The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-04-05
A Deep-laid Scheme For Electing q
Democratic President.

About year since, weekly paper,
neautral in politics, was started in Cleve.
land, called the =" " estern Heaner,' which
was Of so cheap character, that its pub
fishers were exceedingly anxious to sell it
at SO cents i year. Under this color Of
neutrality, it is still published, and as such
has probably got something OF circula-
lion among both political parties.
A friend residing in this county has
handed to us a secret circular, signed
"Walter M. Shupe, Cleveland, Ohio" of
which the document states $4,000 copies
are to be sent to as many Post Masters.
1t starts out with calling the careful and
confidential attention of the supposed Post
masters, to the importance of having a
"FAMILY paper that should teach sound
National Democracy" and be furnished
at SO low price as to get "circula-
ton with the masses" and thus rival
the New York Tribune. The circular
says:
"With this view, that is to get up a
Democratic paper that shall rival the mi.
bune in circulation, and In the coming
campaign spread political truths broad-
cast and with uniformity throughout the
land, and that shall be SO sound and Ma
tional in lis views and teaching, as that it
will be as welcome in Massachusetts as in
Louisiana, that it shall be so freighted
with news and healthy miscellany, that
any family can with profit receive it, and
at such price that all can afford to take
it; the Hestern Cleaner was established in
1859, at Cleveland, O., as an "Indepen-
dent" paper. For reasons that ore Obvious
it has so far maintained and will continue
unM after the nomination at Charleston,
TO maintain strict neutrality in politics,
pledging itself only, as it no,o does, to sup
port the platform and nominee Of that
Convention"
After stating the plan Of the paper and
terms, the circular makes the following
appeal. so readily appreciated by Demo
cratic Postmasters:
"Now if you feel interested 10 the sue
cess of your party, as you doubtless DO,
you can readily see the power that can
be welded at your office by such paper
reaching and influencing as it can readily
be made to, scores Of persons and voters
who take none and would take no other
paper. The best plan to organize club
is found TO be thus: EE In all cases
work like beaver, quietly but rigorous.
IN. .aT Confer with few confidential,
reliable and prominent Democrats about
you, and with their concert take subscrip-
tons for year if you can. and when you
can and when you cannot do that. propose
to parties that they can, (where 20 are or.
dered at once) take the paper for one
month at Five Cents, and at the end OF
that time discontinue or pay the balance
of one year i. e., 45 cents and continue.
Now. the matter of "duty" in the
premises is brought home to Mr.. Bu-
cHANAN's appointees, thus:
"In the coming great contest it will
he expected that every maa. especially
every public man. such as yourself, VIII
do bis duty. and if every man OF the
25,oO0 who will receive this circular vii !
do what bis position calls upon him to
do, there will be created as by magic a
power that will 60 far to give uniformity
in action. and thorough dissemination
Of truth to the great army Of clear hea