, 1865-04-24
Qbifa9o Irlbn,lt..
MONDAY, APRIL q 1855.
DID Z he EOPPERHEAO PARTY
ASSA&S1NA1E LzNCOLN9

Booths crimc." This we have never done,
z The only Democratic party in the county l.
that which has twice elected Abraham Lin.
coin. There is dcmoralized faction of Con,
pc1hsAds in exist scnce, however, who arc a2x.
Ions n style themselves Democrats, and
those we have connected, and shall continue
to connect, with Booths crime, not by asscr
tions, but by proofs. We print, in auothe,
column, clear and perfectly sane lette,
from J.. Wilkes Booth. which entitlcl
him, on Its face, 10 a certificate o
membership in good standing i,
the present "Democratic Copperheat
party. It shows him to be as we have as
serted, Northern Copperhead, or If on
opponents are sensitive about names, ,
<'Demeciat," so.called, and that his Copper
head principles were the logical and natu,a
cause Of the assassination of the pccsiden,
The assassin himself pleads the principles 0
the Chicago Platform and his love Of tn,
South. Of slavery, and Of peace, and his hos
ti1lty to Abolitionism as the impclins mo
tives of his crime. Indeed, 80 identical ar,
the principles Of ]. Wilkes Booth and the Chi
cago 7Ines, that, as will be seen from the fol
lowing sample, they express their views OF
any given point in the same language:
FROM BooTHs D LETTER, FROx THE Nec<xh finn,
when aided in the or APRI1 slru.
capture and execution Of Abol1doniam ts SIN
John Brown 1Ch0, guiar fnstttutton. II dei
~ the Tay. h1f since tes John Brown. and
oeen s.addt god. WIS recognizes the hand o
pFpna, &C. But what Providence In the reno
wn. crime in poor val Of Mr. Lincoln. in
John Brown is row con- the one case it makes {
sldeted By Themselves god Of on dssdsstn and
~ the greatest and only in the other It makes aa
virtue in the whole re- dss1ssin Of Goa.
publican party.
We will not charge the scccsh organ will,
plagiarism in adopting the languasc of Booth,
written months before, and inserting it into
its own editorial without credit or quotation
marks. There are several reasons, indeed,
why this might lie deemed probable. Booth
. appears By Lis letter to be more vigorous
and able writer than any whose treason
figures In the Chicago Times. His mistake
wns, tl:at he took up the dagger instead Of
the pen. He should have taken position
on the staff Of that journal, in which his let
ter would appear to great advantage as IN
editorial. The fact that Booths letter Was
not published until the day the above edito.
rial appeared probably shows that the cor
rcsrondtncc In language not only In this
sentence, but throughout the letter between
Booths style and that Of tue eeceSh Tln-s is
purely accidental: and results from the unity
Of spirit that pervades those who have stirred
ho,u ,le rear" at the Presidents reputation
and him who fred from behind at the Pfesi-
dept's head. But 10 c1inch the proof that
Booth is Cepperhead in good standing,
compare his Language with that OF the SPEAK
ccs wha addressed the mass meetings at the
Chicago Convention last August. The Chi
81 ~ -
guishsd Democrats of the nation."
S. s. Coz, the leading wi:e pn1lcr iu the
Chicago Convention Tor the nomination of
Mcclellan. who was his intimate, confidential
triend, thus justiGes in advance Booths
crime:
'4ue exhorted the people to join in the grand
: which hc wae uudt 10 d!l. :"
Hc had attemrsso in hls own CITY, few wecks
51S + asS i Ts6 19ast GTEs5 faat ARR
TRY WITH BL0ON, created debt Ut fonr lhou-
kaild million Of dollars, sacrificed 1wo millions Of
human lives, and filled the land with grief and
mourning.
A piops man who had listened attcntively to
his rtmarkA, eanG out, Cd d-n him."
0Dc Of cur friends, Judge Hail, had becn arree-
pered to eAy thst Jefferson DAVIS was no greater
enemy 10 thc Constitution than lincoln. BE (the
speaker wenld sas it boldly; let them arfest
For less offences than Mr. Lincoln bad l,ecn
Entity Of, the English people had chopped of the
In St the ASp rs c9sss xT y aS OF "a i9H
RRoGGHT, 10 TIE SAME BLocK 70:
C. Chauucey Burr. editor of several Cop
perhcad New York journals, said;
Ard II WIS wonder that they had CabInet
and ncn who c1EEied ont the Infamous orders oi
chatr. MF. Lincoln had stolen good nau5 thon-
ennd negroes, l'ut for every n. gro he had thus
stolen, he had stolen ten Thousand epoons.'r
Capt koontz, Of Pittsburgh, an ardent
Mcclellan leader, said:
Them, theJ m1tt cut their ID thtoats. that's at
lapp!ante.] 1t fs The duty q: every American TO
vote for peace candidate"
Baker, Of Michigan, said:
s'Iet Us hrrl that uturper from power. Never
I'LL TINT day Gomez when the usurper and his vic.
Inn meet at the Judgment seat can he be punished
ior his wTooEs for his conspiracy against Ansz'-
Benjamin Allen Of New T:rk said:
ess s's nst IL 2 81
tle csnse. you must 1e=ose the aeoanonis1s."
l1s9aah ahs sa1s4s pe5ie will soon z... AND II gaEy
eAkSo1 f1T 4scoIN oET a. q PSxER 81; s. = ];
loud cheers.
Mr. stambaugh, delegate from Ohio,
said:
.sThat II he was called rpon to elect between
the freedom Of .hc niger ana tlasun1on and seea
ra,iUn, he should choose the laftsr." lEheets.J
A1'hey might search he'll orer aud they could
cpln.''
Hon. Mr.. Trasnor, of Ohio, said:
Now the pretidept has called for 5oo.ooo more
Shall be have them: f"Ao, no." from The audi.
ence The DeEaoc9ataG Pass ~ant ,n; nssee e ioT OH
itary dceput.
ue would urge the people to be freemsn. and
5nNs FHoM POWER. THERE Il 30 DIFFEa
EAcE BETWEEN A WAR DEMOCRAT AMI AM
AS SAn0LiIIoNlsT: THEY ARE BgrA 4. LINES n $
SANE s. m noG. shon resistance be offered at the
pei; III t1 0 ro question: rhe
hurIeo from power. ne Has KILLED MORE
MEN BY Bls PR0CLAAATIONs THAN TuE
REBEL GENERAL LEE.
Chicago Tine. next morning said abound
ed will, stubborn. Irresistible, incontroyert
lille facts. Il impaired enthusiasm to tn
audience, and blistered the souls OF the Re
,,n,11cars ubn had the co1r,ape tn listen I,
if.n The following is q sample oft:
an. ..,a r. 4ho r-ek.r,o ~ ,ha fare ~ Can,
Doncins and ali fhe eatrapa Of Lincoln, toat III
American people were ruled BY ielons Ltnso.1
spi nn Enncst ane tn * Yoirc1sWhsf have va,
70 say Of JeG: D.yie:y ] have nothing to .,
a51nt hfR lnMLH NH .iIn II iFr CgS
TERFERF BETW ZEN BLACK DoGs. IA iii
point tn the speaeers remarks, an aeo'l
torT, uv4 1 vcfsn ,hsre Va. a cTy to but hi
out.l lit. Dean resumed: For over three year
lincoln md oesa t6t tbe .1ea and
at his command. he had faiea! Jaled! FAIL
Ep!U FAlLED!!t! Such fallure had neye