Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-08-03
General Kilpatrick's Opinion of Cop
neYheads

The Newark Advertiser gives the following re-
port ofthe speech delivered ny General Fitzpatrick,
on taking the ch,ir a. temporary President of the
Union State Convention at Trenton:
Gentlemen nd Fsllop- citizens OF my natire STATE
truly appreciate the great honor you have confer
red on me, an humble soldier from New Jersey,
in selecting me to preside over the only lOyal Con-
vcnton that will be called in the State for the
nation OF candidate for Governor. Loud and
continued applausel 1t is scarcely necessary for
me TO saw that this distinction is uncx pected, and
in accepting it DO not intend to make any extend
ed remarks should "a soon think Of talking war to
that great soldier General Grant tremendous ap-
plauSe to talk politics to all this vast concourse
of politicians laughter and appausel; to men who
are not only nv seniors in wisdom. but in years
and have made politics the study of their lives
Yet do desire to SAY that accepted IN invitation
to meet with you here to-day, in order that there
may be misunderstanding In how | intend to
conduct myself in the future, and to show how
think soldier should conduct himself. now The
war is over, when patriotism demands his services
or influence. To show to Union men and Copper
heads how soldier respects the former and des
pises the latter; how he condemns their traitorous
acts, which have disgraced my native State for the
past four Years. | am here, feeling that ! am
among men who never spoke word of dsloyalty,
and who fatcred; and to represent men who
ri NAMED nrGn during the Dark hours OF the OnOn,
and who have PRAYED, fought, and bed for our
country-led by that great and good MN, Abra-
lam Lincoln. Immense and Ion. continued ap
plause.
You are assembled here to-day, my friends, m
der no ordinary circumstances, and | trust. with
good promise OF success in redeeming the fame oil
our State. | tell YOU wherever | go-to New
ork, Phiadel phia. Washington. while travelling in
the "a s-everywierc | hear language in reference
10 New Jersey which fills my whole son with dis
gust and hatred to those who have disgraced my
nltve Srlie; and how il is possible for any Of lis
citizens to join hands with traitors is beyond nv
comprehension. Fellow citizens. have deyiated
from the course of military men in taking the
stand have. but have been more excited since J
have been in New Jersey over what have heard
said than was during any of the scenes through
which | have passed during tho war. Do you
know that | have heard men here say that il
would have been better to let the South go; that
they believe in State rights; that the martyred
President tyrant, and that his successor, An
drew Johnson, is a second Nero, There arc men
in Sussex. with much ZEAL but very little brains
who rejoice that they voted for John G. Breckin-
ridge once, and say, "by thunder they would do it
again, if they had an opportunity" Not satisfied
with the sacrifices, expenses, and al tie calamities
of the war. they tell you that johnson is muir
dererer for approving the execution OF the assassns
of the President. The Copperhead editors We
equally guilty with Southern rebels. lie referred
especially to article in the Newton Her I'D
which he denounced with peculiar sarcasm, and
thought the whole batch of such traitors should
be hung on the same tree with jeff. Davis