The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-12-22


1t is doubtless known to many Of our readers
that Monday the lth inst was fixed upon by the
whig junto at Springfield as the day for holding
wing state convention. Well, the day came; but
with it--contrary to the high behests of the iunto
aioresad-there came very few delegates. How
ever, this difficulty was easily got along with.
Iha, wonderful sagacily which so emnenty dis
tinguishcs the wing leaders of our state had not
failed to enable them to iorcsce this difficulty, and
accordingly they wisely fixed tho meeting of the
convention at the time Of the meeting of the SUI
preme court and while the &. S. district court wa.
in session, when they knew there would be persons
from all parts of the state at the seat at govern
ment. 50 they readily converted the wing law.
yerS, witnesses, &c. in attendance, into delegates
1t Is true, in many counties meetings were held
to appoint delegates--as was the case in this coun-
/ ty-but what Of that! Surely it furnished no
reason why those counties should 90 unrepresent-
I'd in the great whiS state convention; and could
not the junto at Springfield as well make delegates
as the wings could il the different counties
Certainly; and thought the junto; and they
appointed delegates for many counties; and for
this county they appointed two iirs-rate wings, as
good, doubtless as the wings Of La Sale could
have appointed themselves. Well, in this way
the juhto got together over a hundred delegates,
which made good sized convention.
The main object Of the convention having been
to nominate electors Of president and vice presi-
dent, that was accordingly among the first business
il transacted S. Lise Smith and Abraham Lin
coin were appointed senatorial electors and Jos.
Gillespie, Edwin B. Webb, u. +. Linder, ]. ].
Brown, ID. NJ Woodson, Na,h. Bcchcr, and VIM
Brown district electors.
The next step thc,c convention took was to pre-
pare an adress to the people. This Is a remarka-
bic document to come from party that has in its
ranks all the "decency.' 1t opens with volley
Of abuse agans, John Tyler, says that, in refusing
to become tool in the hands of Clay * co. he was
calculated by an ldoc obstinacy of character, with
+ motives as impure and abandoned as ever ranked
in tie bosom Of Judas or an Arnold" and ap.
plies to him the cpihe,s of "iraiior," "recrcant
&c. with finished Bingsgate adroilness. 1t then
lauds, in high terms, the marvellous beauties Of
protection, after which it tells US, with very ,chs
ISL regard for TRUTH that, if the democrats succeed
there will he no more tariffs, but that the whole
revenue of the government, Miriy-sir millions a
year. will be raised by direct taxation. The aI-
dress also strongly advocates a national hank, Of
III, Al oh cI Ill in far III
distribution of the proceeds OF the public lands
among the states; aud then winds up by giving
three cheers for diary of the West
Upon the motion to adopt this address j, APP
pears warm debate sprung up, which we think
is not at all astonishing. One Of the causes OF
this debate was a motion, made 10y one of the de.
icga,es, to strike out the word "lraitor," where it
was applied to President Tyler. The main speak
err against this motion was u. +. hinder, who, as
he has himself within the last few years turned
his coat not over four time, was doubtless APP
proptia,c person as any to portray the character
of the political traitor His speech is said to have
been scathng in the extreme; nor, it would appear
was it wanting in wit. The State Register, spea-
king oft says, Gle related negro anecdote, by
way Of illustrating Captain Tyler. lie said that
two negroes (Ken,ucky negroes, we belieNc) once
had dispute whether God Almighty really made
every thing. What, says one, do you think he
made the gahimpper? Would the Lord make sd
mean and little a thing as the bill of mosque,o
So, says Linder, this Tyler Is even meaner and
litter than the bill of mosque,o !" At this ex.
ceedingly happy hit it is said the house was con.
vulsed. The motion, Of course, was lost.
The resolutions adopted by the convention arc
of the sort usually adopted at such places, and we
could say very little for them. In one of them the
convention resolve that they know of no whig
,ha, stood shoulder To shoulder with them in the
struggle of 1870 that will prove recrcant to his
trust in lSii' OF course, the convention never
heard OF W. l.. May, J. &. Spencer, Henry A
Wise, Captain Tyler, &c. &c.-Another resolu
ton appoints all the young wings in the state de
csa,e. to the vhig young mems convention a
Baltimore, in May next This we suppose is al
right: but among the democrats, the young mer
arc in the hab, Of appointing their own de
lcgatcs 10 their conventions.-Ihe third resolu
ton wo shall notice par,icularly,is however of I
diTeren, stamp from the rest, and does cred, tC
the convention. I, was offered by ]. Y. Seam
mon, ESQ., Of Chicago, and resolves shat the con
vention, in tho name Of the whig party Of ,hi'
state repudia,e the doctrine cfrepodiation." III.
resolution shines among the proceedings like
Benton min, drop on pile of bogus.
The convention also t0ok steps to get up tho
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