The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-05-27

passage al the bill, would bc tie establish
my OF great principle. upon which the
question of slavery could hc rightly adjusted
in reference to all territory which We might
acquire that the country would acquicscc in
the passage OF the bill and that the aboli-
tioHists and their conicdlcra,oS would. 20 a
great extent, if not entirely, he deprived 81
the means TO produce agitation. lie com
mcutcd at some l,ng,h on the Missouri com
promise showing that il WAS uucoustitu.
tional, and a mere nuIlity; that it had been
repeatedly violated, and that Missouri was
net admitted undcrit but not until one year
after It's passage.
\. Hoes, Esq, was next called out He
said that lac was happy to see 50 large a
number Of the staunch and reliable demOcra.
cy OF La Sale county pres, nj that they had
come up to yindicatc the national admini-tra.
ton, Senators Douglas and Shields, and the
other supporters Of the Nebraska bill to re-
bukc those who had hcapcd calumny and in
digntics upon them, and to express their
opinion IN favor of the great democratic prin-
c'ple Of popular sovereignty contained in that
bill that IT had been conceded by Senator
Everett and other opponents Of the bill, that
slavery could never 20 into Nebraska and
Kansas; that he was opposed to the Clayton
amendment restricting foreigners from the
right Of voting, and that in his opinion the
passage Of the bill without that amendment
would meet with the appreciation ofthc large
mass Of thcpatriotic people of this country
that ne was a. .ftrOr of the bill for the same
reasons that Col. Benton and Gen. Houston
assigned for their up, onijoA 10 i, because is
probable effect would b. to extend the area
Of free e'r'toy. He said that he was now,
as he had ever been, opposed to the extension
of~'ayery that he had confidence enough in
the people To- trust them TO regulate their own
domestic and municipal affairs; that the pco-
pie were honest and intelligent, and would do
what was rigbt lie alluded to the able
manner in which our national affair, had been
managed by the present administration, and
said that the administration had fully come
up to the expectations Of its supporters. He
spoke Of the manner in which Senator. Doug
las and Shields, and other supporters of the
bill have been treated, aud said that time
woulI how That the great minority Of the
people would approve Of their votes in favor
Of the ill, that hc Clr ilocsJ was now. and
always had been in favor Of sustaining the
compromises aud guarantees Of the fedora,
constitution, and Of permitting the southern
states to enjoy unmolc-tcd, their rights under
III provisions that hc held the union Of the
states, with its enduring and worldwide
benefits to the human race, AZ being aboy,
all price, and that if the highcr.law aboli.
tiouists desired to carry their opposition t.
the Institutions of slavery to the trcasonabl,
extent Of a conflict with the constitutional
forces Of the government, they were welcome
to the experiment. In such contest. shcy
would find every patriotic citizen, Of all par
ties, north and south, in the ranks Of Their
opponents.
Mr. His being ucH; called upon, spoke a,
some llu-th in favor Of i!.r.hiiI. lie cep.-i++
cred it a measure entitled to the support o.
the dguoaucy-the principle Unpopular ,oy.
crriru;y was certainty democratic. II.
thought that true democrats would be found
rallyiug to the support Of this measure. lie
spoke o.! the importance it was to democrat
to stand by the great principles and measures
Of the party that the party could not rely
upon him uH1C7s they did 50. IT. alluded to
the position Of the party in this cougrcsson-
al district, and attributed its defeat to the
fact that some Of its candidate, had not been
s,aunch AMI reliable men; that they had un-
dcrtakcn to make compromises and bargain,
with both wings and abolitioni,ts that in one
part Of the district they would profess 10 be
democrats, in another, whigs, and in anoth.
or abolitiouist,; that they had injured the
party thereby; that he was entirely opposed
to these monsrcl politicians; that othors,
HIi-iil VIZ a. WY H'hi'i wa Hl' 'NIi - Nv
would not vote for a man who was on one. day
democrat, on another, a wing or abolition
i,t, and the next day something else; h,
would sooner vote for an out-and-out aboli
ZIONIST, for he would know where to find
him.
The question on the adoption oithc rcsolu
tons being called, they were unanimousl.
adopted.
Ecsoired, On motion of Benjamin Fleming
that the thanks Of the meeting be rendered tC
the presiding officers and secretaries.
Ecsolsed, On motion of Richard Staddcn
Esq, that this meeting adjourn sine die, witt
three cheers for the national administration
and Senator's Douglas and Shields
JACOB FRY, Pres.
JoHS GREEN,