The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-08-16
A COpperlIead Secret Circular
How the COpperheals Ex-
pecf to Carry Ohio Good
Reading for Union Men,

cular to the faithful, true and au-
thentic copy of which we give below:
Dem. Cen. Con-. RooMs, !
Columbus, July 20, 1861
DEAR SIR:-We are assured that
you are very anxious for the success
of the Democratic party this Fall
This assurance We accept as true,
and address you accordingly. To
carry the State it is necessary that
we should make converts. What is
the most effective way to make con-
verts? A very good way is to sit
down with your Republican neighbor
andcalmly talk the condition of..affairs
over with him. Another way is to
get your Republican neighbors to at
tend the Democratic Mass Meeting
appointed for your county, and this
you should assist to make as large
as possible. By making it very large
you will infuse spirit and enthusiasm
into the party at the county seat-a
thing particularly needed. There
are, however, two other agencies that
experience and observation have con-
vinced us are more effectusl, and
should by all means be employed -
One is to find out, through Demo
Gratis in your respective School Dis
trlcts, the names of those Republi-
cans who assert that they will not
vote for the Constitutional Amend
ment," and induce all to subscribe
for a Democratic Newspaper until
after the election, and to raise fund
to supply all who will not subscribe,
but will nevertheless read one. To
do this will require very little funds,
SIS being sufficient for 80 copies
from the first week in August. If
you will call to your aid a Democrat
in each School District, the work can
at once be done effectually, and you
will find the result most satisfactory.
In connection with this you should
have at least one meeting in your
Township before the election, to be
addressed by an effective speaker.
If you find it incenvenient to at
tend to these things, please prevail
upon some other Democrat to do it.
Respectfully yours,
JOHN @. THOMPSON, Chm'n.
+. b. EsuELMAN, Sec'v.
This is very nice little scheme
indeed, but we don't think it will
work well in practice. In the first
place Union men sswhO don't intend
to vote for the Constitutional Amend
ment," are hard to find, and what
few there are, have no idea of voting
the Copperhead ticket because they
oppose the Amendment. They may
think the Amendment premature and
inexpedient at this time; but that is
no reason why they should desert the
Union standard, and vote for the men
who declared the war 'a failure"
denounced it as an "Abolitian war"
opposed the draft, cried down the
''greenbacks" as worthless, and did
all in their power to force the Gov
ernment to compromise with rebels
in arms. Union men of that stripe
are as scarce as white black birds,
and won't amount to a corporal's
guard in any township in Highland.
But Union men may learn a lesson
from the enemy, by reading this cir
cular. 1t will be seen that the Cop
perhead leaders urge that ''doubt-
ful" Union men be supplied With
Democratic papers until the election.
We must spike that gun by supplying
them with Union papers and docu-
uments. Let the leading, active
Union men in each township see to
this matter at once. "BorewarDed
is forearmed."
Accompanying the above Circular
IS specimen of the sort of Demo
cratic campaign literature, by which
we suppose they expect to snake
converts" 1t is pretended report
of the speech of Hon. Fred. Hassau
rex, the great German orator, deliv
cred at the Union State Convention
in Columbus Read it, and see with
what sort of s'chaff," they expect 70
catch the votes ef intelligent Union
men.
FRIEETs UNIT FELLER CITIZENS !:
Il ynst speaks lsomedinks nit
yOu. We makes q pooty goot
dicket to-day, for de eonven-
tion, don't itf Nit goot platform.
Dere Is some fone de nickers in dis
platform. / likes dem nickers. Yaw.
/ likes dem better as dem Duth fel-
lers IN der Five Wards, ] was sbeak
down dare last jhear, unit dey makes
me blety droubles, amt itp One fell
ler he drows q pig cabbage at my
het, unit under feller, he most my
eye placks NIT a pretzel. But dem
nickers, alb, he Is de fellers! You
sent more SIS hundret million vite
sOldats NIT the var. Veil, de Shonny
repels he licks dem soldats all de
vile. Butty soon you youst sent
town may be dirty tousant nicker
soldats. Vat dem nickers do2 More
as twenty five tousant he sday in de
forts and pick up little dings, unit de
onder ones dey yust fite little unit