Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-10-14
Prom the Wisconsin State Journal.
R0Orbaeks for the NOrWegianS.

! The copperheads are getting outa pamphlet
/ for circulation broadcast among the Norwe-
eian voters of the State, a proof sheet of
| which has accidentally fallen into hands for
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 APP
peared in their American organs, with few
| "whoppers" thrown in for the special edifica-
I ton of our scandinavian population. Some
| of them bear indubitable evidence of their
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
| " the Republicans thought so promising, be
gins to plague its own fathers. Instead Of
q 800 600 men, Old Abe has hardly got 90, =
600. But its object has been accomplished.
The $4,000 offce-sceking Abolitionists who
"were appointed as Provost Marshals, Deputy
" Provost Marshals, &c, have got their peck
g cts filed with greenbacks to the amount OF
| q ttc0 hundred millions Of dozlaGS ~ 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 SO each.
| Such is a specimen the of stories which the
! Copperheads propose to circulate in a foreign
| language among & 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 will
succeed, however; and we suspect that when
the votes are counted, Messrs PALMER anG
company will find the Norwegian document
has proved poor investment.
| The fact, however, that our opponents are
resorting 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 the
Union masses of the State to meet and coun
tcract these efforts with equal zeal and ener
| gy, though not with equal disregard for trutl
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 5uch vital consequences a
are involved in tie State elections Of S63
The issue is whether the State Government
shall remain in nnconditionally loyal hands
or whether they shall pass under the contro
of men whose chief soHcitude is to embarras
the Federal Government and paralyze it
strength while graphing in Efe-and-deatl
| struggle with rebels and traitors Ever,
loyal man should do his utmost to dispel til,
sophisms and falsehoods under which ou
| 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 viii forever crush the hopes whicl
the rebels entertain of divided North.