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THURSDAY :::::::::::::::DECEMBER 10.
Tlio Lute Contest -Copper-
The friends of the Union in Pennsyl
vania have fought a good fight, and have
achieved a victory, great, grand and glorious.-
And now since the smoke of the
battle-field has all passed away, and the
slaiu enemies of the country sleep quietly
in their dishonored political graves, it
may not be amiss to take a glance at some
erf the peculiarities which characterized
the recent contest. But, in the first place,
we muse -congratulate our friends every
where upon the result. Amongst the
thousands of gallant and brave men who
contributed towards it, we are confident
there is not one who feels a more heartfelt
pleasure in it than ourself. No political
canvass was ever carried on with so much
bitterness on the part of our opponents,
and without intending disparagement
towards any of the aspirants before the
X'ittsburg convention, we repeat now,
what we have uniformly believed and
expressed, that -Andrew G. Curti n . was
and is the only man who could have saved
our people f rout the disgrace of a Copper
head triumph, and the nation from tho
-evils which would flow from a hoatile
State administration:
In former political campaigns and we
liave participated in quite a number we
Jave alw'ays found more or less of honesty
tfll principle in our opponents ; but in
he one just closed, jve regret to say, they
teemed utterly devoid of any and all such
attributes. From the moment our candidate
was placed in the field, down to the closing
of the polls, on the evening of theeconl
Tuesday of October, they kept up a
deliberate personal warfare against him,
which in Its malignancy and wickedness
has never been paralleled. Every slander
which their malicious head3 could invent,
every means which Satan could suggest,
was employed by them to defeat our
nomineo and elect their own. Men, too,
iu our own midst, from whom better
things might ordinarily have been expec
ted, willfully ignored everything like
manlines3andfairnc3S,and lent themselves,
body and soul, to this ehamdess and dirty
work.
We cannot afford now to dignify thec
individuals, and at the same time pollute
our columns, by naming them here. We
know thera, and tho public kTiow them,
and this is suEcient. They have fur
nished a striking proof of the truth of the
old saying "Whom the 'gods would
destroy, they first make mad." Their
task is done, and they have their reward
in the triumphant re election of tho man
whom they have vilified and defamed.
To this they are welcome.
Tho course pursued by the leaders of
Copperhoadi3m, since the commencement
of the Rebellion, has been strange indeed,
but not moro strange than infamousr
They are themselves responsible, in a great
measure, for the dastardly attempt which
has beenmade to overthrow our Govern
ment. In the campaign of 1860, they
publicly proclaimed that, if Mr. Lincolu
should be elected, the Union would be
dissolved, alleging that the people of the
South could not be expected to remain
under the Presidential rule of an "aboli
tionist." This was an invitation to the
Slave States to try the experiment of
Secession; and when, after the election of
Mr. Lincoln, they made the attempt to go
out, these same Copperhead leaders stood
by with their hands in their pockets, and
like poor old Buchanan, did nothing but
bellow out "nc coercion V whilst not a
few of the more fool-hardy among them,
declared that their party in the North
would forcibly resist any attempt on the
port of the incoming administration to
compel the South to return to its allegiance.
But when Mr. Lincoln was inaugurated,'
and when, after exhausting all peaceful
means in vain, he was eventually forced
to call up6a the military to put down the
insurrection, and to wipe out tho insult
which had been offered to our flag at
Fort Sumter, then, indeed, these sympa
thizers with treason quite changed their
fcune. All of a sudden they became
outUrfaM aya and patriotic, but their
professions in this behalf aro now well
understood to have been neither more nor
less than a bid for patronage and power,
for no sooner had Old Abe distributed his
offices and left these men o.ut in the cold,
than they all with one accord turned upon
him. Could he have given them all fat
places, it is quite likely that both he and
the Union would now have their support.
But this was impossible, and so Old Abe
and the Union have had to get along
without them, and so far have shown
themselves quite equal to the emergency.
