The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-10-15
Benedict Arnold and HHOratiO
Seymour.

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larity of views as shown by the express
sions of Mr.. Seymour and Benedict Ar
mold, and makes good reading at the
present time -
Benedict Arnold, on the -2eth day of
October, 1880, issued the following:
Proclamation : to tie Citizens and Soldiers
''of the United States
"You are promised liberty by the Lead
ers Of your affairs, but is there an indi-
yidual in the enjoyment of it, saving your
oppressors Who among you dare to
speak or write what he thinks against the
tyranny which has robbed you of your
property, imprisons your sons, drags you
to the field of battle, and is daily deluging
your country with blood !? Your. country
once was happy, and had the profered
peace been embraced, the last two years of
misery had been spent in peace and plen-
ty, and repairing the desolations of the
quarrel; that would have set the interests
Of Great Britain and America in a true
light, and cemented their friendships I
wish to lead chosen band of Americans
in the attainments of peace, liberty, and
safety, the first objects in taking the field
What is America but land of widows,
! argument to such as feel infinitely more
misery than tongue can express | give
| lag promise of the most affectionate wei
come to all who are disposed to join me in
measures necessary to close the scenes of
our athictions, which must increase until
we are satisfied with the iberality of the
mother country which still offers us pro-
lection and exemption from all taxes but
such as We think fit to impose upon our
selves. BENEDICT ARNOLD.
October %, 1890"
Now, we defy any man to make out a
more complete model of Copperhead ha-
rangue in 1864. Take any Of their set
speeches in evidence.
Benedict Arnold makes eight points
against the Continental Congress and
Washington, the ommander-in-C Chief:
l. That freedom of speech and of the
press has been taken aways
2. That property has been appropria-
ted.
3. That Illegal imprisonments have been
made.
4. That odious conscriptions have been
imposed.
5. That peace which might have been
had was refused.
6. That the first objects in taking the
field have been abandoned.
Z. That the country has been deluged
with blood and made land of widows
and orphans.
S. That it is necessary to join them, in
order to close those affections and return
to prosperity.
Horatio Seymour, in Milwaukee, like
wise (using his own language) makes the
following points:
l. ''The freedom Of speech and Of the
press has been denied us"
2. 'It is your property, the property of
Northern taxpayers, which is confscatcd."
3. 'Men have been torn from their fam
lilies, and locked up in prison, and women
also"
4. ''Men are told that they must leave
their homes and devote themselves to wal"
5. "The policy of the Administration
has placed hindrances in the way of the
Union"
6. "The Administration has entered
upon settled policy dangerous to the wei
fare of the country"
Z. "In Gods name, are there no means
by which we can save the lives Of hus-
bands and brothers 2"
g. eve nominated Mcclellan that we
might restore prosperity and peace to the
people,
Thus are the points made by Horatio
Seymour against the Administration in
1864 identical, point with point, with
those made by Benedict Arnold against
Washington and the Continental Congress
in 1880. We see precisely what Mr. Sey-
mour meant when, toward the close of his
speech, he asserted, "our views came from
our fathers" They are the views which
the Tory fathers, through their executor,
Benedict Arnold, bequeathed to their Cop
perhead offspring
The truth is that Treason. and its twin
brother, Faction, always speak substantial
" the same language, only just so much
altered as to suit the particular crcum-
stances of each time. The human heart
is ever the same, and so are the prime cle-
ments that move human affairs. As long
as there is malice i'll the human blood. no
Government can be without its rcnegades
and malcontents; and these are always
ready, Judas-like, to seize upon every oc-
casion of offense. No matter what the
conduct of the Government may be, or
however enforced by necessity, spite will
assail it, and often too on very plausible
grounds.
Every condition of civil life has its bur
dens and evils, and it is always easy for
the malignant to turn these to their own