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THs CoPPERHNA ADS AND TIE SOL
DIERs.
The Copperhead State Convention, which
nominated Judge Howard for Governor, mace
the following its second resolution
Reached, Thai we wll sacrealy cherish the memo
~ oftAe c1unless de Id who have fallen IN the g e
strug lie for Constitutional Government, anu WI WI
gra eii he rts, wit do homer to TIE LIVING %a1S
perillel life aud fortune in the same great caese'
We have already had occasion to susgest
that this receive had reference, not 70 the sol
diegs of the Union army, but 10 tnose Wni-
fought. fel or survived in defence OF the rebe
con ,titution and the rebel government Some
OF orr readers might have thought this an lln-
charitable suggestion, but in view Of the recent
deVe.op nenss, W. think they are called upon
to modify their judgment. I. 1888
1t cannot have escaped the notice Of any in
telligent reader of the opposition press, that a
remarkable soiicitude Is evinced for the treat
meat of tho.e men who have been at the hea
of the reoel armies. The opposition have
never spoken OF Grant with half the kindness
tle7 have shown for Lee. They have made
several of our Union Generals the objects OF
their most EindictiYe hate, but no word OF
harshne.s has bren INDUCED in in relation t.
such de ,picable traitors as Breckinridge, For
rest and Winder. E. 1890
We should search the history of the last few
years in vain for any such kindness toward
Union officers as has becn revealed for Jeil
Davis. His life is dear in their memories, and
without word of reproach for him, they de-
nounce his treatment by our government, AM
labor with zeal to Gear his name from all re-
proach, even that last reproach Of having de
MED his sex to secure his personal safety
But we have in view other evidence that il
the solicitude Of the late State Convention f.
"tAe msmory Of the countless dead," and 'the
living VINO have pefided life and fortune they
could not have referred to the Union heroe-
fa.le upon many battlefield, or to the sur
wing Union soldiers, who, escaping shot and
shell, have returned to the friends they lefl
behind them. We refer specially to the fact
that, in every case in our recent election, il
which areturned soldier was held up for Office
he encountered the most stubborn opposition
from the copperheads.
In this part of the State we have several ex-
amples. Two gentlemen of this city, who
early emil ted and took the chances OF war anf
conflict, and of eamp-life and southern mala a,
were to be elected to the Legislature, but not
vote did they receive from those who framed
the re .olution at the head of this article. In
Saco Col. Tapaey and in Kennebunk c ].
Stone were run for the Legislature, but the
co2perheads opposed them as fiercely as u ey
opposed the war in its early stages, or the
raising of men to & yht our battles. The same
was true of Lieut.. Height of Scarboro,.
In Oxford Col. Virgin was run for the Sen-
ate, but not a copperhead voted for him: SO /
Capt. Burbank, who was run for Represents
tive ia Limerick. In Gray, young soldier
who lost a portion of his hand at Gettysburg,
and became MANNED for life, was defeated by
copperheads for seat in the house, though
we trust he may be put right on a second tria..
Capt. Hill, Represent tive elect from Macnias
"a veteran of three years--met with as fierce
opposition from his copperhead townsrnen as
he did from their southern friends on the
b-oodlest battle field So it has been in otbfr
parts ofthe State, but we win refer to only
single case more.
In Thomastoh the Union men put in nomi-
nation for the Legislature Gen. j. Il. Cilley, a
democrat, and the son of one Names most
h nored democrats Gen. Cilley was wound
ed a1J LEFT on the field for dead early in the
stru sgle, but was picked up on the field in his
disabled condition, and finally recovered,
though crippled for Iife He fought to the end
of the struggle, and came home covered with
scars and glory. IF the resolution at the head
of this article was inten ed to refer to the
dead and living of the Union army, how could
Democrats refuse their votes to such q hero as
Gen Cile7? With what kind of grateful
hearts could they refuse to "honor" him
And yet we find him confronted and defeated.
by man who has opposed the war from the
start, who has sided with the South from the
beginning, who has been no more loyal than
Breckenridge, or JEFF Davis, or the Eastern
argus, AMI who crowned his infamy inSthel
last Legislature by refusing his vote In favor
OF the constitutional abolition of negro slay-
eGyi s4 I'm al8H psE J. 08as1esa
We submit that our case is made out; that
evidence is afforded which shows beyond cay1il
or controversy that, when the late State Con-
ve1tion said they "sacredly cherished the
memory of the countless dead who had fallen
in the great struggle for Constitutional Gov
eminent, and with grateful hearts did honor
to the living who had perilIed life and fortune
in the same great cause they dsd not have in
mind the fallen heroes Of the linton army, or
the survivors who had gone out with them to
fight the battles Of the Union and Of Liberty.
We hope the soldiers viii look at the facts
here passed In review and determine for Them
selves who have cherished most faithfully the
memory Of their fallen comrades, ana honored
the surviving heroes of the war. .rr
A LOYAL PAPER II RICHMOND.
The papers now published in Richmond,
like too many of those at the South, are loyal
only after the southern style. Their CONVEX
sion to the Union cause was forced, and is too