The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-10-18
John Wood Conviciing Himself Of Dis.
umiOnism.


+. John Wood COnviciing IIinsoif If of ID
uniOnisin.
e Hon. John Wood, of Qgin"v, who "
e lntelv put on the black Republican tirke,.
! a candidate for Lieut. Governer, couvic
= himself Of disuAi0HiSm. In the platform
{ the Convention which nominated him, {!
Y folio wing resolution !, found:
I 8 ResoLcs1, That the const tuition conff
5 npon Congress sovereign rower ogci ,hsiq
Iitorirs OF the u. ). for thoir gpve,nm2n
and that, in the exercise OF thi. power, it
! bo'h the right anil duty n tohg,ess ~ pr,
hsbtt an tie 16rrtt0ries those twin r.l.cs ,
barnari>in, polysaIny aud slavery. -s-
/ " hat does this mean? Simply. we sup
pose, that Congress has the r3ght, and shoui
srerc.te a, IN prohibiting slarery .troal al
r 1ert1torits r...
: 1t SO happens, that this John Wood has
record. We viii see how it c imports Wit
the record Of hi- party. IN 1892 Ae was /
member Of the Illinois legislature. BY ~
erenee to the journals "f the Senate Of tia
water, 1t vi b. tonni that on the 9Th !a'
oi January, Sir. Iichrnond Of Srhuylcr, ia
rodnced the following resolution:
Hes'tred That &c institution Of SLAYER,
was one of the principal objects of compro
mise embraced ia the Constitution. and ~ +,
that instrument Utsre IS ~ p0ccr 0aJcyYe,
rpm CoHgyess 70 c,Hrot Or IL interfere scttI
the QueSttoH 0fslrrery, or wth auv other 10.
mesIic institution of the several States, &
would appear doubtful, at best, whether Il, v
such power was iHteHled to be coulcrr {.
"pon Congress in regard to the Tcrri,gtie,
: of the Union, and H,t iJ'spch a-,s coa1ir5cl,
, .'.'',,g " ,,. 'ei',ans ior S",g,ezs @
! Is cgtegLatsa to e"A'Hger Me PeraaHane.c ~
! 81 the C"to" al.L II ta,pair tie haIpine4s u
+ tde peop'e.
p By reference 20 another potion of the pro
/ ceedlhgI Of !Hat body, il VII b. found. that
I On On the hnai votr upon t..is resolution, John
/ WOOD vote l. recorded with the yeas. lie
says N thiS resolution, Lat 1t ! ""4,Ja
+ whether Congress has tire power u !ogiSiaty
upon the subject OF slavery in relation to the
/ IeIrtiortGs; but # saeh b'o5oer Is y9Sse-sei,
TIE e-e1els|"g II II tcogid " "e,,d4.ger tie per-
".d"5'scy cf' TIE tl1loa, Gnl in.pttr tic h1p-
7''neSs et tie Pfopie.
lie Is now willing to cooperate with : 2
tremonte's, although thri' priLe'ileS vi !
f8dR"ger tie EHton, ana t'@poir The hoppi-
afss If The beoJ,ie IF The c0uhtrg. 4 Inan
who viii thus recklcss'y enlan--r tn ex-
iStcnce Of the Union. and destroy the fap.
P,iness Of the people, is nothing less than a
ing has veins. 1t is base hypocrisy to at
tempt 10 palm him of upon the people OF
this State, rs an hoAost Henry (E,g Wiz.
It IS SANDER upon the dead, and an itupi-
Gus falschool upon tue patriotic old line
Whi,S. NJ such man has tie true E.c cf
national Wnig-ery lisLtia. ND h.s hgagt.-
Eurtingtoa Eeg.
=, EE5ILAHLI i e2Lp OFT Daring tn moo''
% '1h :, nary is9o' while stopping at the sat
Ter House IN Sacramento City, Cal. acci-
uth'''F overheard conversation between
"" =, 2tH'S'"sil- one oi "io'n was from New
:" n ~ anu t.ao ufeN a. t!e coH"tr. '.ei'f-
The new conner WINS IaiueLtiug hi~ c ut,i-
lion, and his folly IL leaving ;sn abundance
at home, and especially two beautiful! laugh
tcrS. who were just building into woman
haoa-when Ae asked the Ncw Yorker j. ..e
had y iaiaHy. =
G., >'r: have wife and six Gl.ai'on
aud never "a" one oi them.' .
Alter inIs reply. the coGple sai'- fc AIn1-
il.ciS IN SILENCE then the intciIogstorsoul-
Henr.d:
=" - yon ever bind, sT:"
NO, ~.
Did yon marry 4 widow, sir:"
"N', Sir. --...
An"iiIer lapse OF silence.
DID understand you to say, SIR, that
'ou bad wife and @x chisfrrn living in
>cw York, ana hai never sen one of them:
Yes, SRI 80 stated II.
-AnW i.T ai'! f2.i pause "i H!'eace, then
Ae .l'tv.r"Sai0f again cngu'ie":
'!i"N ca" NJ pe, >i', tiit IcH hcfCTS1T G.
- ni tiitni: "-.." .t o." .-..
..u Ly nss tie YesBausr. I.,,.ls ot, ;Eso, :
~. L,,'n afr.rI L.r'
"f,r' 49," .n,l -, y.rara1 laual r,,...,.re.,.
,rd ,Gfc+thatsti,c New Yofkcr. wa, 1,,r,.,i.y.i
-, ,!,.t,,op;sl .I ~ .,,,. ma, vic ia -
..Jr,n anI ..u,var say es,e If tl,,,u.' -,
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MELANCHOLY poErEy. Nothing in hlera-
.re Is more oifsnsiyo than the melancholy.
.ckadai,.ca outpourincs OF grief and an ,
ui>h with which our perioa!ca!, are fixed
lrlost cvcrv magazine and publivatien Of
rery stamp has a corner occupied Ly SOM. !
vain or dam 81 who pours from an over {
owing f1unt Il naGseating current Of grief |
Thcre is no sense in IL There Is no t.u,li
{. II is fctitious aai sickiy, and ought o
be dcspiSei. l--- % y
Real grief trua sorrow always ,lisrini;n.s q
n c!.a.tens the heart. and a real sufferer. q
lie cu!badles his emotions ia yersr. viii c
uDd cheerful notes. The "igy Of oricfm- q
e pleasant melancholy wlicl, always cha. v
cte,izcs the sorrow OF the poct-tli;s Is not |
eirs. They see clouds, and wnore there a
g norc t6cy shut their ewes and fancy o
ON Il
We ALWAYS feel W On we meet with DO o
y bv "Leonora Loneheart.n entitled "The n
.s,rt.l and c,n,,ap..;rs, /!
Life has DO lgnt for me, p
,iy sogi i d-rA and sad =
&c asklnS her, nat $ tue matter! and tae
lmediate response Is, 1oa eat not "i'cuif' ?
DRINK strong coffee, or nave dyspepsia u
the stomach, or you never Woud DC so al