The Liberator

COPPERHEAD AFFECTION FOR THE PRIVATE SOLDIERY,

The devoted love of the " Peace Democracy " for
the enlisted men of the army, in especial contradis-
tinction to the " shoulder-straps," is truly touching.
In what a variety of ways do they manifest it!
If there is one desire on the part of the soldiers
which predominates above all others, it is to be able
to feel in their hearts that the cause in which they
are fighting is a just one. Behold how the Copper-
heads contribute to this end!
If the soldiers were to be consulted in regard to
the conscription, they would say, Draft, draft,
draft!" for they feel that those who stay at home
and grumble at the war should be made to bear
their part. Behold how the Copperheads favor the
draft!
If the soldiers had their way, they would have
all guerrillas hung ; and while they would treat as
honorable enemies prisoners taken in regular uni-
form and in line of battle, they execrate such crea-
tures as John Morgan, who stole horses and mur-
dered peaceable citizens in a civilian's garb. Be-
hold how the Copperhead press agree with the
soldiers of the Union, by eulogizing the late John
Morgan as a hero!
If the heavy hand of discipline were to be re-
moved from the army for a few weeks, the soldiers
would clean out the Copperhead presses, the Cop-
perhead orators, and the Copperhead meetings, all
over the country ; and it is because the Union party is
opposed to lawlessness and mob rule, that they dis-
countenance such procedures, and advocate free
speech. And yet the traitorous crew of peace
sneaks, who ought to be immeasurably grateful to
the Union men for standing between them and the
indignant blue-jackets, have the unparalleled effron-
tery to claim to be the friends of the soldiers!
Ask the private soldier who it is that insults the
flag of the Union, and he will tell you at once, it is
the model Peace Democrat, who swears by George
B. McClellan. Who is the favorite for the Presi-
dency of that lady (?) who steps off the sidewalk in-
sto the mud, rather than walk beneath the stars and
stripes? George B. McClellan.
Poll Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, the Irving
Block in Memphis, Fort Lafayette, Fort Warren, or
Fort McHenry, and while the guard will invariably
vote for Abraham Lincoln, the guarded would, if
they could, vote for George B. McClellan. How
would Quantrell vote, if he could? How Holz-
claw ? How every guerrilla and bushwhacker
For George B. McClellan.
Surely, the party whose ticket commands the
voters or sympathies of all the traitors, spies, guer-
rillas. bushwhackers and horse-thieves in the coun-
try must have special claims upon the affection of
the veteran soldiers of the Union!