Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-11-20
6NEEE.AYNG.

In the same issue of the llacN; and tan
which announces that the "coppcrhead.'
intend to nominate Gen. Sherman "a sol.
dier--lcr The Presidency--the loca! black
and tan organ says that
In their organs, a. their political con.
von'iOps, in their mass meetings, the effort
Of the Copperhcad leaders is TO snuff out
all soldiers Of the Union, snd more partiou:
iarly to snuff ont Grant, Siuklea and Sheri.
dan. To get lid of these heroes, however
will require more snutfng than Copperhcad
SANDERS can accomplish. They must snuff
out patriotism first. They must neSt snuff
out loyal devotion, then they must snuff
out the great Union party, which will in
olive he .nniiling out of thenaton, because
when Grant, Sickles and Sheridan are snuff.
ed, America, Union and Liberty will lack
the li@ht to make them worthy Of preserva-
ton -
What an amount Of snuff There is a
little more left, however, if not exactly Of
the same sort. A few weeks ago the Phil
adelphia "Copperhoads' nominated three
soldiers Of tie Union "-Generals Lyle
Leech and Baller--ior responsible city
Offices. Before the election Gov. Geary and
his commissioncr--one Mitchell--endoavor.
ed to snuff them oar with bogus soldier
vote from Fort Delaware. That not sue
ceedng the defeated Radical candidates,
the leaders of the Shoddy league anil the
radical district attorney undertook to ''snu.i
them out" with contested election. -
Whether they will eventually succeed in
'snuliing out these gallant soldiers remain
to be seen. Again, The ''copNerheais" of
Dauphin. Lebanon and Schuy'kill nominn-
ted brave soldier Of the Union" Col.
James Ellis-fGr judge Of the supernumer-
ary court, but although pledged to draw no
salary until the act establishing the court
should be pronounced constitutional by the
Supreme Court, the Rads-among whom
were the controllers of the black and tan
igaominously "snufcd him out" in order to
install person who has drawn $l,150 for
doing nothing. We could instance more
than Il score of other good and true ''sol-
diers Of the Union who were 'snuifcd
out in similar way at the late elections,
By the Radical negro suffrage prepagandists
but lorbear.
As to Gen Grant, we are inclined to think
Deacon Bergncr "snuled him ont effect
uany, abou. year ago, by declaring that
Grant is a mere mi2ta,yadteatarer whose
opinion on political matters is not more than
that of any other ordinary man. As to
Sickles aud Sheridan, the people at the late
elections 'snu!fed them cut. in the par
tial extinguishment Of the Radical party -
From the reticence Of the Radical press, Of
late in regard to the fitness for Presidential
and Vice Presidential nominations, we judge
that their extinguihed ''wicks' could not
be relighted even with the flames from tn,
burning barns and dwellings that once light
ed up the great Valley Of the Shenan-
doah.
After the general "snuffing out" of the
great union party" (so-caled by itself
because every thief and scoundrel has de-
cent sounding alias, at the November elec
tons the patriots who so long distin
guished themselves by their ''loyal devo.
ton to mule contractors may as well make
up their minds to take last grab at the
hesh.p pots, forever thereafter they will only
snuff their SAVIOR afar off.-PItriot d Union.
w During the war lady passing fiom
cot to cot through the wards Of u hospital
was shocked to hear a soldier laughing at
her. She stopped to reprove the wletched
fellow.
"Why, look here, ma am" says he, you
have given me tract on the sin OF dancing,
when I've both legs shot of. "
nsa- In Tybun Pennsylvania negro
named Brown sold q load Of corn belonging
to another negro named Hogan. and then
murdered him for demanding the proceeds.
s0r The girl who sang, 20, Charley is
m, darling" saw him one night with an
other feminine and don't sing it Us much Us
cha did