Failing to get control of and to run
"the machine" as they had fondly hoped,
these Copperhead leaders have from that
time forward opposed the National Ad
ministration and all who sustain it in the
prosecution of the War. It is scarcely
necessary for us to particularize ; we need
only utter the great truth, that they have,
by every means in their power, Fought to
embarrass the head of the government ;
aud in proportion to their success in this,
so have they succeeded rn giving aid and
comfort to the ltebels. As evidence of
the fact that their labors have been duly
appreciated down in Secession, we may
mention the well'kcowu truth that the
leaders of the Rebellion were extremely
anxious to see them triumph at the State
election. The Richmond papers counted
largely upon the advautage which, in such
a contingency, would result to thrir cause,
and got off numerous labored editorials to
show 'that an advance of Lee's army into
Pennsylvania would be a sure way to
attain the desired end. It was warmly
urged that this would giva encouragement
and strength to the so-called "Democracy,"
through whom alone they could expect to
obtain peace, and a recognition of their
bogus Confederacy !
We havc'said that, when the call for
troops was first made, the Copperhead
leaders evinced a willingness to aid in
prosecuting the war. Such was the case
in our own county, with perhaps some
exceptions, and the same may.be said of
all the Northern States." When the
Government had once fairly taken it9
position, few indeed were found to raise
their voices asainst volunteering or the
war, whilst manj did all in their power to
promote enlistments. Stephen A. Douglas
and other good men like him had assured
the President of their sympathy and eup-
rfjKrfl, and not a few of those who had beca
the friends of the arch-tiaitor Breckin
ridge now buckled on their armor to fight
for the Stars and Stripes. Examples were
set which were well worthy of emulation.
Our readers will remember the eloquence
which was expended by certain Democrats,
now Copperheads, of our own county, and
the efforts they put forth to procure troops
for the service. They attended and ha
rangued all tho war meetings, made con
tributions, and for a time seemed to forget
political distinctions and to recognize but
one party, and that the party of the Union.
Would that this state of affairs had con
tinued ; but it could not be so... The
patriotism of these men was not so strong
as their appetite for patronage and gain.
True it was that both the President and
the Governor had recognized the Union
Democrats by conferring upon them many
of their best appoiutment3 ; but what
mattered this, po long as they had failed
to provide for these particular individuals
and their particular friends I A certain
so-called Democrat, not living a thousand
miles from this place, fancied that, because
he had had somo experience aa an officer
of the militia, he was therefore entitled to
be made a Colonel or a Brigadier in the
army, and not attaining to either of these,
he aimed at being appointed to enrol the
militia of the county preparatory to the
draft of 18G2. But failing in this as in
the others, his last dodge we believe wa3
to visit Ilarriaburg and ask an appoint
ment from the military authorities there.
It will be borne in mind that, whilst
seeking each and all of these positions, he
studiously proclaimed himself a' War
Democrat ; but being disappointed in all
his selfish aspirations, he fiercely came
home to inveigh against the Administra
tion and the war. He has gone on in
this woy until he has become literally
crazy with Copperheadism. Another so
called Democrat, who regards himself
exceedingly smart in political game3, as
in everything else, wished to be rewarded
for saying nothing against the Adminis
tration, lie put himself to the trouble of
gcing to Washington in quest of a Sutler
ship. But as such appointments arc not
"lying around loose" at all times, he
didn't chance to pick one up. Tho failure
annoyed him somewhat, and he returned
to his home, resolved to make himself
both heard and felt in tho perplexing
affairs of the nation. He has ever since
been consistent iu his opposition to the
causo of the country, and one of hij last
acts was to preside at a meeting at which
more solid lies were fold and more bad
whisky was consumed than perhaps at any '
similar assemblage ever convened in the
State. Still another so-culled Democrat
had an elder brother who was urged for
Paymaster in the army. The applicant
was a Union Democrat the same that
the younger professed to be and the
appointment was urged upon that ground.
But as offices are sometime difficult to
obtain, the applicant did not succeed. . To
show the CDnsisteucy and worth of the
applicant, it is only necessary to say that
he promptly entered the service aj a
subordinate, and sealed his derotiou to
the country with his life' blood. All
honor to his memory ! We wish we could
say a3 much for his younger brother.
But no! tho young man employs his
leisure moments in spitting out low and
scurrilous abuse against not only thoi:e
who are supporting the government, but
even against the government itself which
protect him.
We mention these little bits of history
meiely to show the motiva by which
some of tho more promineitt Copperhead
leader of our Stats havi been governed.
