, 1866-08-20
THE COPpERHEAD CDEyEN-
: " 1ION. -. -"
The 6 E:;9: Ia ARM Farce.
CUSTER E.4i.JTING THE BEDELS.


cafctlY have fhshioned anything for its own
NC 50 good ~ this bachansl OF disloYalty.
thinking With this poisoned arrow to wound =
be spirit Of Liberty and clog the great uuiou
party, 1t hns turned Ike h boomerang In its
course, and will prove tho death Of those
llone who shot It with, rude care and I
kin. There were those. doubtless, who
|eared evil from this ering-contecturing
that in some way It would badly affect the
political virtue Of The people. Such fears arc
groundlces-tttcrly grouudlesa- 1t needed
only this comedy Of docghfacelsm to show
the character of the game Andrsw johnson
Is playing through tis puppets, Randall and
browning.
1suppose scmc good people ara Indignant
al this movement, notice that newspaper
denounce II In round terms, and friend of
mine received . letter this morning urging
him to 4tshow up the vile thing in ali It's
yf1eness-'' As for me, am only amused.
To he sure, the affair Il cham, Or, more cor
rectly, = cheat; hut It Is such u transparent
cheat, the business Is done 10 such cut
and-df1ed manner, that can't find 1t In my
heart to be Indignant + there were the
least danger IN the matter, Il my man
With three grains Of sense was likely TO Be
deceived, the case would be different: AZ
is, good people, let them haSe the.t tsFsg u
pleasant summer weather--the little Aranse-
ment WILL do them good, and will not In the
1east harm US. Let them h4Fe their bftet
Did sa5 1t would do them good :. Posi- !,
blv I eboulc except Randall, and Browning, I
and Eorton-except chiefly Doohttie, and
Orr, and Weed, snd Dean Kichuo1a. they
arc having hard time. The one thing that
the one thing that must not be done in pub:
lie k-td1k Shall / paint ypu the picture OF
the Convention - Thousand men with pad
locks On their Apai thousand parrots that
hurtah," when psompter Doolittle holds up
lis finger and glres The Sign. Glve Brown
Ing and the ot6ee tEaIner* due credit. They
!; r:s wl:SEr :Itns ri;l b:tal un. In row u
: a,,, Lody says wordi an4 enea anxiety a.
! tlgy thereby SITTER Is Romcthtng should not
/ iike 10 ru1s.c In :hts weather;
II saecses thai. Is o 1ns2 srre 1f rasey e1pedi.
gnty, the iosa1 men of the ep:sstsJ could
| essNy sttortl 70 pay the cntare etpesee of the
ching les.1-.chels hhve teen s1lly reln~
leSca Of fiellow.hI in tie. Deulocrstlc party
u Is II called fur any other toarpofe: Ger
| talnly the Convention will accomplish only
this, and uctbing t1:orc. And it y proposed
/" pu: VIC tiosefnn:nt il tte h.naS q q these s
Il in no danger froul Ibis stsaui.. =,
Tls shom he::au yesterday noon with . dis
play Of dougbfacelsm unparalleled, ! hope,
In any age Or in any country. The time nao
The managers were In their places. Brown
ing, with IN immense display Of rufled shirt
bosom, Blatr, with devllsh cunning In his
ptggish little eyes; Doollttle. with snivel
on bis lip and big white handkerchief y
In his branded old PHI; Wendell. With sat-
fsfnctfou In every line of his hard rebel facs.
The band was La its place on the platform
orer the door, and = good band It L, too.
! some Three thousand Of them half al1lng the
: great galleries. Men we're looking at tht
| individual who sat near 9roWning--a passon
: | eyideutly-when Randall, In the most I'm
maculate of broadcloth and Whitest Of vests
. rose and pompously announced that the de1
$ egates from South Carolina and Aaasachu
It sets would enter the Nigwa1n nrn in arm
= Crazy delegates fom other States jumped u
z thelr feet and caught up their hats and um
{ Randall bowed and gEinued, Browning lce1
ed right aud left, cownn gaTe bis quld q
=. extra ron in his mouth, and the genias q
:, toadytsm snufed the air IN delight IS q
. and Union Major General Couch led the IA:
of The one with supercillious pride, the othe
a, with obedient faWning. 1t Tns sight tia
"A made my Puritan blood hot for Just an y
!. - stant bnt then ! thought "whats II
Of Randalrs stde:s5oT proved 70 be under sac
n 5.6is Tbis a1bis.:ion Of the bresd-snd,butti
r. doughiacelsm Of the Convention was on
= done By the next act, In which Custer too
90 the double delegation passed mp the ais!
