, 1865-03-03
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF
CHICAGO.
The aButternut" Importation.
Exposure Of a Shallow Trick TO
Deceive and Intimidate the
Democratic Voters Of
Chicago.

Toshe Democratic Electors fthe City OF Chicago
The undersigned, members of the d Ems
cratic party and chairmen Of the rrspccify,
organizations Of the party resident IN th,
uty, desire to morn their fellow citizen:
that body Of nen has recently arrived it
"guer1llas,'' butteroats," Of raiders. !
I'll uniformly dressed. and wearing The. ant
form appearance and character Of Southern
gue1filas; 1haa one bodr, numbering sumc
sixty persons, arrived here on Saturday even.
ing, after having Travelled through the State,
tas u 1s 1so rep3rted from Alton, q distance OF
some 500 miles) without any interference Of
challenge on the part OF. our State republican
officials At Springfield or elsewhere, and that
ciheT bodies Of similar character have ar
f1fe4 Dy Tie same route since the first body
Of these so-cailed .tgueril1as'' landed. Tho
opPosiiion In This city admit that they we're
ts aaslsed from Bloomington. by telegraph, that
the Chicago and St. Louis cars, and that they
WeTe coming to Ibis city, and get no attempt
was made TO arrest, them,, but, on the cJn-
tfary, they were permitted pesceably to en-
Ter the cry and to scatter themselves in w..
1loas parts Of It, without thu least attempt
on the part Of tile military officials here TO
prevent them.
Nov Nov, this Is to authorita,ively state that
either the Democratic organizations OF the
state or The city, orany members thereof, al.
LEI having made dllftgent inquiry for III: puf-
pose, have failed TO Obtain any knowledge,
Whatever, OF the design, purpose or intended
coming OF these real or disguised raiders, and
their appearance here OH the eve of our na-
tional and Sta,e election, with the consent, az
IN the opinion Of the undersigned, an "clcc-
ton trick" designed to Bubserve some pur-
pose yet undeVeloped In the tactics Of the op-
position.
And the undersigned take this method Of
expressing their well-lnaturcd aud deliberate
conviction, from well authenticated facts be-
fore them, that tue uniform and general ap-
pearancc Of these men; their arrival at the
same time In large bodies, with no attempt
ut disguise Of their real or pretended charac-
tiers; their impunity flnm arrest or molesta-
tton while on their way here and their re-
peated expressions at the several stations and
on the cars, that they were Lincoln men,
warrants us In charging tLa: they have been
sent here IN the Interest Of tue Republican
pal y. to fu nieh some pre1ext for placing
the polls Of this city uader IT,. c ,ntrol Of the
military IN the day Of e1cc ion, and defeating
q flee election. which, 1t Ia now foraseen.
must result, without fraud, in the defeat Of
all the Republican candidates.
In view Of these facts, We earnestly appeal
Incorporate Language or angry controversy
at the polls. b. htm In the discharge Of your
duty, but be peaceful In department. Til. is
no time for intimidation or fear! We eau de-
feat the conspiracy thus organized, but dis
Cuised under this shallow prttext Of the Re-
publican leaders, by uniting brave and intel-
[igent determination to exerc sc our conssitu-
tfonal rights pcac.:ably, but ftarlrsa1yt" Let
every voter be rallied ut the polls, and let
every votrr d. 1nand his rights under our Con-
stitution aad the laws, anu all will be well.
The trick Is too transparent to deceive any
,ne.
ISAAC R. DnLER, Chairman State Democratic