We measure all the leader of their party,
whether in the county, fhc State, or the
nation, by the Mme standard. - They all
padopUdaml entered upon the same iufa
f nmoufl out'ofrelv selfish consid
erations. They began their oppoiuon to
th-dniiuitftratioa precisely at the time
thcoould uot ' use it to subserve their
own base purposes. Unable to rule, they
were determined to ruift. Nor did thev
m
go to work without a system. Early in
the summer of 1361, they begin their
organization under the false but captiva
ting name of "Democracy," and tlius
lured many an unsuspecting man into
their support. Their orators and presses
lied freely. They told the people, that
the Republicans had brought oa the war,
and were unfit to prosecute it, and that
the Union could only be restored through
the success atid instrumentality of tho
"Democratic party." Thus they lied and
labored. Meanwhile, many of the friends
of the Union were enlisting into th ser
vice, whilst those who remained at home
were striving to obliterate party line and
to harmonize all upon the great question
at issue. But our readers will remember
that ir the fall of 1SG1, the Copperhead
here, as iu many other place, succeeded.
And here it may not be out of place to
refer to another so-called Democrat, who
at the outset of our national troubles
talked loudly for the Administration ana
against the Rebellion, and in a speech
pledged himself to know no p:rty until
the rebellion was put down, but forgot it
all when his eyes were dazzled with the
prospect ol a seat in the Legislature.
The Copperheads held the bait out to him,
and he took it. He has been nominate!
and elected three times. A poor reward
for sacrificing principle, and deserting to
the enemy in the hour of his country's
troub!es !
The Copperhead party, once organized,
has been carefully kept up, and the bit
terness which characterized it at the
beginning has intensified with the pro
gress of tho war. . Somewhat timid at
first, its leaders have grown bolder day by
day. Their success in carrying the State
in the autumn of 1SG2 made them almost
insufferable. They fancied that this was
-the sure harbinger of their triumph in
i e then coming Gubernatorial contest,
anu that the way-was already paved for a
Copperhead to Euccecd Mr. Lincoln. At
an early day, they set up M'Clellan a?
their man. They made . him -their idol
ho has been th centre around which
they have revolved. They gave him
credit for every success achieved by our
army, and abused the Administration for
every failure. They accused the Admin-'
istration of jealousy toward him, and- of
not furnishing him men and supplies when
needed ; whereas, it is well known that
more was done for him than for any other
General in the army. No one ever had
ec many golden opportunities in this war
to save the country and distinguish him
self ; and yet, after he had shown himself
totally unfit for the high position which
ho held, and was removed by the Admin
istration, the Copperheads denounced the
act as one of persecution ! This was but
a part of the scheme to mako political
capital amongst the ignorant masses. .
When, during the past summer,- the
Copperheads met in convention at Harris
burg, to nominate their candidate for
Governor, the Rebel army, under Gen.
Lee, was upon the soil of Pennsylvania.
It had invaded and taV.en possession of the
Cumberland Valley, one of the finest
portions of our State, and was plundering
its inhabitants and subjecting them to
every imaginable ins"ult and indignity.
Our people there, unprotected as they
necessarily were at the time, were flying
before the" ruthless invader, who boastingly
threatened Harrisburg and even Philadel
phia itself. And yet, with the thunders
of Rebel cannon almost ringing in their
ears, the Copperhad conclave sat in the
capital, and closed it3 sessions without
uttering one word of encouragement for
the Government, or one syllable of con
demnation against the Rebels. On the
contrary, the member of that Convention,
with others of like ilk, boldly coined aud
circulated the lie, that there waa "not a
Rebel in the State," and that the report
of the invasion was "a mere fabrication
and ruse to get troops to carry on the
nigger war," and the Copperhead orgau
of Ebcnsburg, namely, the Dcm. it Stat.,
cried out,-: "Doq't be alarmed! it is only
a big scare !" Our readers will remember
ome of the shameless efforts that were
made to induce men not to respond to the
call for troop in that trying period; and
and they will "remember, too, the long face3
worn by the Copperheads wheu General
Meade and hi) noble army actually found
the Rebels ilU the State," and gave theia
a thrashing on the glorious battle-field ol
Gettysburg.
After Governor Curtiu sent hi special
message to the legislature, declining to be
a candidate for re-election, the Copper
heads vainly supposed that he was
"shelved," aud entirely out of their way.
