Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-09-11

vised but requires the outlay 81 q vast amount
Of money. The fnancim branch, however IL
admirabiy planned. Ofico-holdefs and ckpctf-
ants, and wealthy rebel sympnfhirsrh, every
where contribute freely. The most deeply
laid, yet the most damnable feature Of tho mon
etary part Of the affair, is that by which the
poor ignorant man is swindled out Of bis mon
ey. Daring the summer enrollments have been
made in these States preparatory to \ draft to
strengthen our armies in the field. The intelli-
gent copperheads, who are the authors and
managers of the plot, knowing the number Of
volunteers sent by each county, have the data
by which they know what couHties and town.
ships viii substantially, IL not entirely escape
the draft. In such they form insurance. compa-
nies, and enter into contract with the applicant
that they will, II be be drafted, pay the $500
to exempt him, under the law, on condition
that he pays, say $50, and gives his pledge 20
vote for Vdllondigka1a. In this way they skill
two birds with one stone''--that is they secure
vote for Val, and $50 for the CONSUMPTION
fund.- In some localities, where there will be
no draft or where IL will be very light these
villains have actually runners out among the
enrolled, urging poor men to avail themselves
Of this cheap system of exemption; and thus
has many poor man been swindled into
pledge to vote for traitor, and out Of the
means he has earned by the sweat Of his brow
TO support his helpless wife and children. We
know some Of the insurance gentlemen who
have thus basely conspired to perPetrate frauds
upon ignnrant men, and when the draft is overs
and their villainy becomes more transparent it
is our intention to ventilate their rascally trans<
actions. iaat geehH UDFrrit
We understand that some Of the oldest and
most unscrupulous Copperhead politicians OF
the country are CONNECTED with this diabolicai
scheme to overcome the power ofthe ballot-box.
Circumstances have been disclosed to us which
lead our mind irresstbly to the conclusion
that the late protracted visit of Voorhees, and
other men of his ilk from Indiana, and Of citizen
Sammedary, the great Ohio copper-bottomed
martyr of the Crisis, and other Ohio rebel SYM
pathizers, to Vallandigham in Canada, and to
New York, had reference to this damnable
scheme of colonization, and a proposed uprising
of secretly organized copperheads in the
Northwestern States to resist the draft and
through the terrors of civil war, to overthrow
the Lincoln administration, aud destroy the
Government. m
On the material points of the foul plot we
have exposed our information is derived from
gentleman OF reliability, who processes and is
believed by the Copperheads TO be zone of
them" He is a member of the organization,
meets with them, takes part in theirproceedings,
and has duties assigned him in the execution of
the scheme. A part Of the programme is to
throw sufficient force Of illegal voters on cleo
tion day into such townships as have Copper
bead trustees, or where the Union element is
weakest, TO take possession Of the polls and
stuff the ballot-box as was done by the border
ruffians in Kansas. cu.a
We expose this hell-born scheme in season,
and call upon the friends of The Union every
where in Indiana and Ohio, to organize without
delay, and prepare for the conflict. Let line
of Union picket-guards and videttes be at once
established on the State line, from the river to
the northwest corner of Ohio. Let every man
who crosses, under circumstances in any degree
suspicious, be spotted" and pursued. Let
there be chosen men placed at every station on
the railroads, to take a note of the strangers
who stop. Let there be ample committees of
vigilance, Of picked men in every township and
ward, to look after every new conner, until the
election is over. Let the Union Leagues be
well prepared to defend the sanctity of the bal
lot-box-to defend to the death, if necessary
if it thus be assailed. While our brave soldier
boys are in the field, meeting death in every
form-falling like leaves in wintry weather-in
defense of our free institutions, let it not be
written in history that there was not patriotism
and courage enough left behind to guard the
ballot-box against desperate charge made upon
it by the rebels in the rearl rnfen,,Fsg
the friends of the Union everywhere take
warning and prepared Prepare now | Let not
day be lost Remember, 'tte price of liberty
is eternal vigilance"