Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-08-31
xx GALLIPoIIs OHIO AUGUST 81 1866

1principle as to leave Us to the lttnde
lmercies of those we have so foullJ
wrongea.
Fellow Copperheads, this isane il
upon US. 1t must be squarelx met
No amount of political shuf1in& csl
screen us from this awful reskpnsi
bllity. 1t has been entaileds upkn N
from the day that the Creator sale
to the original Copperhead In thl
garden of Eden. Because thoH has
done this. thou art cursed ADORE al
cattle, and above every beast Pf ths
field; upon thy belly shalt thpu &c
and dust shalt thou eat all the days
of thy life You see that 1t vas 81
ordained of Heaven in cursin8 ou]
great Ancestor the Devil who was th<
first traitor and rebel. We canned tsns'
pend the laws OF nature. IL We
could there might be some hopesof 9
change for the better If the curses
of men we're not enough to conrince
us of our error, the Bible teaches us
what we must look for; "crawl upon
our bellies and eat dirt"
Now, Fellow Copperheads, fyou
are sufficiently impressed with the
feelings of despair, listen to the fol
lowing programme for our fall lam.
paign in Gallia county. 1t is this
We must change our langusge II
toto. Let us hear no more of aEin-
coin hirelings;;" ''Murderers ofaour
Southern brethren;" "The war 8
failure" "Abe Lincoln tyrant, q
bloody usurper," DC. white asol-
diers no better than niggers, &c.
Let there be no maudlin sympathy
for JEFF. Davis. He has faiIedS but
it don't pay just now to expres$ any
sympathy for him. Instead Of all
this, let the words NEGRO equality;
You want Z. Go marry niggers;"
lD-n the nsggers;" 'Niggers viii
, ,eal;" ''Niggers can't take ere of
lemselves, and particularly ring the
changes on negro suffrage" 8lurt
out thea expressions freely and fre-
quently,t tad by this means wecan
induce sdne persons who don't Know
quite as yfuch as a negro, to- hate
them an vote with us. You. need
not care about losing the respket of
decent, upright men, on accotlt OF
your outcry against the nigger. We
have lost all that, long ago. LIT all
of us Therefore curse and dan the
nigger. La our conversation be-
lst, niger; end, nigger; Sd, n ger.
BY this means we expect TO get
ifaipplHlGh nf disaffea. cd men n The Re
pubiIcan ranks, who failed to get-a
nomination, to vote with others of
that party who are foolish enough to
be scared by this howl about the mig
ger, to get up a new ticket.
This is our game to break up this
Union party, which has saved the
nation, but destroyed the Democra
cy. To do this successfully, we must
initiate our great ancestor, and trans
form ourselves into Union men. We
must present ourselves % the return
ed soldiers as their friends and the
frieLds of the white man, by assert
ing that this Governmen. was made
for white men only. Let us further
excite the ambition Of some, partic-
ularly young men just out of service,
and by offers of support for Office,
render them our willing tools and
instruments. Let us scare as many
other returned soldiers as possible
with this negro howl, and make them
believe that the Union men design
to make the colored soldier the equal
of the white, and that they further
design that every negro shall vote,
may marry with whites, and in short
every absurd and monstrous form in
to which this question can be tortur-
ed. Let it be strenuously followed
up. You will be surprised to find
how many will be caught with it. 1t
is old and worn thread bare, but then
You know we have Democrats who
still vote for jackson, and while that
Is the case we can say any thing
This course, if steadily pursued,
will, we think, split the party in Gal
liza county, and drive into our ranks
all those who are as much scared
about this 'negrophobia" as though
their ancestors had already appeared
to them in the guise of negro
We have thought best to publish
this address in shape of private cir
culars, to be distributed cautiously,
between dark and daylight, at the
various corner Groceries of GalIia
county, believing it will produce a
greater concert of action among US,
and secure some, at least. of the
county offices, and share oc public
printing; otherwise our party organ,
that few of US have been keeping
alive at our own cost, must perish.
By order of the Central Commit
tee. TITMOUSE,
Chairman.
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