With their accastomed hypocrisy, they
set up a piteous cry in his behalf; they
opoke in the highest terms of him and his
official acts; and said he had been victim
ized by the National Administration. In
the meantime, they devoted themselves to
the abuse- and vilification of such other
Union men as they regarded prominent
aspirants for the G ubernatorial nomination.
But when the People made themselves
heard through their representatives at
Pituburg, and in defia 'i: the often
and publicly expre " af Governor
Curtiu, again -ma . jr standard-
bearer, then indes, " seemed to
coaio over the dream ot-tno Copperheads.
They at once began to writhe and show their
fangs, and from that time until the clos
ing of the polls were continually snapping
and biting, aud spitting their poison at
Tc3idnte and his supporters. They
charged Governor Curtia with imbecility
in the management ofour State affairs, and
called him the errand-boy of the Admin
istration at Washington. They denounced
every measure of that Administration, and
sought to fix upon him tho responsibility.
They complained of theTax law publish
ed lying statements purporting to hhow
the proportion that ur own and other
counties in the State would have to pay cf
the National Debt and told tho ignorant
that, in the event of Curtin's election,
they would be utterly, ruined. They
denounced the Conscription act as a base
usurpation compared it to the highway
man's plea, "your life or your money"
aud publicly proclaimed that, if Curtin
should be elected, another Draft wculd
immediately be ordered. They made a
great ado about the liberty of speech and
of the Press, but they were careful to con
ceal the fact, that, in all well-regulated
Governments these rights are subject to
certain limitations, and that individuals
should always beheld responsible for their
perversion or abuse. They clamored
about "illegal arrests," and pointed to the
Traitor Vallaudigham, as a victim aud
fleave'n save the mark "ainartyr." They
told the people, in the most solemn lan
guage imaginable, that, if Curtin should
succeed, all their great liberties and
privileges of speech, of the Press, and
of the Ballot would be forever gone.
Some of the Copperhead orators in this
town eutertained the most doleful opinions
that they would never again be permitted
d vote at any election. Others indeed,
in their harangues to the ignorant, pro
claimed with the most touching pathos,
that they did not know what moment they
might be arrested and imprisoned in some
dark dungeon.' .It is a question whether
thi3 -community, or the cause of Liberty
cither, would have suffered ' much had
some of these direful apprehensions come
true.
It was by this sort of lying clap-trap,
and through the agency of the traitorous
order of the Golden Circle, that the
Copperheads hoped to carry the late elec
tion in this State. They fancied, more
over, that they iiad done a sharp thing in
their Convention, by thrusting aside such
open-mouthed blathering Secessionists as
Witte and Clymer, and taking a man of
"character," who, while bo was known to
them to be "all sound on the goose," had
publicly said but little on the subject, and
could go through tho campaign with his
lips hermetically sealed. But in the
wise Providence of God, it was ordered
that Ihey should not succeed. Our candi
date did not hesitate to go before tho
people and explain to them tho true issues
involved in tho contest. The hypocritical
Woodward was unmasked, and held up to
he public in his true colors. .The people
saw in him the man who, when Rebellion
first raised its hydra head, had given aid
and comfort to the Traitors by a speech
.in Independence Square. They Faw in
him the man who had pronounced Slavery
an "incalculable blessing," and who had
ever been a faithful champion of. "State
rights" the same detestable doctrines
entertiiued by the Rebels, and for which
they have undertaken to overthrow the
best Government on earth. And last,
though not least, the people saw in
George W. Woodward the judge who had
decided that the gallant men who take up
arms against the Rebels, and imperil their
lives for the Union and the Constitution,
aie not entitled to the privilege of voting
at our elections.
It was enough. The Union-loving
masses needed nothing more to convince
them of the disloyalty of the Copperhead
candidate. Strongly in favor of tho War,
they steruly resolved to take the best
meant to proseeute it to a successful issue.
Curtiu had spoken upon the subject
Wood ward promised to do so after tu:i
diction. Curtin's record both as a" man
and aa ofiicial was well known, and could
not be tarnished by all the lie which
Copperheadism could fabricate. The
people knew that his pist course would
be a sure guarantee for the future. Him,
therefore, they elected, and Woodward
they rebuked. All honor to the People!
