The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-10

Great excitement prevails every where. Wing
capital, except money, is greatly diminished.
They raise funds freely to buy and circulate all
the trash, which they think will dclude the peoples
but they do not brag so loudly, and am told they
will not back their judgments, as once they did.
The New York Delegation quite sanguine
about carrying their State
Prospects are indeed cheering every where.
BY Saturday mornings mail, we received letter
from Philadelphia, of the 18th, (June,) which
saws, 81 relterate on my veracty, that never wit
messed more languor than appeared at the late
Wing meeting in this city. feel as much conf
dence in The prophecy of Mr.. Van Buren's re-
election, as if it were already matter of history.
| do not believe the Wings of this city will attempt
another meeting. They have sounded their last
bugle for some time to come. | calculate with
certainty on this State and New Jersey"
or The accounts from Indiana Illinois, Ohio,
and even Kentucky, are bright and frightening.
And w6o can doubt "Old Virgnny"l In addi-
ton to the letters we have already published, we
have the most cheering accounts from Nicholas
and Fayette, from Greene, Orange, Botetourt,
Frederick, the North West, &C., SC.
| Gloucester and Mathe,US countless (Va.) 81 am
| fully satisfied, that Gloucester will go for Van
Buren, this Fall. As for Mathews, numbers that
voted for the Wing candidate this Spring, will not
vote for Harrison"
| Carohne.--s'Our friends are in fine spirits, and
consider it certain that Samuel will GUST Corbn.
King and Queen will give Mr. Van Buren, maJo-
rity of 60 or 7O--And King William can give him
$50, if the People turn out"
| A line from Old Frederick promises us MAORI
ty of 100 in that county, and counts upon the
State by certain majority of from to 5000
1t will be more, if we will do our duty.
(F,om the Gl6be Of June 20.)
Our AGAIN-As long as the Federal
candidate is kept within the bounds of his
committee, it is impossible to extort a
princip pie an opinion - or pledge from
him; but no sooner does he trust himself
abroad, than his discretion leaves him.
Our readers will see, in the following
letter from man of high character in
Ohio, how readily Gen. Harrison will run
into public pledges, which he is pledged
not to give, when there is none of his
committee at hand to warn him that what
may find favor with those around him,
will lose him friends elsewhere. In the
northern part of Ohio, the pledge not to
veto any bill passed by Congress during
his term of service, had doubtless the
effect to make him friends among the
Abolitionists in that region. The bare
fact that he had not declared, like Mr..
Van Buren,, determination to veto an
Abolition bill, even FOR the District of
Columbia, is used by Mr.. Slade in his
printed speech TO reconcile the Abolition
lists to his support. Harrison feeling this
influence at Cleveland, made, in a public
harangue, the solemn pledge that he
would veto no bill which obtained the
sanction of majority in Congress. So,
to ingratiate himself with the new sect
starting up - ''the Native American So
ciety"-he proclaimed that he cared not
for the opinions of those who had come
over the sea to our shores and lastly,
perceiving an Office holder at hand, he
gave an assurance to conciliate him.
"CLEvELAND, o., June 10. 1910.
"Dear Sir Il informend you yester-
day that Harrison had arrived here, on
his electioneering tour through the State,
and | closed my letter for the purpose of
listening to the speech, which he then
commenced from the piazza of the Ameri-
can House, 20 the people assembled in
the street. He spoke for nearly two
hours, and it is impossible for me to give
you an outline of the whole speech, as it
was extremely incoherent and disconnect-
ed, Harrison assigning, as the cause, the
sea sickness which he had endured on
his recent voyage down the Lake.
"While in the progress of his remarks,
he said, that if he was elected as Presi-
dent, he would be governed by the will
of the people, as expressed by both Hou-
SEES of Congress. Upon this remark,
your friend, G. Kirkum, OF Portage, who
was standing in the crowd, loudly ex-
claimed, there is the man. pointing to
Harrison) 'who is accused of making no
pledges Harsisou .nistook Kirkum for
a political or lent, and understood him
to call for pleog IS, and he therefore became
greatly excited and agitated, and raising
his voice to the highest pitch, said 4
will make no pledges in regard to princi.
pies; should | be elected, | will give my
assent to all the laws, which may pass