The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-09-30

fugitive slave law was passed IN 1875, ana
signed by Cen Washington, as President Of
the U. 5. This law has repeatedly been dc.
cided to be constitutional, by the supreme
court OF the L. s., and to be binding on the
people of the free stateG. The act Of 1850 is
only an amendment to the old law, aud has
also been declared constitutional, by the
highes. judicial tribunal in the nation.
Judge Mclean, in one Of his decisions, de-
clared that every one who arrayed himself
against it, and endeayored, by open or sc.
cret means to bring il into contempt so that
il may be violated with IMMUNITY, il IN enc.
mn to the best interests OF his country
The first plank in their playorm is to re.
store law which allowed the people on ono
side Of geographical iiae to regulate their
ouh Local matters, and prohibited the people
on the other side '..forerer' from exercising
the same righ. If the people south Of go
80, are capable Of self government, those
north of that line are equally capable. The
doctrine of this new party, is not the whig
doctrine of'76 II is not the doctrine of the
American revolution, which declared that
''the people of the respective colonies had
the right to regulate all their local matters,
Independent of the British parliament"
But il is the doctrine Of he British tories,
who declared that "thc people were not ca.
pable fselfgovcrnmcnt, and that the British
parliament and King had the right to bind
the colonies in all cases whatsoever II is
the doctrine that deprived Ireland Of her
parliament, and robbed that fair land Of the
right 10 pass laws for the protection of the
rights OF her own citizens. Ii is the plea
under which she has been robbed and plum
dered for the last fifty years, and thousands
aud millionsof her citizens driven into exile
from their native land. It's, and has been,
the tyrants pie1 IN all ayes, which has taken
away from the people the right 10 make
their own municipal laws, under the pta
that they might mohe bdd Idss. Yes, it is
the tyrants and despots plea, which they
have used in AL ages, declaring that the poo
pie are not capable Of selfsoycrnmcnt.
The leaders Of this sectiOaM higter Inn
party'-"born 70 yex The state with wFang.
ling talents iorn,'d on foul debate" are wa.
gipg an unceasing warfare against the do
nestle institutions of the southern states.
With words Of honey, liberty, and frcctoia
on their lips, they are trying to strike a
deadly blow at the constitution, the Onion,
and the liberties Of their country. That
their objects and designs, Ike those of the
Hartford conycniionsts, are "the de.trHetioa
Of Gc constitution, Gtm adiS,o'a'ioa If tie
Uaion,' is clear, from the facts that they
have declared it in places where tielr doc
trincs are popular; and that their presses
haye been preparing the public mind for II,
by cdlcaiatiag Tie ra}pe # tie tn'on as doi.
lars and cents This party contains within
its bosom secret political organization,
known ~ "knoS nOthings," by which all its
movements are dirCrt,d secretly IN He d7rf
Of the most deadly hostility to political and
religious liberty. It's members are bound by
the most dreadful oaths to disiranciise all
our citizens who were horn in foreign coun-
tries. or who profess the Catholic religion,
thus violating the constitution and laws, ard
trainpling religious liberty, for which oar
fathers fought, under their feet This soce.
ty, its objects and aims, are totally unwor-
thy Of the present enlightened age and IS a
relict of the dark ages, when it was deemed
| a crime for man to be born in foreign
country. or 'to worship God according to
TIM rf,r.frtes OF his----------+---i--i,ccn
The platform Of the new party, and those
who stand upon it, like Joscph's coat, 'are
Of many colors' At first sight the platform
looks bcautiful-all painted AMI yarni3hed
over az it IS; but upon closer inspcctio7 We
find that there is something rotten in Dem
mark The whole platform is antiAmeIi.
can, and auti-dcmOcratic. II is a compound
| Of the double distilled essence Of Hqritcrd
c0Hrer,ioE ttdlralioa, Giiol sed'tiOa lars,
! natiro imericdh'sm, "kHoU Hoth'Hgism, "Gtpi
"hiyher hr," aboliioH dismiohism. Like
the patent medicines Of the day, il is recon-
menicd rs Sovereign remedy for MI pa
/ WicaI iHs. II we believe what they tell us,
/ it has already wrought miracles in is disni-
pies. They tel us that while they were de-
mocra;s, wings, free Soilcr', and abolition
/ lists, they rcre all poliura hypocritcs and
/ sinners of the darkest =, and the greatest
/ set Of knavcs that ever ut unEung. But
now, 10 and behold assoon Is they lot on
/ the new platform, aud took few OF the
/ Benton mint drops which are distilled from
/ it, new light dawned upon their visions ;
/ they were born again, and uShcrcd into a
/ new and incorruptble political life. They
| tell US they "haye 10 confidence IN wing or
/ democratic national conventions but that
they will have as their candidate for Prcsi'
dent, some reliable opponent of the exten'
sion of slavery, like Thos. Ii. Benton who
T.
this very Missouri compromise in 1886, by
securing the annexation Of the Platte rur
chase to Missouri, "a district of country loo
miles long, making seven fine counties" al
Of which lies north Of 3G' 80, and CONVEX
ting it from ''frec soil to slave soil" by al
act of congress, without allowing the people
a voice on the subject Yes, this party
"will have some retidJio man like 7. II
Benton" as their standard bearer who OPP
posed the Nebraska and Kansas bill "as The
representative Of a slave state" because he
said "thosc territories would come into the
Union rs free states y and because thai
"bill repealed the fugitive slave clause in thu
Missouri compromise" and would "dcpriv'
the shareholders of that state ofthc power tt
reclaim their runaway slaves" Yes, TIM
party will hrvr for their candidate the man
who was the first 10 riolotewhat he. ead MeS
nor sav 1rds an "nrioidble cOm'ot am
who Opposed the Nebraska and Kansas bill
because those territories would cob. .hto tn
Union as free sia'6s," and he and the Nilsson
rians could not rcclaim their fugitive
slaves" "Oh consistency thou art q jew
ell" And this party, its platform, and it
candidate, are the very essence Of consISten
cy.
Is there democrat Of the Jctiersoniar
school, who will abandon the constitutions
principles of state rights, and state sovc
rcgnty, and Join this illusion republican par
ty," whose doctrines are the direct aniipodc
to those taught by the great apostle Of demo
cracyg VIII the old line abolitionis,s lalSif.
all their former professions, and enlist undo
the banners Of the new party, with the grea
! Missouri Shareholder and slavery propagan
dist at its head? II they do, they will b
worse "Bentonizcd' than they were "NaI
! Burcnized" in lsis viii the wings aban
: don the doctrines taught by their great ma
tonal statesman, Henry Clayg VIII TIE,
rcnouncc the doctrines taught by the grca
cxpoundcr ofthc constitution, the unrivalle'
orator, Daniel Webster Is there anationo
! Clay and Webster wing who will join thi
} sectional faction, which has yillilied and ca
Illuminated these great men, who spent thei
last days in sustaining The compromise med
! sures Of 1850, the constitution and tn
: Union? VIII the wing party abandon tn
, great national doctrines for which they con
tended, and follow the leaders Of scctiona