, 1864-10-02
Coppexhsnd RecoFdA-ccraps from the
Diaries Of old GlTlEena.
from The Cairo News Sent ao1


Since the Copperheads have seen tit TO
make so mach fuss on account Of the fact |
that q few drunken soldiers raised disturb. |
aEce at their pow.wow on Friday evening,
npd are doing all In their power TO make po-
litical capital ont OF the affair, We think It
rot ont of the WsJ to punlieh few facts |
which are well known to all the old citizens
Oh Bdt SGi few yeass ago the copperbeadE
came gang nho held their meeting Friday
night-1ulad every thing with high hand,
casion, as the following facts will show to
the satisfaction Of every honest man. II any
proof Ia needed as to the correctness Of the
Statements made, It shall be forthcoming:
Sometime during the campaign Of 1880, q
10 make 9 Republican speech in front OF
Springfield block, on the Ohio Leree. Be
had hardly commenced to speak, when per
feet ahoHer of rotten eggs were thrown SO
thick and fast BY the ineatiate deuons, that
he was compelled to deslst, being c1veted
filth. After he had dlsmounted,. David J.,
Baker. IT,, an old citizen, aud our prcstut
Mayor, undertook to remonstrats With the
crowd, WHEN he too was made the subject Of
thfls wlaih, and tr..ssa 80 slso aesged
rIous cpppeshead, who then had stoEa close
ty Where the speech Was being made, who
told the boys and srch things IN the shapa Of
meD eB participated, to take all the eggs thsy
sH%ia' s.Ht;sa' .na give the d-d A''''''en''''
Again, thesa inferral hounds Of h.il attack
ed i man py tho name Of Weldon. who had
been appointed mail agent bf the present ad-
mlniatratiou, took him from the train and
threatened to hang him. offering him every
kind Of indignlty. He only escaped With bis
| all done merely because Mr. Weldon Was
| Republican and had accepted office under
Lincoln. Atout this time the Cairo Guards,
company organized and under the control
! OF these same men, In oae OF their secret
meetings, seTionsl5 considered resolution
TO warn sTasy Union man to leave town, un-
der penalty Of death. Fortunately for them
the feto1ution was not passed.
Soon after this boat load OF recruits for
the 8c uthen army came down the river,
4 patty got out tho cannon and ared : satuee,
and gavs them ali the encouragement Ia thelr
stnl another instance in the dannIug rec,
ord Of thls party Is the fact that the very man
who took the most prominent pat In con:
demning the Republican party for the acts Of
the soldiers last Friday night, hearing that
4 Federal soldiers we're coming 70 Cairo, went
into the street, and tried his best to get q
crowd Of men to cut the levee, and let the
military post Tho above ara only few OF
/ the xcts committed By this party a few year7
ago, when with them: might made right;
Union citizens we're moe9ed frequently. ana M
them to heap upou the beads OF me fsW clti-
zens who saw 1t to dthsf WIN taem t9..a ~ po1..
tics. and they aIe sae samS aaeanSt me1 M
who held The meeting tne olnef nlsaL ano
who arc 10 io9d u t1e4s conncm4ntloa asI ol t9e
t soldiers and tne Uul9n party; 1ne ume ID
yet green IN me minds OF ~ old cfsi1ena
when mans me Hss not sase Il no disagreed
With them,. a1d sucn Woulo no" pc the case
u the 'cuWardly vllatns dig not fear our
strength since mat time the Union party party
has Men gradually ginning STRENGTH uot1l
now fear fits gigantic proportions holds the
hungry hounds at bay, Tney knom oestes