The e'ection over, Yroodward, true to his
promise has made a speech. Ho has
solemnly fuid that tho Conscription Act
is vncontUutior.nl. What a pity it is he
did not make that speech before the elec
tion ! All the letters which George B.
M'Clellan, and other iugrates liko him,
could have written in his behalf, would
not have saved im from being beaten
worse than Vallaudigham himself I
We have thua taken a glance a
mere glance at Copperheadism as it
has disrdaved itself iu 6ur count v and
State. There are maiy more things
connected with it upon which it w.;ght m t
be unprofitable to dwell. Wemight f.r
instance tel how, at first, they boasted
that the Union army was ali.tost entirely
made up of their political friends, and yet
how careful ihey Ueu have to oppose tvt rv
project which might b.t the soldier have
a voice in cur elections. We ntiuht speak,
too, of the TkiJy artilite which they have
employed to get Union men into the army,
and of the commutation money they have
exf ended to keep their own men at heme ;
how, in short, they Lse labored to get
the Union men to do the fighting and the
Copperheads the voting. Ail these cr.d
more things we might speak cf at length,
but time and sp:ice forbid that we should
do so now. "We have, perhaps, already
trespassed too much upon our readers.
We can only pay, in cuuelu-ion, that we
are diametrically oppoed to Coppehead
isui. We regard the leaders of that vile
organization as worse, if possible, than the
Rebels themselves, for they are possessed
of the same traitorous principles, end have
not the manliness to fight for them. It i-
idle to mince matters with such men. The
threats which some of them havs recently
made against us have but served to
increase our contempt for them. " The
tide which has set in for the Uidon is and
will be irresistible. It has already swept
nearly every Northern State ; it will swetp
the country next November. The Cop
perheads and their "rotten cause will go
down with Jeff DavU and the Rebellion-,
and their memories will live only to ba
execrated by loyal millions yet in the
womb of futurity. - -
C.Thc brief campaign of the Army
of the Potomac is over. Having success
fully crossed the Rapidan, driven Lee
back upon the Orange and Alexandria
road, fought one brisk battle on our left
wing, and nearly used up their limited
supply of rations and forage, a'council of
war was held, at which it was coucludcd
that a return to tho old camping-ground
was dictated by every aspect of the case.
The main reasons for this course arc these :
Short rations and difficulty of bringing up
more; the enemy strongly intrenched in a
position which could not be carried iu any
event without. great loss; very cold weath
er, making it certain that our wounded,
in case of an assault, would suffer and die
by hundreds before they could be' cared
for. These facts led to tho order for
retreat." There was no fighting not even
a skirmish ; and the entire army recrossed
the river with all its trains intact.
rsy Gcu. John C. Breckinridge is re
ported killed in the late battle at.Chatta
nooga. It is to be hoped ho has gone to
heaven.
SyTho President has been' suddenly
taken quito ill again.
I'rofllablo Investment!.
The Philadelphia Xirtlt American elvtj
some excellent advice to those who
to invest money. It is well for a!l
who are in fuuds to heed the counsel ;
"Though money has been temporarily,
scarce, capital continues abundant; ard
the recent tumble in the stock niarlet
has brought capitalists toa realizing s0!ig(J
cf the unreliable charaetftrjof many of tho
securities dealt iu. It is greatly to th9
credit ot the Government that its ban? oc
all the securities daily dealt iu on U19
market, have maintained their integrity of
price better than almost anything e!s2.-
Its Five-Twenty year six per c-rut. loan
the interest 011 which is promptly paid l
gold, has been subscribed to, all throu'a
the pressure in the money market, at an
average of more than two . millions pej
day. And what isnottke least gratifying
fact in connection with the daily Un
subscriptions t j this popular loan, scarcjy
any of it is relumed to the market fjr
sale. It is taken for investment, and 13
held with unfaltering cot;5denc.'j in j-j
reliability. Aud why should it not be?
It is seen that the Government now, aftcj
two years of the most gigantic war that
the world has ever known, experiences lo
dilSw-ulty in commanding the necessury
means to prosecute it, or in paying reu.
Jarly the hit crest iu gold as it fjl!s duj.
