The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-09-02
A banning Scheme TO Elect Vallan-
digham Governor Of Ohio.
Coppcrbead viiIainy--S sound the Alarm I
Let Union Men be on the Alerti

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solemn assurances OF the truth Of every
statement therein contained. Let Union
men be on the alert in every township
| throughout Ohio. Eternal vigilance is
the price OF liberty" 1t will be well to
! give the matter attention
We are byno means disposed to indulge
| in the sensational, nor excite unnecessary
alarms We are IN possession of facts, how"
ever, which leave no doubt of tho existence
Of one of the most nclarous and clabo-
Iately prepared plots that human dcpravity
could devise, to overwhelm the purity OF
the elective franchise in Ohio, and elect
the traitor Naandigham, next October.
We lose no time in sounding the alarm and
putting the friends of the Union on the alert.
It's known to ALL that, in Indiana there
is no election this fall. Therefore, most
| formidable secret society has been organized
in Ohio and Indiana, to transfer heavy
| Copperhcad vote from the latter to the for.
mcr State. This organization exists prn-
cipally in the border counties of both States
along tho line from the Ohio River to the
north line of the State, and large sums Of
money have already been raised to execute
the damnable scheme. Funds too, have
been contributed in large amounts we are
! informed, in New York and elsewhere in
the East, and men are now actually cm-
ployed in arranging and putting the Internal
| HlachiHe in working order and some voters
have already been brought over and scat
tered around. The plan is, to contract with
and pay Coppcrheads in Indiana, who have
no families, to come to Ohio, ostcnsibly for
the purpose of laboring, who arc to receive
part payment in advance and take an oath
Il,,,ti e AL
are to be forwarded by committees in Ohio,
who will quietly dstribHte and locate them.
They arc chiefly to be left in large cities,
and most subject to floating population,
thereby to avoid suspicion. Cincinnati,
Hamilton, Dayton, Columbus, Toledo, San
dusky and Cleveland, are specially selected
as fit places in which to operate. Ample
provision 1t is said. has already been made
to pay, and send over and locate, t,ceRfY.fce
MOHSdRd r0te1'S!
The whole scheme is thorough and we'll
devised, but requires the outlay of u vast
amount of money. The financial branch
however. is admirably planned. Oflicc-hold-
crs and cxpCctants, and wealthy rebel sym
pathizers, every where, contribute freely.
The most deeply laid, yet the most damna
ble feature of the monetary part of the
affair, is that ny which the poor ignorant
man is swindlcd out of his money. During
the summer Cnrollmcnts have been rNadc
i'll these States, preparatory to a draft to
strengthen our armies in the field Tho in
tcligcnt coppcrhcads, who are the authors
and managers of the plot, knowing the num-
Der of volunteers sent by each county, have
the date by which they know what coun-
ties and townships will substantially, if not
entirely, escape the draft. In such they
form jDcy 20 1ppfne,Dtrs and tnr iptn
contract with the applicant that they will.
if he be drafted pay the $500 to exempt
him, under the law, on condition that he
pays say $50, and gives his pledge to c0te
for TuN,1n6ighdm. In this way they kill
two birds with one stone that is, they
secure vote for Val, and $50 for the CON
BCription fund In some localities, where
there will he no draft, or where it will be
vcfNRght, these villains have actually run.
ners out among the enrolled, urging poor
mon to avail themselves of this cheap sys-
TEN of exemptions and thus has many a
poor man been swindled into u pledge 90
vote for traitor, and oW Of the mcars he
has earned by the sweat of his brow to- srGp-
port his helpless wife and children. We
know somo of the insurance gentlemen
who have thus basely conspired to pcrpet-
uatc frauds upon ignorant mon, and when
tlO UIlll IL ONCI, anu ihCll ' NlIdlnN uCCOHlcS
more transparent, it is our intention to ven
tilato their rascaly transactions.
We understand that somo Of the oldest
and most unscrupulous Copporhead polti-
oians Of the country arc connected with
this diahOical scheme TO overcome the pow
I cr 2l the ballot-box. Circumstances have
been disclosed to us which lead our minds
rrcsstibly to the conclusion that the late
Drotr, ctcd visit of VOORHEES, and other men
or his lll, from Indiana, and of citizen Sam
mcdary, the great Ohio copper bottomed
mlrtyr of the Crisis, ard other Ohio rebel
sympathi2ora, to Vallandigham in Canada,
and to New York, had reference to this
damnablo scheme of Colonizatiou and a
proposed uprising OF sccretly-organi2cd Cop
} pcrhcads in the Northwestern States to re-
sist the draft, and through the terrors of
, civil war, to overthrow the Lincoln admin
,, istration and destroy the Government.
, On tho material points Of the foul plot we
} have exposed, our information is derived
from II man of reliability, who processes
: and is believed by CoPperhcads TO ho " one
of thom." Ifc is member of the organi
cation, meets with them, takes part in their
proceedings, and has duties assigned tc
him in thc execution of the scheme. A part
of the programme is to throw D sufficient
, force of illegal voters on election day into
such townships as have Copporhcad Trus
tees, or whore the Union element is weak
est, to take possession OF the polls and stul
, the ballot box, as was done by the border
rulians in Kansas,
We expose this hell-horn scheme in sea
son, and call upon the friends Of the Union
. everywhere in Indiana and Ohio, to organ
ize without delay, and prepare for the con
c hict let y line Of Union pirket guards anc
:, vidcttcs hc al once established ON the Stat
, line, from the river to the northwest cor
= nor of Ohio Let every man who crosses
1 under circumstances in any degree suspi
Il cious, ho ",spottod' and pursued Lo
there be chosen men placed at every sta
ton ON the railroads, to take note of strau
/. gers who stop, Let there DO ample com
mitteCs Of vigilance, Nt picGcdm men in ever
It township and ward 70 look after every nev
comer, until the election is over. Let tn
Z Umon Leagues hc well prepared to dcfcn
+, the smotity o( tl2o ballot box to defGHd I
e hc dsath, if tnccessary--ifith it he thus assaileC
# While oar brave soldier boys are in tn
field, meeting death in every form -taNu
like leaves in wiutry woathcr-n drfens
= OF our lrce Institutions, let it not be write
in history that there WAS not patriotisr
4 and courage enough left hohjud to guar
OF the hallot-hoN against a desperate charg
- made upon il 10y the rebels in the rear
$ Let the friends of the Union evcrywhor
b. take warning, and prepare! Prepare now
to Let not day be lost! Rcuomhcr, n