T. Out instt5y Win " "D{Ee." On tho insta'
y. Custer srrang upon his ssat, swung b
n broad-bt{mmed hst In delirous frenzy, ar
At 1 1n&<, IN. rhA4tG thn rHhAl tu1
Id Other men cheercd and other men maj
Ike fools Of themselves, but the pre-etninenee
+ot this humt1iating performance E freely co
hc ceded to Custer By erezsbody-to him alo
I'D Ittook q good deai Of engineering to E
er- rid Of Vallandigham. II was plain from I
,cb beginning that he must be kept out OF
Us cause Seward. and johnson said 20. =
me there were other reasons-iu the frat pla
ed he could not be gagged, and tn the eeco
nc place hIs name docs not BnteM we'll Arno
Nv thoea whom II Is now decided TO nampt
~ ~ Nobody psctends thu: his yiexs orc =
nc worse than thoae Of hundred men admit
I'D to the Convention hut all the nursing
fol- coddl}uE Of this occasion vas Tor South,
!, or trnitors-a main chief endorseaeut bs
nm TINT be served In the rebel army 70 '
'Ao landIgham was forced ont, not, however,
late good and regular standing, had received
him ticket Of admission to the CONCEPTION
ety. hsd come 10 an understanding y
- The managers us to the future. lie kno
'uto ~. On which side hEd bread {s huttered, a
u.s. you'll sec that In safo districts be will
ON. put forward as one Of the leading speah
ind3 for the rsw pesty.
erro such m ovation this afternoon from the {
with t sta ~ th,as X ,ars =, ,rik;nr socncx
his ] +hnt rrhIeh Followed the announcement
the Grpcsbeck that be had letter from hlt
CUB the asScmhlage. Inc menuon ol inc u Y
" for cheering, but the tribute given to Val
mpo- to johnson. DoolittIc's method Is %
dced OF everything not a.Tangcd bJ tho r1n'
eeyep wise men, but he slGusny ale
irving 10 rosh over this letter and it, ant
Tic delegates seemed at fzst inclined to
nit to his ruling that 1t could not Be
ach but the galleries were not IN leading str
Phil md ~ toon as they made known thelr
auch. The Convention hecalne uuInKuageahle ;
,o,t1, pooljttlc WIS only sAyedt and disagree
row only prevented, by ReycrdT John
. ~. motion to suspend the rules and let to'
ntion 70 prerent any debate, to vote unan1u
usou, ly for whatever . member Of the little
te.r<' of The Executive Committee proposes, !
his a1seady said sns aFf' ha11ere ane o.,
eyes belong to the ring-sn't as near It ~
, the aud Norton. even knd therefore got ht
ops1v suuhpef this afternoon HM psopos
r.-.a1 was merely one requiring the Committ
- the 60 lint errry man Vuula sec what pla
Even It. WIS proposed 10 60 to the country
lis the DID you ever hear OF such a. tdeak ts
!, TINT MAa on ea@' = Sh,,t rnn- s.c* md
n that eaS. es r,,e,,fh .n5 xxa11ox Vhat Te riye
te11ect snr The nT1csfs ofBread and -Buttcrisu.
with shonld have known better. Doolittl
Id not equal to the emergency. ana pfoMptl
sn- the proposftion1 An nstonished mar
seaanss Haycs about that time, but he snccec'
running In clever little Coppethead q
awept which the galleries and Conyeution We
Nelles. plauded. 30 that he could afford 10 IA
, ,ron,a enubbiug IN toaerabse good part
On ths fbTa ra4 M,il Il r. HaTmnnd wrote tic sd
WAg, whiio Weed sat 1T his elbow-thcre
;sashu~ viN be rs vordY ~ an editorial In Ray1
othr,s. | raper md as malignant u Weed dare b
.e | Tia resolutions ere Of Washington ma
s"e< ture and VIII not, in themselves and
'lon 70 be pasttcn1ariy Questionable 70 an
7entton or course there Is pretcnce q long
-, and ing orer these documents On the part
etforth Committee of toft1, oVt pselSstWSee -, -
assaaa morrow without material change,
u3alrs, olnticaa vii Be conseryative, and cal,
fos = northern p4xa1ltl--the addttss !
ng'y, aud spec1aaly adapted for zeas zeas
tic South- 1A
THR LAsr OF THE REBEL i
Is, con- --
: peace -Four Rebel Soldiers Surrender
buste1- Have Just Found Ont the Warts
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