The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-11-03

JOT tCih % cue ttittt' Nt-'ti
JOHN +. NASH.
For Comfy Srreyor
i. F. HOTCIKISS.
For .School Commissioner,
0. c. GRAY.
As we have remarked before, we attach
little importance to the question as to the
men on either Of these tickets They are
probably equally competent, and, in the way
ofcycry day life and busncss, equally up
right, honorable, and exemplary. All,
doubtless, have many personal friends, who
desire their election, and will vote for them
regardless of political considerations.
But while the merits ofthc cand dates form
10 exciting topic for difference of opinion,
the election on Tuesday will possess politi.
cal Importance that no true friend of hi
country can regard with Indifference. The
true character of repubicansm, or fusion
ism, in this county, ought to be well under
stood. 1t is simply a cong|omcraticn or lu-
sion of all the isms opposed to the dcmocra-
tic party, and as such embraces, and there
fore endorses both abo!itionism, with all its
dsunon scctonaism, ard know nothiugism
with its narrow-mindcd bigo,ry, its midnight
conclavcs, and oath bound COnSpraclcs.
Our fusionsts stand fully committed to the
Seward platform Of no more slave states un-
der any circumstances, and unccasing war
fare on slavery, constitution or no couSttu-
tion-and Infatuated with bigot zeal 'iike
that army which Cromwell led" as Seward
expresses it, stand for the "hiEhcr law
though the constitution and UnQn-arc
wrecked by it in sea OF blood
To thie extreme point has fueionIsn now
conicssedly attained, cnd remains Tor those
who pretend to have any regard left for this
eron. Tnion, wh;oi. 70. half century mas
been the astonishmcnt and admiration G! the
world, to meet and overthrow this trcasona
bic organization against its peace and safety.
The strong bulwarks Of the democratic party
arc now the only support and defence Of the
cons,itution--thcy maintain its compromi-
scs oppose sectional strife and d:scord in
sist on the rights Of the states, and planting
themselves firmly on the foundation princi-
pie Of the revolution, that the people are ca
pablo elfgoycrnmcnt, dcnounceS congress
sional interference in the domestic affairs of
the states or territories.
But we have argued these points at length
Heretofore, and the time is now rather to act
than to discuss. As the sa,n,cd name Of ST.
LAS WRIGHT however is still occasionally
mentioned with respect by the fusions,s, we
cannot resist the temptation to insert here a
single paragraph from one Of his last speech
Cs, which seems so directly intended for the
disunion isms of the present day, that one
can scarcely avoid the belief that it was spo.
ken under the inspiration Of prophecy;
"lf there be those among us who, mislcd
led by mistaken sympathy or by sudden
excitement upon any subject, are forgetting
their obligations to the whole country. to
the Constitution and the Union, let Us use
every effort of persuasion and example to
awaken them to 4 sense Of their dangerous
error In respect 10 all N0Se rho ,tor tie
sake Of prird'e interest, pcyS0adi ambition,
or mOmcnidry politral success, arc rHiiDg 10
EXPERIMENT .uPoN THE ruBLiC Passions, To
TREAT LIGHTLY THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGA-
TONS, TO roMENr SECTIONAL JEALouSiIS AND
RAISE VI GEOGRAPHICAL DISTINCTIONS WITHIN
THE UNION, let the absence Of all counter
ancc and support conyincc such that the
personal qualification or public service of any
living man are not objects Of sufficient mag
nitnde to be gained at the expense of the
harmony Of the country, the peace Of the
lmon, or single letter in the list Of Con.
sttutonal duties.
''lf there be any among US, which llca7-
en- forbid, who are prepared, for any earth
~ object, to dsmcmbcr cur coniederaCy and
destroy that Constitution which binds us
together, Isl The ,taie IF iHoH be NcirS
and let the detcstdtioH amt ScorH Of eccry
american be their constant companion; an
Ill, Ike him, they shall abdHdoa q country
rhosc rici blessings they are no longer rOr.
thy 10 Gjoy.
Were Silas Wright alive to-day, would he
dcnounce in less indignant terms not only
isolated individuals, but party who openly
ayow the reasonable purpose "to dismcm-
Der our conledcracy and destroy the consti-
ton because it tocratcs an institution with
which, for selfish ends, they are ut war? and
would he not, more earnestly than he would
raise the cry Of fire if his home were in
flames, call on the people to rush $50 the
Polls, to the Polls !" to crush the monstrous
organization?