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Iam FLAjGf OE Om- UNIONTH* ¥LXO or Oim UNION il publMhilag, by J. LITTLEFIELDjD0juij(5 niiaoi'i.reference to t] # vbi v__r -#4kl*L Tf^filt;»iiona an vague ‘ }J^ttee doul\teL-,nM«Qbrtii« y«W»itfvaiiceclmto ^*e, ^moABvrk1 50 1 t§terisl in hand.1019) *ITI8IN0 TERMS.Qae iqaaiki(M4fcMi br lew,) ose iniertlon,... .$1 00 Each subsequent .Insertion ...... 26One i qua re, three month*.................... 3 00’|six* .months*. ......... 5 00“ twelve month*........... 8 00ne half column, three month*...............10 H**• six month*......... .10 00twelve month*............ 20 0044itthrM^ncmthi©a, as JLsupposc, as do it with tfee-ma*ourth, it is alrqpdy apparent how Mrt‘ Blundell can got out of that, He can ^rtbve'tftat he has praved ^for the President and the army.” The fad he will claim on trial. But how pray? Hot l4to orders of theUnion heart, but as a sympeUhiur alone willpray. In the strains, 4he President will lopm up “as any Other |»A»p. ^efgteat^t•inner in the land:e army, as suffering00iix montos......................26 00twelvemonths ....... .20 00- - Wojrk of *11 kind! done In the neatest style ana on the ihve«. Letal Ad' -*U IUO S|borteifc ^tiee, and at hardSriifeniehts nromntlv alieniin camp and battle, not at the default of the! rebels, but from the crael and ^purblind policy of the party in power.And then I waa satiiffed that when any would slate that he was disloyal, he could multiply the witnesses “to order*9 to prove the contraiy. That a man, in a thousand ways could show a disloyal spirit without suffering one actionable word to fall from his lips. By leer of hie eye, by the sadness of his faa^ ]by the sorrow of bis Eyebrows, by hitching and harping upon, the lunder^of the war, by his glee and chucklim*out.) He says he will never vote the republican ticket (meaning the Union ticket.) Will he never find out that all but sympathisers are on this ticket? That the conscience of the nation is rallying to this party to save the country? That if he votes out of this party, his vote must run in sympathy with the rebellion, and against the government (the administration, in the copperhead sense.)Inpneof his paragraphs he appeals to the jMghftjmdiug his. associate* ublti Constable and Schofield, and the gend^ msn who hold the cennty offices. AH high minded and loyal mem19 So -they call themselves And in thier sense, and in so far as they dignify their offices, I have no objection. But this very collocation (for which Mr. Blun-doll asks pardon,) is pritna facxt suspicion to all who understand the premises, of the divini-. ty that has shaped and holds his purpose to j^te against the (lepublican) Union ticket soI 1■flong as he lives.patching together tion of a full blown copperhead, h e looked atupon defeat, real or prospective. I know that if (i», and then stigmatizes is as applied to him-~ self,“a base slander.” and asks facrintnallr.only point, I made against him of sympaHiixing with the rebellion, was only an inference (or“Is thy servant a dog, that he shonld do thisnot-livedstrong opinion) from his way of talking. I, to know that a man is known (politically,) and know als it Was the plan of sympathizers to.J what, manner of spirit be is of, by the chosenbe vociferously loud in protestation of love forcompany he keeps, by the newspaper* he reads, their native land,” and constitutional liberty;”, by the way he toks, the ticket he votes, the“for the constitution ms if. Irf flia TTnlAn mm I A L « — • il. -t. t a . m *snoot HIM ON IRE SPOT.