Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-11
COMMUNICATED.
For the Sunbury American
A COPPERHEAD FALSEHOOD REFU-
TED. ....
HARRISBURG, August G, 1865.


Editor american
In last Fridays issue of Purdys
cosperhead print, noticed one of the most
brazen, untruthtul, and shameless attempts
to gull the people of your community, by
stating that the miserable convention held
by the "cops" here, on Wednesday last, was
on "Immense Soldiers Convention"-eve
county in the State fully represented"-a
large proportion of one legged, one armed
veterans !" sc. Now, as an witness o!
this whole miserable coppcrhead fizzie, (and
having a reputation for truth and veracity
at stake,) l will venture to prove, by three
or four responsible men of the democratic
party residing here, that the procession,
when it lett the Exchange building, did not
number over 300 men and hoys-and the
stragglers, strangers and Others that f1ocked
to the Capital to see the fun, by other routes
than that taken by the motley groupe of
cops, (who followed the board walk for the
purpose of having ample room and a sure
footing, many of them having become sea
Sich)-did not number over $50 people, all
told. A large number of the audience in
the House of Representatives chamber were
Union men, friends of Gen. Geary, who
crowded in to see the fun The hall holds
probably 450 or 500 persons,-was not
crowded at any time,-and contained at
least 15O boys and women
How in the name of Thomas Pepper, Esq,
who, profane History informs US, was
kicked out of Beelzebubs dominions for
tying-can Truman take the impudence to
lay before his intelligent readers, such an
unmitgated falsehoodl He evidently was
not present at the snake convention, but
copied the report from that vile sheet, the
| tlaIn nl,,l,t ,f al, Il
and treason, as Glossbrenner's own friends
well know. So far as the "one-legged" and
zone. armed" representation was concerned,
at this last fizzle of the copperheuds, why,
SIR ..
"optics sharp it needs, ween,
To see what iras not to be seen !"
Ore man in the crowd (probably sub
scriber to Purdy's paper and the only indi-
vidual noticed with one arm, professed to
have lost his limb in the terrible charge AT
the battle of Gettysburg" A burly Irish
man stepped up and denounced him as an
| imposter said he knew his man well--and
that the loss of his member resulted from
carelessness while working at threshing
machine SO much for copperhead bravery
One-legged men there were none visible
save, perhaps, few dozen who were lame
or had sore legs about d,ytiag time! That
q great many had the use of but one leg, was
evident from the fact that they lay in and
around the depot, in the evening, resting
their weary frames, rendered so by wander
ing about the city, and from over-indrlgence
in cheap whiskey.
! The idea OF Purdy's trying to make capt.
tai out of Clymer Soldiers Conventions is
worse than ridiculous The Soldier-voters of
Pennsylvania kn0U whom they fought with,
and under, and who fought against them in
the Legislature of Pennsylvania Bravely
they remember this. They knou who was
in the thickest of the fight at Gettysburg,
and who, when the gallant Reynolds fell,
mortally wounded. made the terrible charge
which drove the rebel horde, bleeding and
howlipg, from their strongest position,-
which resulted in victory to the Union Arms!
| The soldiers know, too that for this great
| victory which the gallant Geary SO bravely
| fought and risked his life to gain. Harris
burg, Lancaster, Reading and Philadelphia,
and the many other beautiful towns in Penn
sylvania would have shared the fate of
Chambersburg What sensible man can
doubt this Gen. Geary bears honor able
marks upon his body-several wounds-a
powerless arm--he has lost a beloved son in
the battles for the Union-he was promoted
! for his valuable services to his present rank
of Brig. General. That is his history. Ex-
anime the Records of the Pennsylvania LIE.
gislature--there you will find Hester ely
mer's.
Knowing all these facts to be incontrover.
tible, yet such shameless creature as Purdy
and Others of the small fry order in the cop
perhead party, who SAVIOR of uirdigris and
whom you can smell a square off-have the
unblushing audacity to claim for their can.
didate the aid of the scarcovered Union
Soldier.
You ought, by oil means, good people of
Sunbury, apply to the next Legislature of
Pennsylvania to have your talented towns.
mans name changed. Annaaias would be-
come him better than Truman
......... III. VERIIAs.