Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-11-09
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Jersey, ITwould see groups Of peotic oa
the corner; telegraphic despatch had
cone-a great battle fougbt--l0. 900 Killed
end wounded $50 many prisoners captured;
you would see one OF these Copperheads come
up asd commence reading il THAT isif he
could read; lbo would csllsone old gentleman
up who had son in the army. DO you
see tbatf Didn't tell you you couldnt
whip these Southernefs9 Seel General
Mcclellan bas been licked againW ICheers
and lsughter] "Just write to your beys to
come home; it's all nonsense,i this thing
you nefercan whip these peopis; you can /
do it, and this war is for nothing at all ex-
cept just to abolish Slavery; that's al it's
for; tell you, they don't get any OF nv
boys. and they bent going to get nary dol
Lar either, in no snch way as that Next
day COMES despatch: Vicksburg has fan
en- or the battle of Gettysburg. You SEQ
this nan walk up. What is this? Oh? A
great battle fought again-a treht Unioti
victory 10000 Rebels killed and wounded,
aud $4,000 made prisoners He looks at
it and shrugs ibis shoulders, and says -
Look here that's a cursed Abolition liel'
Laughter and cries of ''Ihs, the way of
them ri Now, | don't know that any one
ever did that down in,New Jersey, but over
where | lived that was exactly the way they
acted, aud they tell me Copperheads are
good deal alike everywhere. Laughter I
In our country that certainly was the con-
duct Of the Gopperbead fraternity. At all
Rebel victories they laughed for joy. When
the Union men were singing joyous songs
through the streets, en- account OF the VIC
tories which had been gained by the armies
Of the United States, these men were no.
where to be found. ... .--. ...
J. don't find solitary resolution oftbanks
to the soldiers on the journals ofyour Legis-
lature, where the Democracy had the ma
jority; but they denounced the war frem
beginning to end. In the platform OF tho
party now, find the soldier is the greatest
man that ever lived. Resolutions are pass-
ed. showing how they love him-how they
enjoy his society-how they would like to
be controlled and governed BY him Do
they mean what they say? IF they do,
they indofse the action of the Administra.
tion which was at the head of the army,
because the soldier was acting in obedience
to the orders emanating from the head of
the Cove nnent, Abraham Lincoln, and
his Cabinet.
For four years they have opposed the
prosecution of the war, and insisted that
the war was a failure that the soldiers
were hirelings of the President; that the
country was 10 bankrupt condition by an
enormous debt. For four years every ,it.
terance Of Democratic party has been false
from beginning to end and BOW they come
forward with astonishing modasty and ask
to he trusted sCain as the Democratic par
ty which has always been right" I'D. .a.
Gen. Logan went 90 to show the many
reasons why the people Of New jersey
should not trust this spurious Democ racy,
but should place power in the hands Of that
party-let them be called "Abolitionists,"
Republicans" or what they may-which
had ceme forwsrdin tue hour of the uoun-
try's trial and, under the name of Union"
sustained the government against treason.
There was no Judas in their midst-no man
whs was afraid TO hold up his trembling
hands for fear the bleod of murdered Union
men should be seen to stain them No
such thing; but good, Union loving, giori-
Gus patriots, who have stood by the country
when the country needed their support, and
to-day or tomorrow. if the tecsin of war
should sound were again ready to dc battle
bravely in her defence. Cheers.
The speech of Gen. Logan, of which tho
above is bref sketch, occupied nearly TIVE
hours, and was Loudly applauied through.
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