Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-10-05
Anew Things tobe Remembered

Anew Things tobe Remembered
We desire to.keep a few facts relative to the
status ofthe Copperhead party i'm thiscounty
before the people. We would have the
people !.
REMEMBER, that the leaders, one and
all, ardently sympathized with the traitor
Gus rebels, and that they now plead for
shose in the custody of the United States
with all the earnestness of their souls.
REMEMBER, that the stars and stripes,
the emblem Of our nationality, was scoffed |
at BY them, torn from appropriate places,
and supplanted by the red white and red,
the emblems of organized treason.
REMEMBER, that the Star Spangled
Banner RED, White and blue, &c,
we're forced TO give way to the favorite airs
Of the rebels. Yes, who does not remember
how night was made hideous by the singing
of Maryland, my Maryland, The
Bonny Blue Flag, &c?
REMEMBER, that hundreds of pistols
and other deadly weapons were imported
into Bedford county, and carried by the
members of this same party, to shoot Union
men for no other reason than that they were
in favor Of suppresing armed treason.
! REMEMBER, that the barns of Union
men were burned, their lives threatened aud
their families intimidslted because they asked
the Government to assert the supremacy Of
the laws, and we're willing to give to it their
assistance.
| REMEMBER, that Churches and school
houses were burned because men who loved
their country, met there to worship God.
REMEMBER, that enrolling officers
were shot at, and narrowly escaped with
their lives because they undertook to enforce
a national ediet.
REMEMBER, that no less than GOO OF
this party refused to report when drafted,
and skedaddled to the mountains, skulked
away in caves or fed to Canada.
REMEMBER, that every barn-burner
who. in the deep darkness ofthe night stole
up TO and applied the torch TO the property
| Of Union men, is rabid Copper head.
REMEMBER, that the heathenish IN
cendiary who under cover of darkness,
nromnted bv the spirit of the devil stealth
Iilv kindled the fire which consumed the
| house of God, if living to-day, Is a traitor
and Copperhead.
| REMEMBER, that every deserter who
| fed to Canada to enjoy the protection Of a
foreign Government, Is and ought 10 be a
Copperhead
| REMEMBER. that every skeedaddler
who secreted himself for months in the
sspine clad hills" of the old Keystone State
Is to day living, breathing, blathering
r Copperhead.
REMEMBER, that every skulker who
found his way to the caves Of our rugged
mountains, with loads of weapons, who
threatened death and destruction on all
hands. and then ran away from his shadow,
is blatant Copperhead.
REMEMBER, that ministers Of the gos-
pel we're reviled, condemned aud prosecuted
because they prayed fer the preservation OF
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party in body voted to exclude the soldier
/ from the right of suffrage, and that they
kicked men out of the party, who had the
manliness to disobey the order of the lead
ers and vote the soldiers this privilege.
REMEMBER, that every man who has
, desired the success of the rebellion, who
aided, abetted and countenanced it in any
manner, shape or form is Copperhead
, leader to the extent of his intelligence
, REMEMBER. that those who secretly
met for the purpose of organizing resistance
TO the draft in Napier and St Clair town
ships are to-day, true to their instincts, in
. the Copperhead ranks.
REMEMBER, that under the admins
tration of this party the Poor House Of
Bedford county, which ought to be decent
asylum for the aged and infrm, has become
bye-word and a reproach.
REMEMBER, that the men whoar now
fattering the soldier, wore, during his abb
sence in the army, the Copperhead badge,
the emblem of sympathy and treason. The
Gazette under date of May s, 1868, says:
Reaeore, aohea IN PHILADELPHIA, a Deno-
cratic 6adge,-a head Of liberty, c3tt out Of a
copper cent. Alld, Roac, ,ce gre notice, that
ace 10iU acear aCeaterer ornaments zee please.
| REMEMBER, that the individual who
identifies himself with the Copperhead or
ganization is as much responsible for the
party as if he were principal actor.
| SOLDIERS WILL REMEMBER, that if
they vote the Copperhead ticket, they will
stand side by side, with the distinguished
parties whose record We have above enumer
ated. Oh soldiers, can you mix with such
an array of treachery and traitors
THE SHERIFF PROSECUTED
Election Officers who disregard the law