The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-06-24

speak of his death as providental intlc-
ton, and THEW language was echoed from
countless pulpis, we may be pardoned
for surmsng that the baud OF God was
in the visitation. Our purpose or wish
is 10 turn the reflections which the recol-
lection of the event suggests, to edilying
account.
How many incidents have been crow
ded into brief space! When we look
back. il almost seems dream. The Har-
rsburg Convcnion-thc hard cider cam
vass--the Democratic dcIeat--thc wing
inauguratiou--and lastly, in one short
month thereafter, that fatal catastrophe
which was the beginning of the end. -
The first was political Pandemonium,
in which the meaner spirits, by superior
intrigue and management, triumphcd over
the higher. They were constrained TO
sacrifice the leader of their choice, and
whose claims were far paramount, to an
other less distinguished however respcc-
table. They separated with ranking dis
appointment and gloomy iorebodlngs, but
with a resolution 10 conquer by any and
every means, however disrcputablc.-
They drew courage from despair. Their
long Punishment from powcr--their blind,
unreasonng anmosiiy to Democratic prln-
ciplcs and administration, gave them a
strength and union which mutual harmo-
ny and respect could not have impaired.
The cohesion Of common hate, though
temporary, is, while it endurcs, stron-
yer cement than love. That was the key
stone which bound together the inharmo-
Nous materials Of which the arch was
composed. This made them unite in the
enthusiastic support of one whom they
had suffered to linger more than twenty
years in hopeless obscurily; at whose
prctcnsons many Of them had cruelty
scon'ed, before it became their policy TO
adopt him.
The canvass and the manner III which
lit was conducted, were something new
in the history of our country. The rea-
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