Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-05-04
where Booth Obtained His
Bloody Instruction.

We said the other day that John
Wilkes Booth is the only perfectly sue
cessful Copperhead in or out. of this
country. That his sincerity" is ap
plauded, and he tenderly regarded by |
the Chicago Times, is not TO be won
dered at, and that he is at this moment
the hcro'of the hearts of the Copper
heads, we have not the smallest doubt
Now for some proof of what we affirm.
Here is what the well-known Cop
perhead, s. S. Cox, said in Chicago, at
the time of the Democratic National
Convention, to which he was a dele
gate. We are indebted for the same to
the reporter of the Chicago Times:
"Senator Cox being Introduced, said he
did not want to use any harsh language to-
wards Old Abe, cries of give IL to him. "
He had attempted in his own city, few
weeks since, to show, in very quiet way,
| that Abraham Lincoln had deluged the
country with blood created q debt of four
thousand millions Of dollars, sacrificed two
millions of human lives, and filed the land
with grief and mourning.
"For less offenses than Mr. Lincoln had
been guilty of, the English people had
chopped off the head OF the first Charles.
In his opinion, Lincoln and Davis ought to
be brought to the same block together
The other day they arrested friend of his,
member of Congress from Missouri, for
saying, in private conversation, that Lincsln
was no better than JEFF Davis He was
ready to say the same here now in Chicago" "
Copperhead Reed, of Indiana, said
at the same Convention:
THAT he advised, open and above-board,
resistance to the draft. IF Lincoln and his
satraps attempted to enforce it blood would
flow in our streets and it would be right
it should flow. Lincoln was already damned
to all eternity, and he did not know if even
, this iniquitous measure would materially
affect the estimation. in which the people
=, "He advised his hearers to shoot dowr
i those who would enforce the draft to in
sist upon the right of the writ Of haJed'
!. corpus to resist to the bitter end the at
!. tempt to make the military power superio
y to the civil, and to openly arm themselves
: that they might be prepared for horrible
}, contingencies
h Copperhead Benjamin Allen, of New
! York, at the same Convention, said:
!. "The people will soon rise, and if the
m cannot put Lincoln out of power by tn
!. ballot they will by the bullet Loud cheers.
!, Copperhead John Fuller, of Mich
II gan, said:
Or "Are you willing to follow in the foo
Is steps of Abraham Lincoln, the porjure
IN wretch who has violated the oath he too
IN before high Heaven to support the Const
nj tuition and preserve the liberties Of the pei
II. ple?' Cheers. $40. ...
v. Copperhead H. Clay Dean, said:
a. "He said, in the presence of the force
We Camp Douglas and all the satraps of Lii
or or coin, that the American people were rul,
W. by felons. Lincoln had never turned di
st. honest man out of Office or kept an lone
hs i,s one in. A voice-"What have you to s,
eli Of jeff Davis?"I have nothing to 81
S' SSs about him. Lincoln is engaged in a CO.
as as troversy with him, and I.never. interfere b
m. tween black dogs.
IS, IS. 'And still tho monster usurper wante
a. more men for his slaughterpens. Lou
by cries o he shaat have more The car
'as ns ful husbandman, in deadening the fores
en- was always careful in preserving the your
Sh growth Of timber and in selecting
@ ,@s swine for the slaughter, he preserved Il
., younger ones for future use, But the tyra
.s and despot who ruled this people to de
to truction paid no regard to age or conditio
Ro duplicate the orphans. He blushed tn
Of such felon should occupy the highest pla
bs in tho gilt Of the people. Perjury a
ion larceny were written over him as often
"a; was 'one dollar on the one dollar bills
to the Bank Of the State Of Indiana. Cri
of the old villain.
Ever since the usurper, traitor and tyra
had occupied the Presidential chair, I
re- Republican party had shouted war to t
}. knife, and the knife to the hilt. Blood h
flowed in torrents, and yet the thirst Of t
old monster was not quenched. His cry "
ed for moro blood"
at Copperhsad Baker, of Michigan sal
lrt LET us hurl that usurper (Abrahs
=, Lincoln) from power. Never till that
y" comes when the usurper and his vict
ed meet at the judgment seat, can he be y,
to ished tor his wrongs, for his oonspira
- against American liberty.
", A eopperhead organ published at
.,' 40 Crosse, Wisconsin, and called the
III Crosse Democrat, said on the Goth
-" August, 1864: 7.ia
WI t''rhe man who votes for Abraham Line,
OF is traitor. Lincoln is traitor and IN
,er derer He who pretending to war for, W,
a. sgainst the Constitution of our country i
Up. traitor, and Lincoln is one Of those men.
ial He who calls and allures mon to certi
-rv butchery, is a murderer. and Lincoln
80 dene all this. Had any former Democra
MS President warred upon the Constitution
of tri6ed with the destines Of the Nation
do Lincoln has, he would have been hurled
''o perdition leng since, and if he is elected
re- nisgoyern for another four years, we tr
the some bold hand will pierce his heart will
49, dagger point for the public good
~ "' The Office OF the La Crosse Den
~, -, crat is doubtless hung with black.
Wal These copperheads are as treachero
.' ~ toward the villain who obeyed tn
~ Un0 instructions to the letter, as they W,
W toward the President to whose hums
~, ~, clemency they are indebted for tn
mo escape from the fate which they q