Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-26
CopperheEds, JOhnsOnties ana
Rebels Agreed.


,,en vhc composed the Convention Of South
e,n lovsl,sts at Philadelphia. No epithet was
too severe to give expression to the intense
hatred of there original Unionists, which ami
mates the Northern opponents OF the war
They called such men as Hamilton, Maynard
Bolts and Durani,-the patriots who refused
under every solicitation to Join the rebellion,
-" mean whites and 3" sneaks, recreant
IN their own commonwealth, and wanting
in tina, eminent patriotism which, IN Demo-
cratic eyes, was conspicuous IN ten Lee,
vbo followed his State into its war upon the
Union.
But this copperhead clamor was scarcely
less in its intensity, than that which was
raised by the Johnsonites of Republican an-
seoedeutr. The New York Times and kin
dred prints continually disparaged aud ridi-
culed the Convention, as composed OF men OF
no patriotism of men with 10 constituency,
of rufians and blackguards, disunionists and
disorgsnIzsr., haters OF the constitution and
enemies of the dag. These papers knew that,
with the exception of Andrew johnson, every
original Unionist at the South, conspicuous
enough by his loyalty during the war to be
known at the North, was in that Convention.
They knew that what there was of original 10y
slsyin Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, louisiana,
in short, an every rebel State, was represent
ed in that Convention, and was there max
ing its appeal TO the great loyal party of the
North for protection from base betrayal by
President johnson, and from the bitter hos
sility and tyranny of organized rebels. Yet
these recreant Republicans sneered at their
poverty of members, rebuked them for the
impertinenee of expressing any opinion re-
speeding the Reorganization of the South, and
told them to go home and submit in quietness
to tho traitors whom johnson had set IN
authority over them.
The malignant copperhead hatred of these
loyalists, and the base ingratitude OF MIR.
johnson and his followers, show both copper
heads and conservatives to be in agreement
with the spirit which animates the following
extract from the Mobile Aduertiser:
Eve know Of nothing more contemplate
than for citizen of an invaded country 10
desert it, and, severiDg all the sacred ties OF
home. kindred, and soil, to side with Its enc
mics To have been q Union man at the
South while war famed from the swords and
brands of our troops at our very hearthstones,
was to have been an insensate brute, without
q spark of the soul or one throb OF the pulse
of a map. The lamest of animals will hight
for their lairs, and nests, and young and
the man " no does not is essentially traitor
to the nOblest instincts OF human nature,
whatever he may be, theoretically, to any
a
insInuations that the heroic men who foug ht
on the Southern side, in the late war, were
traitors The father of lies never uttered
baser lie. If they were, we share their
guilt. Thank God, We have no part OF the
guilt of those who, while war ragged, were
TRAITORS to their hearths, neighbors, coun-
Hymen and States
1t is not a matter of surprise that the
traitors should still vindictively pursue every
Union man at the South" should hate
them for their love of the Union and the old
aae. and for the defeat of treason which
their fidelity helped to achieve Nor is 1t
matter Of wonder that the copperheads OF the
North, who sympathized with rebellion all
through the war, who then hated browniow
and Hamilton and Maynard scarcely less than
thew did Lincoln and Grant and Sherman, who
denounced our gallant army as 6 Lincoln's
hirelings," characterized Grant as the great
Butcher" and denounced the war as an un-
constitutional and savage invasion OF sister
States and q wanson and unprovoked mur-
der of the brethren Of q common family
should still give expression to their old an
tipathy to every Southern Unioniss, and with
virulence of epithets worthy OF an un'
washed rebel, write down the Hamiltons and
Msynards Of the Union as &c mean whites and
sneaks v; and they would today put An
drew johnson in the came category and spl
upon him the game venom, had he not pur
chased the SLAYER of their praise by the bas'
betrayal of his official trust.
If such a triple conjunction as this,-mer
of the South who for five years gave thes'
rebels all the aid and comfort possible at th'
ballot-box, and men who make trade o
politics. aad to crafty personal spite, per
sonal ambition or greed of place and gain,
would sell the birthright OF liberty for mis-
cradle mcsses of pottage. and walk .arm-in-aru
with rebels, tramplipg under their feet tn
solemn pledges of the nation to those VINO
stood BY j, in its hour OF EXTREMIST peril
such q conjunction could succeed, II III
standard of the first Philadelphia Convention
il to be the measure Of the patriotism OF tn
future. how can any man be asked to stan'
by the government against its enemies
conquered traitors are 10 be received with opel
arms, and welcomed to places of honor AM
trust, and tried loyalists are to be snubbed
repuleed with contumely and taunts, revIie
~ recreant to their sections, and incontinentl
"kicked out" of the restored Union, VIVA
motive can a patriot hereafter have for tight
ing for the old flag? If the hated rebel ban
ner, after being driven from the field, is to b
unfurled by recreans President over tn
White House st Washington, and none bu
it's followers aud admirers are to control tn
government, why spend life and treasure IL
calculAble - fight it in the field? 1t, In tn
settlement of this great strife, it is the Unto
men who are to be ostracised, and the rebe
Who are to be rewarded and promoted, wh
hereafter will be Union man who will ne
choose to be q rebel?
But it is fortunate for free institutions
America, that no such conspiracy as that no
headed by Andrew johnson can succeed. III
people here rule. They read and think an
then vote. The triple combination to berra
the country will fail as conspicuously. az, an
more ignominiously than, the rebellion iro
which it sprung. The people have alread