, 1870-05-16
WASHINGTON.

twenty years and this fact uhqnesuonay p1u'e ~. ~
MI Il then concluded with dcsfrpuons OF
churches, presided oVcr By native pFeaeue5s'
schools etc, among the slouA
WASHINGTON.
New Glimpacs OF the Rebel esofefn.
mcnt-What a CopPerhead fshs 81
Sav-mistakeso OF Jeff. Dnvis-vleNs
OF george Sanders, Roger Il. PfFoE'
SlidcII, Joe johnson, ETC.
lfgoH ouK ouE CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, May 10,
few nights ago, fell into the company o1
number Of e1-rsbel staff officers, 7no were
At dinner with about .s many Of tho fedefa
aunr. sud there we're also one or two old hafd-
shelled politicians Of both parties. 1 am nos
at 1ibe1ty to give names but there was gooa
deal Of conversation which it was permtteo
freely to relate, and, as much of it was not ae-
uyed second-land, may mako sono intetest-
ing points from it for your roaders.
coprEnuEAD HISTORY.
Twill put this in the form Of conversation,
although, instead Of changing the whole 0. II
to single character. the reader will Under
stand that number Of pe1sons were speaking
together. You will probably deduce from ths
u,atter, and from the fact that good deal OF
Il camo from famous Copperhead OF the
North, who vas familiar with the plans: char
actors and suggestions of all the Southern
wing of the Democracy, both at Clnclnnats III
1856, and at Charleston in 1860, no" mncn OF
tho real history OF the rebellion Las yet to 90
vrittcn-in order TO mako the war e1planAole
by Intelligent CopperheadB themselves. DO
not mean such persons ns Pollard, Es'on
H. II
Cooke, D. H. Hill, Zen Wood, and tho SINAI
fry of folks who had nothing to do with SOUTH
e1n politics before the war. but say that II
there is-as pllilosophic observer m1ght con-
ceiye-emong such men as George NJ Whar-
ton, Caleb Cushing, George Penaleton, ans
even yallandighnm, the ability still to tell tae
truth, despite much treason, and. 70
relate out OF memory what shae no1
be distorted By prejudice. We may
vet have much to honr alDus tae
war now unknown to us. It Tas 81 samaei
pepys, toady Of The King. who ~ mas maoe
the atmosphere and the portrait OF tne oeo,
art era interesting to us, Not ne least part
OF the literature Of the Revolution IN Amelaca
was written by the Tories w!o abandoned tho
popular cause. Tho E.theEn Copperhead
lenders really knew msj| about the confused
t1uie soliuunu4n6 H., ,,.o.;o,,, ,,,a ;,tnr.
when parties. 1r1eno1..ps' .s".1s t ~ .at:n;,.t;aa
ests were all shake. aues .s. .ha ca1.ha-n at.tas1
OF the rupture, IT, aS e'I pan1hs;sans tn1 = Thaso
men or the A ..s;...as H. ,;,,o,+1
influential COZ =. $500 ~ .a s,.aa.;s,ass -
nor tho lFe's W ,..:. Dos.o ...AA-s. ~
come smcth, nor can they speak the full
tn,h of hanY living rebels with whom they
were o1se eonnaentlal oat ~ .ne aas..~na au.u :. ~
the f,tn1e WILL NOT o1a" ul7 eoneept'oa' "a
the past G1sa. war ifoa A1s o1o se' u ~
thers. II WILL apPea' ~ "..' tnooen
gigantic Struggle against Inc 1lents
Of mani to have been also q
political catastrophe, instigated W mon as
well as b evils, and with all its conflicting
principle to have been yet atrikingly human
drama, fifth some meanness On the righteous
eide, ND some personal nobility on the dark
side. fhese little politicians In Congress who
pay uJre heed to what posterity will have
to sajabout the rebellion than to what their
OWL generation has to Say about themselves,
may1eclaim as much US they Ike, bnt they aro
nopzophets nor the sons OF prophets
jut to our conversation sidI; "Whero is
"dEoRdE sASpEns-"
is"George is still abroad, mighty seedy, and at
he end OF his rope rory nearly He never
ved any money, and has no ability to do SO,
+ ough he has been possessed OF many
:, '"':@ fta at timo' "h.e ne was ponueA
''' .'m.,.'" ~. NV 1.nta .ta,,t ~ -,,n
'*''''' 4teaectaa pa1's auo"' m,,,o NJ l14a.. ~
"a not NOW gwen tne1 19, uue ". mn1o a,',a@. ~
- = r. ,s Oh money ON. u poauss, ~ .o"
= ~ain 1Asasn gensie0s' =. ,aaa an "onar -" NV
i"' tnal ne e'ef 1e.useu W ionu .AoA
ss.': ne nao cent - no nAo ooen ea.s.1, "..
& !, no Woola noI LEVY sonu 0o.su 49,
the DREAMING VI .uo W., ~
teIy time he CAME up ZOE Olce OF 1AtUI uA-