Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-02-04
Patriots and Copperheads.

Representative Herbert Of alabama
chairman Of the naval ufInirs committee,
says 81 h we no doubt that congress Will
without regard To party, sustain the presi.
dent IN the cOutse he has taken. ! attn n
PARTISAN demo, r,t but I um an American
FIRST n democrat aftorwfrd. does
come and hope II will not, the southern
people will sustain the governmon, rs heart
lily rs any other section OF the country, ana
be quite NJ ready 10 volunteer iOr the de-.
Tense Of the dag"
1t IL u source Of very great satislac-
ton to know that the leading democrats
in congress and nearly all the leading
democratic newspapers endorse the
sentiments of Mr.. Herbert. II this
country had been compelled to go to
war with Chill to preserve the national
honor, such democrats az Mr.. Herbert,
MIR. Blount Of Georgia, aud Mr.. Nc
Creary Of Kentucky, would have been
staunch supporters Of the government.
These men have been with the admin
istratiOn with the patriotic impulse
and desire to bring the Gillian dispute
to n just and honorable conclusion.
The singing rebuke which Mr.. Nc
Creary administered TO Mr.. Brecken-
ridge, who tried to turn the recommen-
dalton of the president to the advantage
OF his party, by the adoption OF u
resolution rejecting upon the good
| faith Of the administration, VIII doubt
less teach that demagogue lesson
which he has not had since the one
taught democratic copperheads nj
Appomattox. u IN meet that tuch Il
we'll deserved chastisrment should have
been given by democrats. No republl-
can said word Of opposition to Mr..
breckenridge hunCOmOe resolution.
lie stood alone IN defense ut IL and II
was lost in committee Without T.
single objection except that of thu
demagogue himself.
No matter how bitter the strife be
tween parties over local issues and
partisan questions, II IL u great pleas
ure to recognise the fact that in tn
vindication Of our national honor
against foreign insult, outrage and
murder, we are all or nearly all
American citizens first and parlisaus
Mterward. There are, however, a few
democrats Of the Breckenridge stripe,
followed by such INSCRIPTIONS partisan
journals as the ST. Louis Republic, the
Kansas City Tunes and aprd by tn
News of this city, who are willing to
dacrince every principle Of national
honor and cast slurs at the ADMINISTERS
ton, as they always slur anything
that is patriotically American hoping
thereby 10 make some very cheap kind
of capital for their party. These are
the modern copperheads Of the nation
Had there been war, while gallant pa
triOts OF the country would have beer
lighting the enemy in front, these little
fellows would have been klndling d
"llre In the rear" aud resolving that
the war for the union was failure. q
Now that the president has brought
about an honorable peace with Chill
these cOpperheads continue to bark
aud snap aud tell US that they coulo
have done it better than the admins
tratiOn.
Ii prumbling and quarrelling vt Mi
Lincoln, and this Lincoln hirrlings
Nonld have put down the rebellion
he cupptrhead1 would have ended IN,
var early in. 1851. The seymour Valan
bingham tactics however were MOI
adopted aud the honor and stability u
he nation was ptrpetuated. Copper
nead tactics did not win with President
Harrison 1t the helm IN 1892.