The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-08-28
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
C0pperhead Scheme Of col00tz1.
ton 90 elect vallandjgh0m Cover
nor Of Ohio.

Iue lOAoWIOS com Wunic2siOn We uAvo re-
siveI from velLknown gentleman. who.
fe have reason TO believe. has many faciii-
es for obtaining accurate Information. de
ives most solemn assurances Of the truth
every statement made. 1t NAY be well
give the matter attention:
coPPERHRAD vILLArSI-soUND THE Al ARM
We are by no meats disposed 10 Indulge
in the seasat.OnaL. nor excite unnecessary
alarm. We are 10 possession OF facts. how
ever. which leave no doub, OF the existence
OF one of the most nefariods and deliberately
prepared plots that human tepravity could
devise. 10 overwheim the purity OF the elect
i've franchise in Ohio, aud elect The traitor
Vallandgham, nexs Oe,ober. We lose no
time in sounding the alarm and putting the
friends Of the Uaioi on the alert.
II is known TO all. that. in Indiana. there
is election this all. Therefore a mos:
formidable secret society has bean organized
in Oaio AMI Indiana. u transfer heavy
copperhead vote from the latter to the Tor
ner State. This Organization EXISTS pam
cipaliy in the border counties u both States.
along the linz from The Ohio River 10 the
north line Of The State. and large sums OF
money have already bern raised to execute
the damnable scheme. Funds, too. have
been contributed in large amounts. We are
informed. in New York and else IN
the East. and men are now actually employ.
ed in arranging and putting the fnfern-at
machine in working order: and some voters
have already been brouga, over and scat
tered around. The plan is, to contract
with and pay copperheaeIs IN indlanl. who
have no families. 10 come to Ohio. os;ens'-
bly, for the purpose Of laboring. who are to
o,d 10
an oath that they will vote Tor. -Valiandig-
ham. They are to be forwarded by COM
mittees there 10 committees in Ohio. who
viii quietly distribute aul Locate them.
They are chiefly 10 be- lelt i, larg. cities,
and towns most subject 10 floating popu'
lalions thereby 10 AVOID suspicion. Cinein
natl. Hamilton. D layton Columbus, Toledo.
S.niusky. aud Cleveland. are specially Sc
lected. as fit places in which to operate:
Ampts provision, i, is said. to have been
made to pay and send over ans locate,
twenty-five THOUSAND rioters.
The whole scheme is thorough and well
devised. but requires the vast outlay Of a
vast smount of money. rhs financial
branch however, is Admiralty planned
dice holders and xpecaitt. and wealthy
rebel sympatiizers. every where contribute
freely. The most deeply laid, yet the mos!
damnab'e feature o: the monetary part of
he aft ,ir, is that by which the poor and ig-
norant man is swinded out Of his m oney.
During the summer. enro!ln :nis have been
.a!e in these States. pre- jsaratorv to draft
strengthen our armies in the field. The
Intelligent coppefheads who are the authors
NJ managers Of abe pot. knowing the
lumber OF volunteers sent by each county.
n h,, kar baf
counties and townships will substantially.
if not entirely. escape the draf'. In such
they form insurance companies, Z enter in
t" contract with the applicant that they
will, if he be drafted. pay $500 TO exempt
him, under the law. on condition that he
pays $50, and gives his to cote for Valian
dighdm, in this way they kill two birds
with one stone" that is. they secure a vote
Tor Val. and $50 for the transcription fund!
In some localities, where it will be very
light, these villains have actually runners
out among the enrolled. urging poor men
to avail ihemselv,s OF This cheap system OF
exemption; and thus has manya poor man
been swindied into a pledge to vote Tor a
traitor aud out Of the incans he has carried
BY the sweat Of his brow t, support his
helpless wife and children. We know some
Of the insurance gentl 'men who have thus
bssely conspired to perptts-te frauds upon
ignorant men. aud &hcT the DRAFTS over.
and their villainy becomes more tra,ispar
ent, it is our Intention to ventifRte their
rascally transactions.
We understood that some Of the Oldest
most Inscriptions copperhea1 politicians
of the country. are connected with the dia
bolcal scheme to overcomethe power Of the
ballot box. Circumstances Lave been dis
closed 20 US which lead our minds irresisti.
bly, to the conclusion that he late protrac,
ed visit Of Voorhees, and other men OF hi:
like. from Indiana. and Of citizen Ssmme
Diary. the great Ohio copper tottomed mar
| tyr OF the Crisis" and other Ohio rebe
| sympathizers. to Vallandigham in Canada
! and to New York. hal reference to Thu
damnable scheme of colonization. and ;
| proposed up'ising OF secfetiy organized cop
| perheads in the Northwestern States t
resist the draft, and through the terrors o
civil war. to overthrow Lincoln's admins
traion and destroy the Government
On thu material points of the foul plot "
have exposed. our Information is derives
from man oil reliability. VIII, Processes ant
Is believed by coppsrheads to be "one O
them" He is n member Of the organic ,tion
meets with them. takes part in their pro
ceedin IS and has duties assigned to him il
the execution of the scheme A part Q
the programme is to throw a sufficient fore
| OF illegal voters on the election day int
such townships as have copperhesd T'us
tees. or where the. U MON element is weakest
to take possession OF the polls and stuff tn
baliot-box, az was done By the border ruff
ans in Kansas
We expose this he'll born scheme in sea
| son, and call upon the friends of the uniol
every where in Indiana an Ohio, to organ
ize without delay, and prepare for the con
hict. lie: a Inns Of Union picket guard
and vedettes be at ohcs established on tn
State line, from the river to the Moth ives
corner OF Ohio. Let every man who crosses
| unjer circumstances in any degree suspic
,ous. DE spotted" and pursued. Let Their
be chosen man placed AZ every station o,
the railroads. to take note Of strangers VIII
stop Let there be ample committees o
visllancs. Of picked men In every township
and ward 10 look after every new conner
until the election is sover LIE. the Unios
Leagues be prerAres4 IN dafap1 tho sarr,u