Year: 1863

emy that can be had in the rear of an army
even worse, if possible, than the bush
whackers that lay in ambush for our pickets
and scouts down here in Arkansas, ard else
where. Where is the person in Iowa that
won't help rout them? will tell you
where you can find some that scill, and that,
too, most completely. Come to our army and
detail those who are eager to go, and yon
would have nearly all Of Iowas noble sons
back in her own lines hunting those animals
as fierce as blood hound hunts the poor
negro out Of the swamps in the South and
in short time there would not bo such
thing as copperhead known in our noble
State. There is consolation, however, and
that is, there are not as many of those wretch
es harbored in Iowa, as there are in some of
her sister States. Their numbers are de-
creasing, and we hope that the time may
soon come that there will not be single one
known, or even heard Of, throughout the
whole of the Northern States. They should
be summed as much as is the copperheaded
snake whose bite is q rank poison, and caus-
es almost instant death. They are even
worse than that class of reptiles, for the
snake is doing what God and nature design
ed it should do, and it is the opinion of your
humble writer (and he is not alone) that nei.
ther God or nature designed that man should
work in direct opposition to his own eternal,
welfare. Sefshness and over sight lead
persons into great errors many times, and
obstinacy is the cause Of many mans over.
throw. You will never see person that is
aristocra.ic but what is mere or less obst-
nate in his or her ways, and the same error
is tinctured with more or less selfishness.--
A lack Of good judgment will cause great
oversight many times, and much to the dis,
comfture of such persons. 1t is in that way
persons are often led astray, and cause so
much trouble. We are safe in saving that
the cause Of this great rebellion rests wholly
upon those three errors. Sel6shness, obsti.
macy and oversight There is no doubt but
that the South did look wrong upon the ques-
ton of the war and its results, when they
first assaulted our glorious emblem of free
dom, and after they had committed the crime
they became more and more selfish and OBJ
stnatc in carrying ont the plans they had
laid to overthrow our government. Now it
has got to such point that nothing but the
prostration of three e-fourths of its people
will ever cause the South to submit to what
it calls the Abolitionists of the North. All
that is necessary to cause that submission is
n "Union of hearts and union of hands ~
on the part Of the people of the North and
our army, and we will then soon see our
country restored to peace and quiet, and q
universal freedom prevailing throughout our
land. We will then all enjoy the comforts
of home fire-side and the society of kind
parents and friends, and that, too, with the
assurance that there is no power, except that
Of the Almighty, that dare interfere. Who
would not give their best efforts to attain
such advantages None, answer, except a
God-forsaken set of wretches. Such are the
poor copperheads in the estimation of the
soldiers. and your humble correspondent is
one. Hoping that this will satisfy some,
while it may not suit others, willl write
again at some future time and endeayor to
please all. With my kind regards to all
lovers of the Union and our present admin.
istration, sign myself, e.."


LIBERTY