The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-08-12

"ty, ucIu 1T WIS Iia,c vi tio is' INIT,
that having drawn our information entirely
from hearsay, we committed several errors
in our account of their doings. 1t was not
the abolition party that was 1higised, but
the boot is on the other leg The amend
ment of Mr. lIouoh to the committees reso-
lutions prevailed, and the meeting, instead OF
taking ground in favor of amending the iusi-
tive law, pledged to devote themselves, TO
the accomplishment, among other things
Of The repeal Of the fugitive act of 1880
In reference to the repeal of the Nebraska
bill, and the restoration of the Missouri COM
promise, the resolutions are somewhat equiv
ocal The meeting resolve shat we have
ceased TO put our trust in compromises on
the subject of slayery, and henceforth will I'M
compromisingly oppose violating the great
selfevident truth that all men are created
free and equal, by permitting another inch
Of slave territory, whether north or south Of
$3.50 to become part and parcel Of this
Union,' &c But in another resolution the
meeting pledged themselves to labor 'To
restore the prohibition Of slavery to the ter
ritories of Kansas and Nebraska, and to pro-
hbit it in all other territories now belonging
to, or hereafter to be acquised by the t. s.
We can reconcile the two resolutions only
by supposing that The free soil party mean
to be consistent As they opposed the eX-
tension of the principle of tic Missouri com
promise over New Mexico Utah, and Cali
fornia in 1850, so they can consistently find
no fault with dropping that compromise
again in 1854 but regardless of comprom
Uses of all sorts, they will oppose the admis-
sion ofany slave territory, whether it be
Canada and the Russian possessions, or Gu
/ ba and Mexico. This is at least consistent
and honest.
The meeting did several other things we
failed to notice. ltproposcd the nomination
of some man of "incorruptiblc patriotism,
sterling integrity, and Roman fortitude ike
THOMAS II. BENroN" for the next Prcsden-
cy, but is somewhat at u loss how the nom
nation is to be made expressing its utter
want ofconidence in national conventions,
whig or democratic. \ convention of the
Republican Party" it has more hopes Of,
however and recommends the holding OF
such an one to nominate presidential candi'
dates.
The meeting expressed its qualification
that, as squatter sovereignty is established
in Kansas and Nebraska, the north has il
good earnest undertaken to furnish squattel
sovereigns, and it is our own opinion, that
if certain persons who are so anxious about
slavery in Kansas, would 90 there them
selves, they could be infinitely more scryisa
bic in "rcscuing that territory from slavery,
than they can be by passing vain resolves al
a distance, or by attempting to regulate
the domestic affairs of a people they know
little about. We undertake to guarantee
that they will not be troubled by the ruff
: anly bullics" in Kansas who they imagin
will keep them ont by force.
There is one other resolve to notice. tn
f meeting resolved that to permit the terrific
ries to leg slate concerning their ordinary
temporary, domestic matters was rgh
, enough; but in relation 10 matters whc
may affect injuriously the republican prin
ciples upon which our nation is founded
such as the enactment Of Il law of primo
geniturc, or the allowing Of. p9hG FOR cleo
tors. or tolerating the holding OF slaves, Con
grcss Should intervene. 80 Virginia mus
give up her law of primogeniturc, and tn
Mormons their Spiritual wives. But there i
no law in Utah toloratng polygamy! 1t i
a part of their religion, and the spiritua
wives are not made 50 "allcr the flesh bu
by some mysterious spiritual process. 1t i
sort Of transubstantiation process, and "
submit whether the "Rcpublican Party
propose to interfere with religious questions
of so refined and incomprchcnsiblc ma
turc.
As to the number in attendance at tn
meeting, although our account Of actual par
Elephants is some 2JD below that of the vIii
cial statement, VIC cannot consent to "lall
single cat Doubtless the abolitionsts anC
wings in the county are .amerous enough
to get up a meeting ola thousand or more
but there is not that enthusiasm abroac
which gathering Of 500 or thousand q
this season would be evidence Of and the,
were not here. That's al.