—John a.Dix.wasthat word), real copperhead dodges.IBev, Blundells Case—The oilierside.Bro. Elliot; Bro. Blundell, in his letter to you of October 26, endeavors to escape the odium of the charges urged against him, and referred for trial by our last Ccuference. Ih doing so, be casts no very genero is reflections upon his brethern wbo took part in the matter.His second paragraph, detailing what happened in his case during the last quarterly meeting at Marshal), previous to Conference, ig all true to the letter. That in answer to the question, “Is there anything against Bro. Blundell?4* It was stated there was none. That he told me he was not going to Conference by rtason of his age, was destitute of the means, on account of the turner on his neck, the paralysis of his face; and requested iue to ask for him a superanua-ted relation, which I promised to do, and tho’t there would be no difficulty about it.When called to represent him in the annua; conference, I stated fully, in good faith, all the points above mentioned, and having, requested for him n superanuation, set down.The question in reference to.his.loyalty waa immed’utcly sprung by a number of voices.—. Statements were made on the floor by others who knew him, out of which grew the charges preferred by the committee. Ponding the remarks I was asked if he were not a copperhead. I replied that I was not in the h ablt of usingI said but little before the conference. Bro. Blundell must pardon me if I pull the siring out a little further. If it afflicts him, he owe*packBut lie appeals to “the charity that thiukethit to himself and to tho reporter of the Missou-no evu.” was this grace uppermost in His piind when he called the chaiges against him “a base slander, and tho author too oontempti- j bio to be noticed by him,*9 Here he meanshis brethern. Tho committee and the Con-ri Republican.If finding fault with the impost tax, thelilt!ference; they did it. And tho loyal men about ] t Marshall will simply smile when they readEmancipation Proclamation, the conscript law, j his other rebutter. All men here consider itI, 0deserters back to the army, the necessary arrests made by the Government to stop the progress of treason; if offering apqjogies for retired Generals, if speaking in the.praise of those whoslander.*9 Did charityhim when he said, “He could gladly compare his daily associates with those who maligned and traduced him.99 Does he fix this ’ mdig-traducing uponhave done more for the rebejs than for ihe Union tolnly. ^R.whga b« WV^‘1fwr thoanth-cause, while commanding, our armies; if in exalting the generalship of certain rebels, and . liars shall have part in the lake which burns speaking slightly of certainUnion commanders, with fire and brimstone,.was It evil in him toif glorifying the chivalry of the South, and berating the abolitionim of the North; if alleging the utter impossibility of conquering the South; that they should be let alone, that the torritory should be compromised, that peace should be made; restoring to them their rights, if finding fault with the Govsrnmoct, the administrationI(think that his good brethern (the conference1 made thq charges,) were on the *rapid road to that bad place, dug out on purpose for all rebels, and that he and charity alone wave bringing a flight to heaven?In the following clause I do not distinguish whether Bro. Blundell intend* **? or the madtiIin bitter words; if magnifying the war expenses, criminal expenditure of blood and treasure! O, the war! This cruel war, brought on by the Abolitiohist* of the North! If complaining of every act of the Government, the Adminidra iion; finding no good in it, but only eviL doeiIconference.tan shall call nle dienot manifest which way a North or South, than I aan leanst whetherloyal without being rebuked. I throw it back as false ip his face, for i consider that 'crime one of the most heinous in the criminal /calendar*99 If he flings it at my face. I have only to slip behind this feeble screen; falbodig-hatn (I never voted “in the way*of that ticket,7 and never shall.) proclaimed himrelf the moatthat #drd; and 'especially apply!ng it tpany.one tur« of human