, 1864-11-05
H0W Easy no ELECT McCLELLA AN
H THE OUPPE EKHE ID DFHETENCE
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The Coppetheads are Of two classes. 1st
Those who openly and avowedly are willing,
rtady and anxious to dissolve the Union.
Such among their politicians are Val]andig-
ham, Thos. Fl. Seymour, Benjamin Wood,
Geo. H. Pendleton, Long, Voorhees, and
Mccormick. And such among their Journals
are t1e New York Nrcs. Metropolitan Record,
Chicago 7ans@, and q few other Of the more
obscure and malignant Copperhesd papers,
T. Those who are secretly and uqayoWedIv
willing. ready and anxious to dissolve the
Union, but outward1y pretend to desire to
restore the Union by electing a Coppe.heaa
candidate to the Presidency. The latter class
pretend that the South e not fighting against
the uIton, but Only against the Irregular.
nco. and ueurpatioDs Of M. Ltnco1n's tsAbo.
lition Administration" ard thst upon the
e]Fcsion Of Mcclellan the rebels would
etrateb: waY return 70 the Union, 1--WE ask
the Copperhead what basis he has for su.h
faith he declines to give it. Not a sinqk yxbe:
in the Soafakrm Stats !, Iot man, woman or
child, nothing human, old or young, black
Or write. within the rebel lines, has vet
f1ofsised 10 setC.n to the Union II McCiel-
In shall Ee elected. Now these rebels
knew ~hcth.r they intend to return
TO the Ution In the event Of McClellan's
ELECTION or not 1Aey are fn1e,,sely des;rous
stot. Mcclellan shah Be e'tc:ed, which anxiety
THEY have cyinced In Thousand ways. Fur
tier, NE undertake to cay, that If the rebels
OF the 6onth would give the people OF the
North any Authoritative or general declara-
ton that in the event Of McCleuan's election
1ht5-the zebtls-wonld return to the Union
as 1t was under the Federal Constitution as
1t ia. Gseir simple pron.i.e to do 20 ,couEd secure
Ais <zeetio,. Why, then, do not the rebels
make the statement? II it were true the
1ebsls wou1d know it. II it were true the
rebels would have no earthly reason for con.
ceallpg it, espt cially when It Hould accom-
plish ali that the Coppsrheads eay that the
rebels are fighting for, viz: to overthrow
Mr.. Lincoln's personal power and Adminls-
1.dtsoh. Its publication would elect McCtel-
Ian, the candidate with whom every rebel
s5mpathises, and in whose name the rebels
charge upon our men on the field Of battle.
Why, then, co not the, rebels publish
It! Simply because 1t 10 wholly false
- wicked. tr<acherons, traitorous
He,-gotten up to eWlndle simple and ignorant
mir dc cut Of their desrest franchise, thelt
vote, under false pretences. Tho rebels hate
Ltpcolr because they know that he Will carry
OIL the var for the Union as long as majori-
t, of the people Will stand By him In the
work, and will use every legitimate means to
induce the majority Of the people to stand
by him to the end. The rebels 7rsy for Nc
Ciellan'e election because they know his heart
II with them, his instincts are with them, his
aesociatlons and career are with them, he has
dore more to help the rebellion than Davis
or Z, E. Lee, and his election would be their
triumph and their independence.
Glad - they would be to secure his cleo
t1on, willing ~ they would be to tell any
reasonable lie to bring It about, this Copper
Lead lie ia 60 infinitely absurd that no rebel
paper or politician has ever ventured to start
1t. N'a Presidential election were pending
ut the South We would rejoice at the pros
pect Of the rebels tlecting someless capable,
!css determined, ltes difficult rebel than
Jen' Daus. But If Southern party
6honla Seek to obtain yotes for their
caAo1aste On the ground that the North
Nouia not make disunioa peace with Jed.
/. Davis, but would with their nu,ugkull. we
should laugh IN our sleeves at their fo1lr
And.g1Ve them an encouraging nod. but W
should not be likely to endorse their camna,rn
falsehood. So with this Copperhead fa,sphood
Glad as the rebtls would be to substitute m
undecided, vacillstiag, pro slavery Ku1sht .,f
the Golden Circle, the hero Of twenty rebel
victories apd not single Union success in
the place Of Abraham Lincoln, they would
rot tell this lie to produce the zssult, So far
from thinking Of. returning to the ULion in
the event Of Mr.. McClellan's election, they