The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-06-09

Mr. wentworth and the Baltimore Nominees,
/ has been made the excuse for their dis
Organizing course, by the men who have at
temptcd1o break down the nomination of
I Mr.. WENTWORTH, that he intends TO oppose
the nominees Of the Baltimore convention.
We venture to say more uulounded pre-
text was never reSortedto TO. il is well known
to the public generally, that Mr.. Wentworth
has been violently a>sailed by the ,laveoora,s
of the south aud their sympnthiAers at the
north, as hay Ing abandoned the party in go.
Ing for free territory; and when the thunders
Of @, communication were hurled at him by
/ the Washington Union for his advocacy Of
iuents, he invariably Iepelled the charge by
asserting his determination TO support the
nominees of the Baltimore Convention.
More-hc has shown greater promptncss in
making this pledge than his traducerS have
shown. He has contended that the princi-
| pies for which lie was pronounced heretical
I WIZ TIC ANNt VI lilt -lCdl dlUNlit VI NI-
mocracy, Thomas Jefferson, and harmonic
ed with all the cherished measures Of the
/ party and, while he did not expect the de-
moc,ats Of the south TO agree with him in all
his views, he contended that they ought not
To expect the democrats Of the north 10 think
in all things al. they did, or be ostracised for
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In addition TO his repeated commitments
Of himself TO the Baltimore nominees, in his
speeches in congress, the Chicago Demo
/ Graf, Of which he is the proprietor, has had
"FOr President, The Nominee Of The Ball.
more CoarcatioH," flying at its masthead
/ for several months, which was only taken
down TO give place to the names of the dis
tinsui>hed nominees Of that convention.
Gen. LEWIS CASS and Gen. WILLIAM o.
BUTLER. These facts have been familiar
both TO his free territory friends, who have
most ardcntly supported him for his zeal and
independence on this subject, as well as to
the comparatively few in this region who
disagree with him on that subject.
But we have stronger evidence than this.
/ We have, within month or two received
several letters from Mr.. Wentworth, in
which he speculates on the probable nomi-
nee of the Baltimore convention. In one
of them he uses this language: Sin any
event, the proviso w.ll put two blows into
the wings where it viii one into us, as they
are sure TO run Stakeholder, while we
shall not, unless, as a last resort to unite us,
the convention give us Butler, with Dix for
vice president, and then the proviso will not
hurt us more than them" Is this the lam
guagc of one who intended To bolt the NOM
inatiou? But-s,ronGcr still-we have seen
letters from Mr.. Wentworth, written mme
diately after the nomination at Baltimore,
aud one two days since, in which Inc untc-
scrvedly, decidedly, and cmphaically Gu
dorscs the nominations. Never, we are
most positive, did Mr.. W. even think of boil
: ting the nominees, and we challenge his
enemies for proof tina, he did.
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Mr.. w. would refuse TO support Gen Cass I
The only questions on which it is pretended
|, they differ, are the free territory question
aud the Improvement of rivers and harbors
As to the FIRST. neither Mr.. W., nor any 9th.
or man ever Imagined that n free territor,
man would be nominated and the views %
Gen. Cass on this question are as liberal a
any mans who can command the votes o
the whole party north aud south. A shor
time ago, the Alabama resolutions came nj
in the senate, which are the opposite of The
free territory principle, and Gen. Cass NOV
; to lay them on the table. And il cannot be
! doubted that, living in the north aud SUR
. rounded by all The institutions Of freedom,
, his sympathios are altogether on this side ui
{ question. f.I. i
, Gu the river aud harbor question there is
no difference in their views. Gen. Cass vo-
5 tedfrom first to last ~ favor Of both tho bills