The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-06-07

poor miserable "peace sneaks," who have sat
night after night secretly plotting the over,
throw Of the Government, and the disgrace
and destruction Of its armies, can not assume,
without detection. even the disguise Of honest
loyal men, much less that of brave and patriotic
soldiers-the bold front and noble bearing are
too palpably lacking for the deception to oh =
tain even for moment. No, gentlemen, " that
suit Of blue" was not made 10 cover you, any
more than was the lions skin to hide the ass
ears-nor will it do it---and The ears or rather
the petticoats, the uniform adopted by your
great leader in secret session, will protrude, and
show to the world that poor, miserable, cow
ardly poltroon is attempting to disguise himself
as brave and honest man, and thereby escape
from hearing
"On all sides, from innumcrable tongues,
A dismal universal hiss, the sound
ofpGblie scorn."
A copperhead playing soldierl bah there
never was but one way Of doing it, and that
ives in the manner referred to by Soldier"
as being doggcd round here last surnmer;"
and he might have Said in female attire. Only
such soldier could have been guilty of writing
the article indicated, 1t is possible that ono
of these, having finally. by the bravery of true
soldiers, escaped from the necessity of being
"dogged round," and having shuffled of the
female garments, and again been enabled to
stand up in all the dignity of miserable pol
troon, clothed in male attire, which becomes
him about as we'll as q coat and vest would
monkey, has, for the sake of attracting attention
from his own cowardly poltroonery, set up this
cry of " catch thief"
If it were not one Of this class, it could have
emanated from but one other source, and that
Is from some one of that pack about the Court
House, who by dint of dexterous stealing, have
possessed themselves of offices to which they
were never elected, and who, if they were not
utterly stepped in infamy, and had not been
wholly owned and controlled by the leading
spirits Of the rebellion for the last few years,
and in their interests secretly plotting, until the
last vestige of any thing like even 3ense Of
common decency had disappeared, would, in
stead of standing forth with unabashed effront-
cry, trumpetng to the world their infamy and
meanness, skulk away and hide, so that honest
men might net be annoyed by their loathsome
presence But so it is men become 50 thoroughly |
besotted in ltheir own infamy that without
shame they publish it to the world, and seem
to glory in their own perfdy.
At one age of the world it was fashionable,
when detected in their guilt, for such chorac
in petticoats, or attempt to make their crimes
respectable by boasting of them. Who shall
say that the Science of Crime is 70, progressive?I
Why, your Upper sandusky Court House ope-
rator will gobbie up an elective Office with the
ease and celerity with which a century ago
London thief would have pocketed a " uipe. ;"
Time was when hempen cord, procured at
the. public expense, would have rewarded their
deftness--but now, alas "trust and profit"
crown their un-" blushing honors.''
And what were these scamrs doing at home
during the period our brave soldiers have been
so nobly performing their duties in the field!
Voting "not another man nor another dollar
to carry on what they dehominated an " irfa-
nous warr' proclaiming in public speeches
that " the Democrats ought TO be called home,
and the niggets and Aboltionists left to fight
it out" That those brave Southerners could
never be whipped" That " Lincoln was an
old tvrant, and ought to be shot" That they
would resist the draft by armed force, and level
with the ground the tall walls of certain build
ings, if the Government did not cease dogging
round certain of their friends" And protest.
ing all the time that they were the friends OF
the soldier, aud in favor of his voting; and yet,
when he was ih the very act of casting his vote,
they were secretly concoctiug scheme by which
to defraud him of that vote; which, by the most
corrupt means, they succeeded in doing. And
now whilst in the enjoyment of the offices thug
cfiminally obtained, they publicly glory in
their own cunningly devised knavery. Gentle |
MEN, it would be well to wear your i'll gotten
laurels with as much modesty as your vulgar
insolence will admit of. A day of reckoning
may yet overtake you. You have been "sowing
the wind" and you may. perchance, ere long
be compelled to reap harvest OF whlrI-
wind" Il
A word us to "Longtom," the individual
against whom the low, scurrilous vugaritieS
are mainly directed. have no very special
interest in him, but showing that his Quaker
anteccdents have very much affected his ineli
nation and ability for defending himself from
unprovoked vilanous attacks, have ventured
to say thus much, at the same time Suggesting,
that it is not considered "overly wholesome,
by Copperheads, generally, who know him, to
presume too far upon the Quaker proclivities
of" Longtom."
Allusion is made in the article TO his ability.
1t is sufficient to say, in answer to this that his
friends are of the opinion that, if he had been
allowed to take possession Of the office to which
he was legally elected, he would at least have
been able to try criminals, even if he lacked
+ba ab;J;iu to draw indictments that wnu1d