The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-10-09
The Battle Field.

tons OH the country, relative 10 the approaching
contest They are all taken from journals of tn,
highest standing.
The election in Ohio and PENNSYLVANIA take.
place OF Tuesday next. Ohio we consider doubt
full and would ccg.ainIy be very agreeably disap.
pointed should the democracy succeed by more
than very smalLmaory. The Ohio Statesman
however, is confident Of a triumph, and says:
"We assure orr friends once more that
our prospects for carrying Ohio is chez
ring indeed. From every part of the
state, north, south, east and west, our
friends write but one sentiment, viz :
''we will do as well or better here than
usual the Democrats were never more
aroused; and of the changes, we can
boast our full share. Though we do not
make quite as much noise as our oppon-
ents, we are not the less active. If other
parts of the state will do as well in pro-
portion to other elections, all is safe in
Ohio" Such being the universal senli-
meni, can any one doubt the result when
they know that other neighborhoods are
doing as meH as theirs? Democrats
push iorward-bc ready, be ORGANIZED,
sec that voters have fair play at the polls
keep an eye on Alfred Kelley's men
Judges &C., and all is safe"
| PBSSsrLvASfA we consider certain for Van
Hutpu and Inhp.n,, Al, ~.
coed in obtaining majority in the State Senate.
which they in all probability may, as the demo
Gratis had but majority of one in the last Senate.
and that ono elected 10y small majority in a whir
district. The lower house will again be dcnocra
TIC, unless that portion of the party which is dis
Affected at the course pursued by the governor in
relation TO the banks is strogcr than we think
II is. In November, however, we have nothing TO
fear in this state, all misunderstanding in rcIe
ton TO State policy will then be out of the aues-
iion and we may safely calculate on from 1000
to 10000 majority
We take the following paragraph from the
Richmond Enquirer OF the 22d ult relative to our
prospects IN the Keystone State:
PENNsyLvANI---is beyond question:
and, as IA very respectable gentleman,
who dlsclalms all party politics, and is
usl from tn interior of the state, saws,
II the wings count with no better data
upon other states than they do upon
Pennsylvania, they are grossly deceived
that she is safe for Van Buren,, bv from
Is to 10000.
NIw YoRK.-Evcry null assures Ms more that
"Ncw York will be redeemed" The Democracy
are up and doing, and Judging from the spiril and
confidence that prevail in all quarters, we have
full assurance that New York will not lorsahc her
iavoritc son in this trying hour, when every spe-
cics of lcgcrdcinain is used to defeat him. H.,
late convention at Poughkecpsic is said to have
been the largest ever held in the United States
We take the following from the n. Y. New Era:
"Onc of the largest assemblages of
Frcemen ever convened together in the
u. s., met at Poughkeepsie, according to
previous arrangement, on Wednesday
last, the 10th inst. Delegates from the
counties of New York, Kings, Queens,
Suffolk, Richmond, Wcstchesler, Rock
land, Rensselaer,, Ulster, Albany, Scoha-
RE, Putnam, Columbia, Washington,
Green, Schenectady, Montgomery, and
Orange attended in large numbers, and a
continual stream was eagerly pouring in
until the close of the day. The whole
number present was computed to have
been over SIXTY THOUSAND.
"The boats from this city, the Rochcs-
ter, Arrow, II. l.. Stevens, Wave, Kos
ciusko, Superior, Napoleon, Utica, and
Osceola, were crowded with the Demo
crazy of this city. The James Madison,
with n tow-boat, both laden to their ut
most capacity, came from Orange county.
The Albanians and iroyans to the
number Of FOUR THOU SAND, arrived
at Poughkeepsie in the afternoon, after
the Convention had organized, in the
large steamer Troy and the tow-boat at
tached. The John Mason, Legislator,
Westminster, and Hudson, with boats in
tow, came ovcrburdened with the Demo-
crazy from different places on the river
The farmers from the country, the intclli-
gent and industrious yeomanry of the
land, turned out in mass. Wagon after
wagon, filled with these hardy tillers of
the soil, attended in thousands to Join
their fellow-cilizens in the aspiration that
The Empire State may be speedily re-
deemed from the thraldom of the present
British Wing and Abolition dynasty.
Veteran soldiers and patriots of the revo-