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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1863
Page
2
Report from Millersburg details a large mass meeting with participants and debate over Union loyalties and 19th century political alignments. The crowd discussed candidates Vallandigham and Vallandigham supporters amid tensions and party lines.
Fragments urge no one be lost and warn that neglecting to vote could cost Ohio a traitor and bring civil war. The speaker calls every Union man to stand at his post and do his duty on election day.
A Civil War era notice urges Union supporters to organize to prevent fraudulent voting. It claims Copperhead influence is bringing in voters to sway elections and calls for vigilance in townships and counties where Copperheads are strongest.
Vague plea to vote early urging neighbors to act, warning of a desperate effort and fraud in Wayne County. The text references a paid ticket and a general push for victory while cautioning about deceitful circulation.
In Wayne County a wartime style exhortation urges citizens to vote against O. L. Vallandigham, invoking duty and national spirits. The message calls on men to prepare for the polls and to endure weather while voting in the upcoming election.
A Civil War era rallying call urges every Union voter to turnout next Tuesday. The message, criticizing Copperheads and Vallandigham, stresses full participation from townships and school districts to defeat the traitor and support the Government.
The Ohio State Journal reports broad hope for a Brough majority and expects army voters to support the measure against Vallandigham. Observers say enthusiasm grows across the state, with meetings swelling opposition to Copperheadism and a political shift seen as decisive.
A local forum named MazailJon held a meeting amid unclear notes. Attendees and outcomes are not fully legible in the surviving fragment.
The crowd rejected the Copperhead faction during a heated assembly. Attendees attacked opponents, with guns shown and threats of violence as the crowd urged loyalty to the Union and condemned treachery. The next day supporters paraded a dissenter in the streets while calls for vigilance continued.
The Wayne County Democrat is accused of aiding Vallandigham after the Roe crang and Bragg clash. The piece claims Rosecrans saved his army but slanders soldiers from his command. It challenges the editor to name any Rosecrans troops from Wayne County and to retract or face exposure.
The Ohio Legislature created a Volunteer Bounty Fund paid by county tax for volunteers of 1862. Wayne county commissioners refuse to levy the bounty, leaving veterans and families unpaid while supporters urge soldiers and friends to remember them on Tuesday.
The Wayne County Democrat attacks Hon. John Brongt as drunken and immoral to influence votes against a Canadian rebel. The piece labels the editor’s claims as malicious and exposes the paper’s shameless slanders aimed at discrediting Brongt, a longtime Ohio leader and railroad president.
A New York paper notes calls by war Democrats and conservatives for a mass meeting to endorse the war platform. It warns Copperheads and "Democracy" factions of the era against surprise attacks on public support.
A fragment hints at a heated dispute with posters and speeches accusing traitors and rebels. It mentions planned events and posters in various locations and questions the sincerity of those spreading propaganda to lure crowds.
The Sandusky Register rebuts a Confederate propaganda claim by contrasting Stephen A. Douglas’s prewar and wartime stances. It argues that pro-Confederate editors misrepresent his views and labels the Vallandigham pamphleteers as deceitful for printing a posthumous “Last Great Speech” while ignoring his final public address in Chicago.
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