever q nation so cursed
e' IN such q critical time, with 80 branless Sc
o'' Of statesmen and Generals as the North is a
nu 1 gains her independence with a population
ne of four 10 one (for the North holds som,
III States and portions Of others) in the South
" " and in other resources except brains AM
H' bravery has a hundredfold The means OF tn
70 South. The North is already a laughing-stocl
~ for the world.
IN "The Southern people are warlike--nsy
'rs numbers itself in armies impotteth not muc
s su when the people are of weak courage. '-Lor
lls Bacon.
al Virgil said at never troubled the wo
49,, how many the sheep may be neither is NOR
Z" ey the sinewsOi war, but they lie in stont arm
and brave hearts.
ct at is certain thA. sedentary and within
ne doors arts, and delicate manufactures (tha
~ reunire the fingers rather than the arms
40 have in their nature a eontrariety to a miiti
III ry disposition; and generally oil warlike pee
Inse pie are little idle and love danger bette
'uo than work. Kingdoms and Thomas BGcOI
'e' "You know that the Southern people ar
!, no workers. In the South is to be found th
lIu genius for war aud staiesmanshp in th
III North for trading and manafactnres In 6nt
pay let NE assure you that myself and all Coz
pr perheads will hold our opinions in spite
Abe Lincoln or any OF his minions, Io
". are young, and your ineKperience in any wa
-. not much; therefore you ought TO keep COS
ON "a a. .assl roy, bS,1 tst,ass ,s,;,is
hat oo,f,iors Mil, Rosao5ons ~ oon,s onf M ~
'uG bitches and attack Bragg You SriU see thi
leG affair quite differently from whqt you do nou
inu Yallandigham for Governor.
siu ,g" wishing you better than you wish me-
n' sm sincerely you're, .......
on TSigned1 'JoBS 0'CoNEELI." f,
Ds "Wnh the intention to produce dissatisfa
lep ton thereby in the mind of said Corneiu
are Hathaway; to seduce the loyalty Of an Unite
States soldier; create discomfort with his 81