If this can be done while the wir is btiaj
waged, who ea;i anticipate any di2cuy
?ii readily accomplishing it when tnj ra:
shall becuuedi' What tjettei inve-aitst
then, for capital, than the "Five Twenty"
Government loan ? Bat if any doubt, hi
him refer to the statistics famished by
the ceusus tallies of the various nations of
the wiffld. The facts which they present
will rrove the most satisfactory mode of
dispelling the numberless gloomy appre
hensions which are beiu contiuuaEy
conjured up by those who are disposed tj
exaggerate the extent of the calamity
occasioned by our rebellion. A refcreace
to the state cf most of tho prosp-rou3
nations of the old world clearly disproves
such a position, and shows that the high
est conditions of national advancement
have not been materially aSected by tie
extended wars iu which those nations bava
been immemorial!' engaged, aud that a
heavy natlouul indebtedness ha.5 not prov
ed au unmitigated evil.
"For instance, Great Biitain, Francs
and the NotLci lands will undoubtedly ia
conceded to rfir.ie:it the hir. est r 7i
peiity ihut has b 'en attained by at y if
the i-.uropea.i3 u:tious. And yet no caticis
havebceu called upon to eiiiure fiercer c:
more prolonged wars, domestic and fcr
eign, than they. The fikct haj been,
unquestionably, to incur an encrmocs
Tiationu! iuu -btcduess ; but neither their,
wars nor their indebtedness have hai tie
fliVct to destroy their elasticity, uor ta
ehci-k tti y''-,.H'e?s of their general pros
perity. The r".-u!t wculd have tera cii
erent, probably, if the nations hal been
falling into decay, instead of being, a they
really were, iu a state of uevflot nur.t ;
and iu this respect .their case restrain
our own, with enormous advantage in oa:
favor. Thi'se nations, while undergoing
the trials of war, were cp preyed by tho
evili of uii immense exodus of their people,
caused by the deiiaity cf their population,
the impossibility to p.rovide tiec;:psiioii for
them, the low prices of labor, a:;d toa
scarcity or territory. Compared with oxt
own country, they possessed slight rcva
for future development ; they were settled
in every part, and no vast territojy lay
invitingly open to enccuragd enterprise
aud settlement. Their g'-ear problem fcis
ever been what to do with their surplus
population, which, in its turu, has soaght
new fields for adventure and self support
in countries like our own, where an illim
itable territory waits to be developed, and
whre incalculable resources invite indiis
try and energy. The encouragement to
Le derived from thesa facts and compari
sons of circumstances is very great, audio
the mind of any dispiionate reasoner. :3
conclusive that the course of this great
country is onward and upward, and that
its credit will live uuimpaired to the end.
In this councction, we would rkr
our readers to an advertisement elsewhero
vith reference to the sale of the Five
Twenties by Jay Cocke & Co , Baukcr,
rhihdelphia.
rf CoDgress met at Washington ca
Monday, noon. Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of
Indiana, the nominee of the Union caucus,
was on the first ballot elected Speaker of
tho Home. The vote was as follows:
Whole number of votes 131; nece?sary'o
a choice 82. Colfax 101, Cos 42, Kii3
4, Mallo-y 10, Stebbins S, Dawson 1?,
Blair 2, Style's 1. .,.
MEW BLACKSMITH SHOP.
JLl The subscriber would respectfully in
form the public that he has bought outtlis
well-known establishment of Isaac Singer.'ia
the West Wnrd. Ebensbur-r, where Its
carry on the DLACKSMITIIING business .
all its brnuches.
Confident in rendering entire satisfaction,
he hopes for a share of patronage.
WILLI A XI GT.W-
Ebensburjr, Nov. 19. I3G3.
ADMIN ISTll ATOll'S NOTICE.
Letters of Administration on the estate
of John HiOrhreys. late of Cambria townshij.
Cambria county, deceased, having been Prtt"
ed to the subscribers, all persons indebted to
s.iid estate are requested to come frT
and pav their respective accounts, and tacs
baving'claims against the estate will prcseo
them, properly authenticated for settle"0
MR?. ELEANOR !irMPHnES.
ROWLAND J. liUMPUIiEYS.
Nov. 12, 18C3-Gt.
. E3- Blank Summon?. Black Sutr''
Blank Executioos. Const He's Ef!un., r t
for eale at taia ofiice.