sympathies. ' ifitpubliC, but if risjo‘cfng over the defcAlp four loo, of the like kind, _L:Jlz-‘i’ *_jm~ from Mr. Blundell in nnrnlandand attemptedhrebuke the whole nation for not believing itiarms and mourning ovor Unfoff Victories• * » • ^ t i i v. .t! Ar'4togethertonsidgroundsehts I Wid With hiin. There seems S'be anl then, though Iarguretractcrime of disloyalty the moat heinous in thefeel it* It is the oako him andhis To feel it* And tigetand keep on .the .side where we maythe strong inferences show the feeling, invariably pnd 4blunder.Bro. BluDd.il Uft if hf kpd btwito pooler inc., ha would bar. 'poi kUaocuMra totkau)..’Republican to itVfb WhafTTaid. Hit words IrnnyrotslalnJ/batitkaipMi 'be has, , .,Itidpelt;nol aave bisviaj^altjr to say, “What Imade out, I will net- deny. , f§ ti)»i tor. to toy oonntrjrrthi laud I love so Well, Although:! Wn m redfcailn toy opinions aa. Ar./i^whoae. soiLlietheaahes of my revered^ ;If, bo ]iadrWi there e,would have leaped this any obe neM be, as tp wkaUvdtlcuto aDd’pttt a, father,aod eaintod jnbther^'^vNay/*it; -is thU l««on least; An iodispo^tiowjn theieqp/er^ •’ Vs^- ; lt;very, thing; That bundrede; whoee pitfehtebave «oe, with wonderhil uuauiaai ty, to tolerate eny.. , . .Iwa been: eiintod in the *'*!*» the miniator, or tosboMeilyiiih’fia*^iW«iRBiCMn uUJU mo«end mheeureeir.to. eekafof./er under the toflaeoe* if thr wi^liac a-keting peaee,; ar»d! WnglhSeS th4*'to- deepotiem of.a party bio, have ehowar to Ihia j'to'toiaru inother leutoWY That *Hh# titoels ocvelted StatWt6 'th'eiir paet^lle,i*rvce|,I ^egreled hour of the country*! perilf**toexorablg, traitor- j iag,' apd’EOW is,^ Wkeu'toeZ^whb, by worda —. — ^ *1 i m. ' /* ^ a. » I f #. . 2 ^ | * I t v i ' “ ^ous proclivities,* thht?b»«‘4i tion (not to say the wrath)iileast tinctuwdwitlrdisloyalty* He occom-Blupdeil, .on thajpoUcyithptigood mi be woo, wb« theyu»«y n*p WdrJveK frotoltbe former demooratic andTepiibHcun partI4T tfaou pf lhacpuieertfhgs. [ had thlr loyal -taitohii^hrst attempt:M tot•oaWrertee'wa^tore- j^Keritacky^-aitl-elaveiT-‘ffktHSr'W -iq|i|*jtltatiI:eblt;Millt;Iiiutil«tu!tW ^bbafeU' aod j'n~died. ''Wtll!’bo4 the'^^tor^^dfHKhtiotiMr.' BlundeU* to.lt; trial. ^eriued ,f!k |thef taledo. When a committee wwe-qredtod andf th.xhargea* repotted,, a?»d Ttfem»«eiu**e of*- them | grtndeirowa*:Rtrhome,!frialot pl'eidin^rdrj yita . i _ a ( f* V . • t f «« AM If a t _ . r# r »sai^lousi-.1 •'^eriiiviir war till.i riria* tv$ ^Smrs ^ iadFfhnpmhikkwhsto the pieeiding elder of the district,:I iid hot I syw^pathlaiilg with tho rebelWiri? eoeu vote for the? ijfsseotu. -IgK tbe-ehaiire' of | u TePttn -the ofh* loyalty? he 0 :vSubhe■tow#liois not'a memberofthe^toyalbAgil ♦WtJit.Arat voto wlh-:for- Jackhoo^bm voriiff ‘Ihat'v^y ever riueeK^that he^riot ihiijwias aritdoitiothiJ'ariliorakal^cipoo.th'din- heteog^:thU topnbHean Uquiry about his sta ndfaf,' fu: the bbly ioaHiohti Wsh Jfcckeoo to' M to^iej*M**plityAadthuapr MforteA°ttrii!tho'-pecifi-cationa vouched- for by rceponsible mintjUN^Irsluctance, dhdthoftrit'thstquiry about his sta ndjag,' hi: the bbly rwl poini el touaplatot iwUM! Mr. Mwietl/h«tkedonoy Vftoy.v Iu' tho 'euMi beuMV i'iho' d^riyiarultfety that Jackaou aud lboogUabhoe hMdof.ilvote, or,'ajr*yatty, or any influence wbahrver, have leaned towaid tho rebels in arto«, br1iave iuohy eftheaei^bdeerestatedtht gdVsrwaa'Cwt iudeetreyibg th« reMllto^ wiH be tohicbed ofthemselves; to thebywht'oFtKMr ^dUl.jal ton.deBoyFund:'riOiUMd' ^tbeth^vch'fbiovur.''1' ;.’c.i *001 • - - Wj ir, K3l¥ari^l!l^ ^y,'i^i8fo:f I ’,:id -m?■» vir*i;9;: A. m u //Dm la—vlhs Hsqm GiMultii iMfiiitritaAn .’U^ U-If.afefc iJhffaw hoc ,«IQs?ertt 4*hib'irhhiu4i
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Marshall Flag Of Our Union
Marshall, Illinois, US
Fri, Dec 18, 1863
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