Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-08-03
Number 81,

rasScS apu marshes, defeated at tht
Ipolls and driven in confusion from
power. No doubt they would bs
glad to see their coHquerors thus
humiliated before the world, and the
flag that waved over q thousand VIC
torious fields, lowered at last to the
foe that cursed it in their hate, tore
it from the nations battlements, and
trampled it with scorn in the dust.
How it would rejoice, their souls thus
to triumph, and how would the wel-
kia ring with the piaudits OF the
Copperheads at such result.
Let not the friends of the country
and of the flag be too confident in
the victory they achieved at the
polls over the foe in the North, and
on the field over the armed enemy at
the South. As they have thus far
been one in sympathy and CO opera
ton, they are now one in purpose;
and as the nation does not seem to be
on the brink ofdestruction as during
the war, the same powerful influences
do not so effectuslly operate in band
ing together the patriotic host in de-
Tense of the Republic. Many who
were awake to the danger, and
wrought up to their full strength in
SUPPORT of the flag, will, now that
the national authority is triumphant
throughout our borders, feel like rest
ing from the excitement and their
labors, under the confidence that all
is well, and there can be no reaction. /
Many may be thus lulled by that
siren voice which sings peace!
peace!" when there is no peace. It
is evident that the conflict is only
transferred from the Generals to the
politicians will not be as successful
as the Generals in uniting the friends
of freedom and constitutional liberty
in a vigorous support of the country.
The question is, shall all the glo-
rious results of the war be saved?
Shall that Union and permanent
peace we battled for be insured? On
this issue the people North and
South are to be soon divided. The
Union party still stands in
its proud position, while the elements
of the opposition in their scattered
condition in both sections, are already
to rally toward a common
center of organization for waging the
battle at the polls. Let US not un-
derrate their forces, nor be too con-
lident In our own strength. 1t may
be the easiest tt ing in the world to
deceive ourselves to the ruin of the
country.
Beware of false issues. The op
position will not show their hand till
certain of the game. They will not
oppose any one of the measures that
have proved so popular till they
shall be so deeply irradicated in .
power that they can certainly accom-
plish their designs. 1t is on false
issues that they intend to fight the
battle. Their appeal in the North
will be to the passions and prejudi-
ces of the ignorant, while at the
South no appeals will be made ex-
cept to the North in help of their
friends. They were almost a unit
before the war, were still more united
during the war; and now that they
are conquered in the field, they are
a closer unit than ever. Many who
were opposed to secession then, will
now affiliate with the secessionists to
get full restoration of their former
The subtle men of the
South will couch their advice and
appeals to the North in such gentle
ness of spirit, that the Copperheads
will cry out "Magnanimous and
and thereby many will be
deceived unless they stand upon
their guard. The only safe course
for every friend of the regenerated
is to remain in the attitude
of answering resistance to the
enemv, and to oppose him the more,
the more he attempts to deceive. We
should regard with more than sus-
picion and doubt Anything that
comes from such a source. Our only
safety is to keep them where they
will be powerless for mischief.-Cin.