The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-08-25

The uu,falo Convention.

The Cleveland Plnindcaler gives the fol
lowing graphic description Of the opening
WcHf:
First. 4 speaker must address the vast
I a>Scr'5lagc. Who should he be? The
! time has come for the cue to be given, and
! the question to be tested was, whether Ma
homrt should 90 over to the moun,ain-or
The mountain 70 Mahomct. Calls were
made for Grover, a white man, and Barn
/ burner. OF course, the Butt, r., the Van
BnrcnS. and the kid gluycd, silk stock iuscd
| iainbuincrS. delegates ir,m the \. York
, Cities, joined III this call. But the oh Lib
eiiy men, the sold guard" Of the free ,oil
advocates. the BinIey men, the Hale men.
and the GiddingS men cried out for BIB
Bitb! Bbb III such deafcnug thunder
shouts, that all opposition was drowned.
"Nho is Bihby Who is Bib :" began 10
inquire the NGiygandcrS. Silence reign
cd fer moment, and all ewes were turned
to the roStrum Ia see the stangcr orator.
'NG&cs of Abaddon Who should appear
bat fail leugthed, tendcr.>hmucd long
hc,lrd, Gat-hcadcd, rat-uos,d. wall.,y,d
GGIbi,! We Cuud not get near enough fo
catch the expression, which no doubtpaycd
like a sun beam on the urgru'S cuuntrn.
N''N' ''N w ''''' alN ~ NJ NAldl ions
form the stomach stricken BlrnhurucrS, as
they "boi;cd' from their new allies, lcav-
ing their "ucw platform" (uudcr the cauo.
py lin such haste a> 10 cause their coat tails
to stand out behind them an angle Of about
90 degrees.
81 don't take my cue from ui1gcr"
says one. "Ihc>c ID one eye frarci
aholitionists need no; think ofw0o'ing me-
-,,,s L.. ~ 1. =.
Buren, man, ''they are determined TO make
this Convention nominate some 0boHiioRia
and compel us to 90 for him Wen break
mp in row first rHnot vote for a man
those lunC-heelS will pat up. can't Swol-
low niggcJiSm if the ears are pinned back.
nor won't allow nigEeri>m TO swallow mel"
These SUloqueS ran with those " no ran a
way.
But Bib stood his ground, and so did his
hackers. lie discussed upon ''mltterS and
things in general in dis Northern country"
He seemed 10 feel Impressed with the IeS-
possibilities then resting upon him; that he
was called at this important crisis To- give
Rto this great movement by making
the first speech ever made to national free
soil convention. As a matter OF particular
interest he alluded TO the recent decision
Of Judge Mclean, in the late slave case in
Michigan. He reviewed the learned
Judges opinion of the Constitution touch
ing said case, and pronounced it wrong. OF
course we are not prepared TO say winch is
right; but certainly aSpirantS 10 the leader.
ship of this great party, built up rs It is on
urcly on this question, ough; not to differ.
"Nhp -Haa decide when doctors j-osrc /"
TIL Spceches.-Oi these the Buffalo Com.
mcrcial says.
The speeches were Of the regular Barn.
burning or Abolition S;amp-mo>tly of the
latter character, and while listening To them
it seemed as If we had been transported 10
an old fashioned Abolition couveuticlc.
with the expectation of the mOmcntarv ap
pearanCc Of ABBY KELLEY and other bright.
particular stars that were accustomed to
twinkle on such occasions.
The NumIer.-1hc same paper SAYS:
After making every allowance for stray
glerS scattered about town, whose numbers
could not exceed those in attendance at the
tent, the great object of attention. the en-
tire number drawn together by the con-
vcntion, including the people Of the town.
and the country Immediately adjacent. NAV
have been from eight to ten thousand. This
Is large correction OF people, bU; nothing
like what was anticipated; and when we
remember that from Boston to Chicago, a
line Of fifteen hundred miles long. running
through the most dcnsely populated por-
tons of the Union, with every facility of
transportation byrailroad, canal, and steam.
boat, the people were invited to take
pleasure excursion, at the most pleasant
season Of the year, at half the usual price.
instead Of wondering at the multitude as
Scmblcd, we are surprised that it was not
vastly greater.