The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-10-13

I'VE see it announced in the Democrat
that Mr.. Lansing, the Ca,S Eirclur for i.I,
District will soon take tho stump and al.
dress the nubIiCS In favor cf the lluuhrr
ticket. We understand Tat he gor, for
Gree Soil.' This is consistent with Dds,
nomination in O." convention At TaprryilIe.
because ne was there supported uu,lc SUD.
position that he waS opposed f. ~, Iu'' ur
extension of slave tCrrtory.-I Ike however
disappointed his friends aud went against
the election oi Mr.. Wentworth n Ottawa,
on account Of Mr.. VS. adherence to the
Nllmot Proyiso. How he will be able 10
reconcile tins Inconsistency remains to be
seen, rs to the honesty of the motives
which govern him, it will be sufficient 10
let the public know that this is the i,tliyi.
dual who, notwithstanding bis opposition %
Mr.. Wentworth, was willing To pledge the
vote Of Mclienry county for him, If Nlr.
WIS friends would pledge him the Office OF
|. ). Marshal OF the State
The above, from the columns Of that
mendacouS print, the "Chicago Tribune"
is IN the usual style of its editorials. So far
a. relates TO lis political opponents. who
are. ~ ITS estimation, ever the bantingS Of
his Satanic Majesty, while its own political
iriendS-"Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart
are considered, despite the length Of their
auricnlar appendagcS, ''very G ods fresh from
highOlynpus with all their blushmg honors
thick upon them"
That Col. Lansing iSfar too well, and "a
voraDIy known in uur state to be injured
by the bIlllngSgaie with which the hernia.
phrodte editor of the Tribune is too famili.
ar and 50 lavish of, we are aware. Yet we
are sorry to see so mean fling at one who
Is a good citlzen-aiI upright man n man
oi cmminent abilities, and who is as much
superior TO the vituperativc editor Of the
PRINT in question, as daylight is superior IN
eilulgencc 10 The stars ray.
Claiming to publish a neutral literary pa
per, the editor is palming or upon the pub
lie enc of the vericSt "Slangwhangiugn po-
lical timc-Serving periodicals in the state.
Endeavoriug 10 "i.ing dust in the eyes" Of
a Ienicnt people, by arrogating to itself all
the decency and all the courtesy that per-
vadeS and animotes the body-edi,orial it
has, while trailing along behind it through
It's iount Of >piratiOn--thc slough OF liebe-
tude. the political gudgcon that has las,cn-
cd upon the charming, golden bait, ii, in
common with others, flung before him. Civ
en- Inference to more uttcrly base talSehOodS
than any partisan print within our sphere
OF acquaintance.
We are perfectly willing that the vera
cious editor Of the Tribune should con,u-
ne TO pour out lis
"Weak, everlasting, washy flood"
Of isms, provided ii keeps 10 them alone /;
they are quite innocent in all their charac-
teristics. aud their stone of holy shifting"
is only calculated TO excite smile of pity
on the lips of sensible men. We do how.
ever deprecate the utterance of fasehoods
that are so glazing. We are at loss to con-
ceivc the object Of the Tribune in seeking
TO cover one like Col. Lansing with the
nnuseouS slime of its ISLANDERS, for the profit
VIII be- small we deem; and we know suf-
ticlent the Tribune to be cognizani of the
fact that al idea cf ''the dimes" WHITES all
It's aims at bringing about the "moral re-
generation Of man."-Moral regeneration,
fcrsooth One is fcreibly reminded Of the