Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-05-03
kaS2O-s SC "a Traitor.

rs We informed our rel iers two weeks ago, &
number Of s'nmeless, but no. inconsistent, Cop
perhea Is performed pilgrimage from this place
to Huntington, Inliana. for the purpose Of vel.
coming home traitor. who had just been re PLEASED
from prison ty means Of pal,ry bubble of the
law.
1; Is only necessary TO say to ous o her read
ers, mlny oil whom were confined in rebel prison
pens, or otherwise cut of from communication
with their homes, that early in the summer of 1861
Il was aide known TO the public that a secret or
der. calling themselves Sons of Liberty, was dis.
covered to be in existence throughout the entire
Northwest The leaders of this org alton. who
were deemed Of sufficient consequence and did not
mike good their escape, were arrested AMI tried
by a Military Commission composed of officers Of
unblemiShel character. OF patriotism tried by the
battles fiery ordeal. The evidence, which was
very voluminous and has believe, been collect
ei and published in pamphlet form, was most dam.
aging to the Democratic party Of Indiana, coming
as i. did from the lips of lifelong Democrats, who
had been sedueod by men to whom they had al
ways looked for political counsel into oath bound
eonclave of traitors. 1t was established beyond
cavil that Migan, Bowles and fIorsey, three
prominent and influential Democrats, were high
officials OF the Sons Of Liberty: that this order
was an auxiliary offhe Rebel army having for its
objects the weakening of our armies BY aiding nd
abetting desertiOn, resistance Of the drs laws and
last. though not least, tho melting of civil war in
the North, which they proposed to accomplish by
assassnating loyal Governors and seirng the State
arsenals, by ovcrpowering the guards at CAMPS
Morton. Douglas. ,Chase ard Johnson's Island. and
releasing their rebel inmates, whom the prono.ed
TO arm and make use Of as nucleus around which
every good Democrat was expected 70 rally For
the accomplishment OF these purposes the most en-
ergets measures were adopted; arms were Dur
chased in large quantities and dsPo;i,ei a. spcc;-
he'd places; the members Of the order were being
drilled for service more or less openly, and were
held IN readiness to move a. 4 moments warning:
the lives of Union men we're threatened. and hired
raiiiAns as.aultea returned sol iers whenever they
thought they could do with IMMUNITY; desertcrs
were invited and harborei In Democrats locsltie.
and there defed arrest; the enrolment Of the mi;
itia in some localities was violently resisted an
enrolling officers were brutality bu,chered while ..
ecuting their duties
Iam5iin P Miligan one OF the chiefs Of
THIS hel-born conspiracy; he WA to be q Major
General fthe Confederate army OF the Northwest.
the orders were trembling on his lips whose utter.
ance would have becs the signal for the lish,inr
up ofevery loyal mln's home with the torch Of the
rebel incenfiary, and general massacre of Union
men in the North. The sentence of the court
which tried him xas J,a.L - -:
loyal man will dispute its business. through the
interPosiiion OF their friends, President Johnson,
whose sympathies are easily excited for even the
most death-deserving traitors, committed the
sentence to Imprisonment. FOR life, and the Ohio
Penitentiary designated as the piace Of con-
fnement.
This, loyal mca, is the man. whose escane from
deserved punishment. the Democracy assemble
from near and from far to celebrate, for whose 70.
lease John R. COffroth the Copperhead candidate
ioF attorney General lab I'd zealously nigh. and
day. The assemblage which welcomed home the
convicted traitor is represented a. very fearful
affair Even Charley Reeve, o. this place, is
painted by glowing Democratic pens, with tears
coursing down his attenuated visage AMI his long.
oony arms wildly beating the air, his mouth open,
IS matter Of course. while he endeavored to give
language to hisjOy. Not tear has Charley ever
been known to shed over the fate OF his unreturn
ing he'ghboFs' WHOM; he has e. :eave T. err homes
with proui and high resolves to do or die for the
union and the Flag. and whose bones bleach unop
Southern baitlefeld'; not moan escapes his Eps
when he hears the horrid recital of the suffern.s
endured By our brave boys at Andersonville his
heart does no. well up in his throat when he sees
the emaciated forms Of those who cheerfuIly sur.
rendered health and strength that the Union and
i'ioefty might be preserved. Indeed, he laughs at
Their calsmities, and denounces them as "hireling
towards" and their mlrsyred chief as a "tyrsnt"
and "usurper-" But he reserves his sympathy for
traitors and assassns, and he see. the criminal',
cheek, which he says is "whi.ened by the shadow
OF prison WALL" and behold, his head is a foun-
tam, AMI his eyes are rivers of tears His speech
published in last weeks Democrat, contains moth
ing but his usual abuse of Union soldiers and all
others who dissented to the attempt of the Dem
ocratc party to overthrow the Government. How.
ever his plan for tbs reformltion of public ,en,i
msnt, by preparing the youthful mind for the re-
cepton OF Democratic ideas, shall have the bepes
OF our circulation:
LET rs tsin now where who're should have begun
schools exppnge from schoolbooks Theology and
tariansm leave .a TO he taught tn. churches the
Sunday sehools and At the mothers knee
Mr.. K. has discovered the real breach in the
Democratic line of battle. and CALAMITY does he
rush to the rescue. The youth of :he land are be-
ing educated ir doctrines inimical TO Copperhead-
ism; they are being taught to love the RICH: for its
own sake to love their country because it is free,
snd to hate slavery and oppression They have
discovered in The Bible other doctrines than "cur.ed
be Canaan" and Servants obey your masters"
You are too late, Mr.. r.; the clouds and thick
darkness n which the human mind has been en-
veiOped for so mtny ages, are dispensing before
the genial rays of Freedoms rising sun. Copper
headism, like the monster, Slavery. watch gave i,
birth, must f,I before the sturdy blows Of intoili
gence, freedom aud Christianity.
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