Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-10-15
n the Wisconsin State Journal.
R0orbaeks for the N0rWegiaEs.

The copperheads are getting QUIT pamphle
for circulation broadcast among the Norwe
gian voters of the State, a proof sheet o
which has accidentally fallen into hands fol
which it was not intended.
Some portions of it have been translated
for US. 1t is a collection of the choicest cop
perhead falsehoods that have hitherto ap
peared in their American organs, with a few
''whoppers" thrown in for the special edifca-
ton of our Scandinavian population, Some
of them bear indubitable evidence of theiI
paternity. Nobody but the rotary genius Of
the Patriot would be guilty of such monstros-
tiles in the way of figures
We quote a single paragraph as specimen
of the production ''The last draft which
q the Republicans thought so promising, be-
gins to plague its own fathers. Instead OF
$500, 900 men, Old Abe has hardly got 80,
200. But its object has been accomplished.
The so, 900 office-seeking Abolitionists who
''were appointed as Provost Marshals, Deputy
Provost Marshals, &C., have got their peck
& cts filed with greenbacks TO the amount OF
Z" t2co huadjrd millions of dollars :" This wo'd
give the average sum of $4,000 each to all
the appointees under the drafting law, inclu-
ding enrolling officers, who constitute the
great mass of such appointees, and whose
pay will not probably average s25 each '.
Such is a specimen the of stories which tie
IL -, =,
language among Il class Of voters residing
mainly in the rural districts, and having little
or no access to public documents and official
records, and whom they hope in consequence
to mislead. We do not think the trick viii
succeed, however; and we suspect that wher
the votes are counted, Messrs. PALMER anC
company will find the Norwegian document
has proved poor investment.
The fact, however, that our opponents are
resortng to this wholesale system of false
hood and are perseveringly at work, emitting
| no labor and hesitating at no means, fair O.
foul, to achieve success, should arouse tho
Union masses of the State to meet and coun
tcract these efforts with equal zeal and cner
gy, though not with equal disregard for trutI
| and honor. A magnificent victory is within
our reach. We can only gain it, however
| by work. Over-confdence will beget supine
ness. Ceaseless, strenuous eXertion is wha
the country now demands Of every true ant
earnest son. No presidential election wa
ever fraught with such vital consequences a
| are involved in the State elections of 1868
| The issue is whether the State Government
| shall remain in Internationally loyal hands
or whether they shall pass under the contro
! of men whose chief solicitude is to embarras
the Federal Government and paralyze it
strength while graphing in a life-and-deatl
struggle with rebels and traitors. Ever.
loyal man should do his utmost to dispel thu
sophisms and falsehoods under which on
| opponents strive to disguise this issue, ant
by talking with his neighbors, by circulating
| documents and loyal newspapers, and making
arrangements for assuring the attendance o
every Union voter at the polls on election
day, should cooperate in achieving victor.
here that will forever crush the hopes whicl
the rebels entertain of divided North.