The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-09-01


y The Barnharpcr Conv nticn.
Our readers viii expect Of us that we
shuuld give some account oi the barnburner
convention which met at this place on We'd
nesddy, yet we could prefer 10 leave the
task IA the hands of the friends of the
movement; for we know that IL we give a
true history If the affair, persons at dis
lance viii think our account j. prtiIdicud.
What viii they think If We say that the
number Who came a. delegates, fer the cN-
press purpose of attending the convention,
aul who took part la il, proceedings, did
not exceed lOOs Our uri-hbur, Of the
Cou>ti'ulouali>t, We observe, has ivl, the
same difficulty we allude To, and he put,
down very literally the number At POD.
There were probably that many harubum-
ers ia the court house al one time, aud there
may have been more, but there were not ~
many delegates. \ friend has furnished Us
with the following classification Of the real
delegation, which he aver, is correct
There were cf them
57ab,l,ioni>i,,
- democrats,
l9whisS.
But we shall not fight about what they
rcrc they are all baruburucr> now.
There were dozen or more of speeches
made, Of which we heard bat five. The
first made was that Of Mr.. s.. Clair, a ,rav-
cling abolition lecturer, who, we under
stand, is hired at s. day. He is very
able speaker, and made strong abolition
Speech-and it was nothing else. twas
lecture he had probably delivered to dozens
of abolition audiences before, but which
sounded strange in convention claimed
to be made up Uf democrats and " his>. OF
the speech Of Mr.. Manirrre, Of Cook, who
was tdc second speaker we heard. we have
spoken in another article. And As to the
other speeches, they were in the abolition
vein entirely, and this, we take it, describes
them sufficiently.
The resolutions we did not hear. but nm
derStand they embraced about the Buffalo
platform, which is claimed by the aboli-
tonists as but second edition Of their own.
in which they are 50 near right that there is
no room for argument about the matter.
The following electoral ticket was uomi.
mated:
At laryc-W' B. Ogden, Of Cook co.. and
i Il -.
tricts -Messrs. Thos. lIoync, Geo. b. Ar.
mold, Abraham Hoes, Levi Tory, Henry
b. Evans, Johna,han Clumel and Milton
Bacon.
The name Of Mr.. Parks. Of Kane
county, and Of Mr. Maple, Of Putnam, we
believe, had been proposed by the commit.
tee as the electors for the State at large;
but they were considered too "small fish
Tor so conspicuous place, and, on the mo-
ton OF Mr.. Arnold, their names were Strick-
en- out aud those which are given above III.
serted. Mr.. Parks was a member of the
and SquirmCd considerably at
the molten; but finally consented to be
- sacrificed for the good Of the cause.
The band from Chicago played exceed
Ingly well, and we thought il was decided
49, 'S' N''t'tN tll lIt CbuNtUtltll system 10
have the loop holes in the proceedings filed
up with music. Il tends TO calm ones feel
lngS, aud to awake the spirit Of charity aud
lorbearancc. Many a convention that has
broken up IN row, we are inclined 10 think.
would have adjourned in harmony. if they
could have had 50 excellent a band to
'oo'he their excited spirits by soul inspi-
ring strain.
The choir sung well, too; Tut there is
room FOR immense Improvement in their
songs. The tunes were good enough, but
lie wording was Of the loves, cast of black
3narliSm. 1t i dIscredi,ablc to the choir
and the cause todesccrate the sacred shrine
n music with such vile stuff, and we hope
.oT the sake of common dccency, there will
be a radical Improvement made in this par
,icular.