, 1864-11-07
THE SECEsR IMPORTATION.
The fat5 Invaded BY Band Of o. i. K,s---
Their Nefarlsus Destgus.-Oar Duty.

We mentioned yesterday the fact that Butter
nuts were being imported By the hundreds f,ou
the South into Chicsso. In 1sadiness for Tqesdav
TIE number IL even R1estet than we had at fks,
supposed. Fully :hses hundred Of these fellow.
were n ths city Yesterday morning. and 10 d,
are r~o or 1hree questions to be atked and an
BHe1ed concerning then,
10" M1e % deedbasye tbsyy come here
Nhat viii they dot = - : ~
Onr DUTY In the matterY -.-t
,W1of They are Southern men,: Those a1se.d :
here ars from Fare.te, Christian, and adilintns
couLtes OF this State; from Mt-toutI, and otbei
aasss Il 1o, snd Il sns
wtrds. Ttey all hsve The villain ia lneir c,a1te-
ices; men who have no souls. and would cell
gaaas. 1es s.'ionf hl"'sH Il le'' price than did
How. They have come here on the Invitation OF
eoae G1so oae ro
baeks srd 5evolres-the price and the instru-
I'VE WET, r ' Tbey cane to control the election. The
vote ottbla city haa always heretofore been close
o!a. Two rG1> three hundred Copperhead vosea
adoteoEs1 might secura them 3 minority Ia this
hef: W to st cue lie e!eet1ea Of accofmick, Tree,
Garland. ME-, clowry, and the whole ofthe
othe1e who conpo,e the copperhead crew who
WnA1. They prspoae. INST Of ali to override
tie election. The Copperheads have majority IN
every precinct Of tho Inspectors Of election, and
these buttetnuts will assemble early around the
polls, snd nil up the vacancies with the nomiuees
OF storey, Jeh Dsvts, Mcco,miek = Co. .They
p opcse thus to gat IN full Bosrd Of Copperheads
Of ecvezal Of the epulltng precincts, End tue whole
>1ot will .y1sit escn Of those places and deposlt
thtsr votee, secure sgainss attempts to keep them
out They will offer Themselves at other places
Their great principle On election day bstng to vote
early aEu o1eu.
They viii where possible keep Union men Away
from the polls They are unscfupulous
on Camp Douglas the liberation Of ali the pris-
one1s there, ald In concsrt with them to sack the
EfH. This ia no Idle fesr. They arc desperate,
ymouebly organized. and entirely devoted to sne
QUE DUR These Villains and their Chicago
abettors mnst be met On their own ground. We
eoHmt nd the following TO the serious considefa-
lion Of ULiop men IN general, and especially to
1bote Wfom 1t rsy concern:
Onr Common Courcil xusT MEET TH1A EvES1ao
to I'll the vacancies caused BY renoy4, dekth or
csnnlcacy, Let not ope Of the Union members bs
absent from his post; and we appea! to tn0et4eW
decent men Ii the Council who call them 7olses
democrats to meet and aid to appoint men who
viii tske an honest vote. let tho ticket b whrh II
will -
Let force OF good. staunch, feasless Union
men te Organized in each Ward to night, vhose
duty 1t stp1 be to attend the polls from fret to
lat. l. sbese men pe1emptortlT challenge every
body rot personally known. Let them insist on
the eeeond oath, declaring the number Of the resi-
oencef for The last sixty da5F, as required BY lsw
md let eFeIy man be promptly asrested who shall
y. Lat The ballot boxes be watched closely each In.
| ballot is counted Allow no ch hancefor etuf3lug.
To work to work! The Philistines are upon
us. Eternal vigilance Is the pr1ce Of hb+rty."