The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-13

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q Wednesday, A~gssst 10.
~,IthA, great pity, 20 It is, that the
Chief, Of The Oopperhead gang Of traitorous
(,onspirstors cannot better control their
most desperate and degraded followers
ThSir purposes ere identical 70 b sure =
Thsrs is mot the slightest diAefence IN
czlninality between the Villains in broad
cloth and the scamps in rags Both classes
oftraitors hope to gain something ~ des-
troying tho pssce Of the country. Both
expece to profit BY ANARCHY and bloodshee.
But Tie scavengers hsyt the game ~
ssshowing their hand'' rather to plainly. 4
The Peoria assemblage Of the snakes, IL
illustrates these ideas. The graceless swag-
rerers who constituted the mass Of those in
attendance, and Who displayed their cour-
mo by bearing arms At mass meeting
where there was no danger, did not hesi-
tate about ahowing exactly what they
meant. Thsy openly announced that they
were coppsrheads by all the signs they
could imagine. They carried banaers
among them with tho genuine copperhead
snake painted upon them with such skin
rs they could muster. To indicate their
ideas Of humanity and justice, and their
devotion to human rights, their sincere
love Of liberty, they also painted the snake
with . ssniggsr'' n his fanss. This, Ne
presume. was 10 publish that the mission
OF H. ssCoppsrhsAds" b to wage eternal
var AGAINST the unfortunate s.nigger!-.
Thy wore ''buttssnut pins,' sExinp Of
butAsgnuts, coppsrhesd pins, coppsrheads
and butternuts II various othst uays, and
sog1ht to make these hadges Of treason
most conspicuous sThsy did noe carry the
nag Of the Union. The star spangled han
nsr no lonscr suits th6m. But some oil
them, e least bore On their persons and
capasisonsd their horss6 with the ssCon-
1sdseats Colorsv' Beeddes III 'this, We are
informed BY one who was. present and
heard for himself That they were con-
stantly 'hurrahing fbf JeG. Davis, during
the day Ind evening; indeed. the first thing
he heard On getting out Of the cars at Peo-
xia, wa, -%''hunah for JeG. Davis ~ Their
cheers for vallsudigham were more open
and general but not bit more earnest
than those for TIE chief rebel Of ALL saG
There 10 no doubt that these cheers ut
tered the sentiment Of every Copperhead
present. But there is . faint glimmer oil
sense left to some Of these, and these hesi-
tate . littls about % openly proclaiming
that they. arc deliberate traitors. They
know they persenate treason but they
don't care to acknowledge it quite yet TO
all the world. They imagine their pur-
poses are somehow masked under the res
olutions they adopt, which, under the pre-
tence Of affirmihg general rights are made |
to sanction open rebellion, and intended to |
inaugurats civil war. 7na "a 7yss
But this open declaration OF treason by
the drunken scallawsgs, We suggest, is |
very bad policy. There are CREST many
Copperheads in this eoqatry We Ill know
very well. But there sle ! great many
moro people who are not. II the Chiefs
have any idea Of increaaing their rank and
file they ought to make their depraved
followers keep shady" and not 'shurrah
for JEFF. Davis" quite so openly. People
understand what that means. They know
that the men who either utter or sanction
that cry are traitors and nothing else.-
Won't they put stop to that sort of thing!
II they don't, really we fear that they will
compel all Democrats to the support Of
Lincoln and johnson!
~ Most people are quick to realize
danger which concern their private, indi-
vidusl interests. If they hear that their
house ison fire, they make haste to ascer-
tain tho extent Of. the peril and il possible,
to avert it. Nothing stops or binders them.
They do not pause to conclude bargains.
They do not wait to zee II the flre will 20
out Of itself. They do not expect others 70
extinguish It while they stand BY In utter
indifference. They &C In with = win them
SELVES. The most they expect Of others, 10
that they win shats In the work and exer-
ton required 70 rescue their property from
The l1a1nes.
But too many people fail to realize that
this government which i now impernlsd,
II tAsir government, their safety, their shell
tsr, infinitely wore 10 them than their home.
Theif houses, II once Destroyed, may bs1
again restored. The heaxthstoues round
which 10 cluster Ill the bst3er joys and
delights Of human nature, even II rased
ont By devouring elements, may b r.
coestructed. The loss IL but temporary: .
nhoEt interval slapsss and the brief Moon
vs0ience l. generally overcome. The loo
though It may be felt for 4 time.
b not irrepaxable. sms
Not - With the overthrow Of our Repub.
lie. Ambition, ignobls lsvs Of unauthor-
Led power. . vile insanity, have united |
10 destroy our common country, vosvx.
reader, - well - ours. A maliensntl
treason would not merely defile the sdag Of |
the free" but also destroy hswhole fabric |
Of human liberty, now and forever. We
k'soU that their base purposes must be !
thwarted, rebuked and punished, or else |
and eternal ruin Is our desti-
~. Anarchy Is before rs. We cannot tell !
~ It may bring to us. but we know, ~ q |