The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-05-04
4 Card.

/ Tothc honest ycomaury Of the fourth concrcs.
sional district, H. To the frmcrs merchants
nni all mburiny men--thc only producers uf all
The wealth, conycnicuccs and comforts ut man
and from whom CmauateS the moral physical and
poiticalp1wcr Of any district or country to YOU
| would most respectfully suggest
/ 1t That 4 representative democracy should
consist ola delegation, in proportion to numbers
ruT the various ay3ga,ol,, ami Interests ncccssa.
ry to the prosperity and happiness of the country.
2d That every class, and especially the labor.
Ing class. who produce alt the wealth AMI who
necessarily cun.titute large majority, should
guard, with Jealous care efficient organization, and
cicctual Efforts, their rights TO their proportion
Of representation in the legislative department Of
the government state and national rs thi, is The
only means Of securing the ntarc.ts anl giving q
due share Of patronage aud cmolumcnt to the sey.
c:al classes, Hnl to surrender or treat with neg
lect or Indifference these rights, is to prostrae
your own interests to that of demag"sucs aud
who seek only to live and make fortunes from
your earning, and productions.
81 That professional as well as trading men,
who sometimes get fortunes rapidly, Yet with
less certainty, feel les, Independent, are no more
honest, feel more subject 10 sinister influences than
the men of toll with hard hands; and therefore
should have no more than their share OF rcpTGsGn.
tatiou, much less the whole, while they are ~
more competent, aud know less Of the hard,hips,
privatons, and want, OF the unprotected, because
tnrcprc- -cnted, (miority)
ith. That your present representative in con
Grcss, however talented AMI worthy of the place
hc hols, cannot reasonably expect, and should
not, and perhaps docs not, desire to lie again r..
elected, and therefore, some other man may right
fully claim and reasonably hope to receive your
suffrage, for the next congress; your fellow citl-
zen, therefore, the undersigned and writer hereof
tcuAcrs his services and respectfully sollcitS your
votes, for representative in the next congressional
election; and deem it but Justice to myself AMI
due to you that should define my position on all
the leading measures peculiar to this time.
And lst, view it OF great and yitd importance
tlat government in all It's departments, should be
abridged and simpliicl that man is governed
too much and the gIcat primary object is per
vcrted, aud IN is action extended 10 many things
| with which 1t has no lcgl,imntc connection.
! 3D. That man Individually is dccnc,iess and
| exposed to the power aud cunning ot his fellow
men anl liable 10 fall thereby aud hence the nc.
ccssity ofRdopting n social arrangement by which
/ the power the people collectively may be- cX.
crtcd for the common protection of such inlNl.
Gals.
/ Sd That every human being has the right I'M
der God 10 he free aud 10 exercise his mental and
physical powers for his own benefit without any
other subnrllnatiUn or restraint than necessarily
arises from inllmy and incompctency
dth That the earth is the proper habitaton Of
man, aud, consequently, for all men, aud that all
men have natural and unalicn,ble right to such
portion Of il Ms may be necessary tn his support
and the discharge of hi4 duty in ,iling and dress
ingit; and that no government has any natural
right to monoposc the soil and dispense it for
money amy more than any individual, and should
protect every man in the possession and improve
mcnt Of such portion "a will afford him sufficient
field for his labor AMI support, aud eau confer no
other title.
All land sales therefore, should be discontinued
by the government and possession Of a uniform
quantity by the only condition of title.
5!h, That all legislative ennctmcnts, grants Of
power or privilege, or any rights, prcrosatycs,
or enfranchisos nrc within the power oi the same
Legislature To repeal, revoke nu | unmake, at plea.
sure, AMI hence Il supposed power of congress TO
Iabolish slavery il. the now states admitted since