The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-06-21

ly despised the whg leaders, but denounco
a Washington, and Jefferson, and Madi-
| son, and all the great patriots OF the past,
IN consequence OF their having lived in the
Southern instead Of the Northern sectOn Of
the country. 1t is simply proposition to
be decided whether we shall be governed by
sectional 'ines or constitutional principles.
lhe policy OF the abolitionists is to array the
North against the South-section against
section-untl civil war and disunion shall bc
the consequence ask yo1 are you
prepared to engage in such CONTROVERSY
Are you prepared to involve your hands in o
! brothers blood?
Voices-Never. Never. Never.
Mr.. Doug'as-Did our fathers Of the re-
volution make any distinction between a
! Northern and Southern army?
Voices-Nol No!
Mr.. Doucias-When they u,aie the Con-
! stitution was there any line drawn between
| a Northern md Southern statesman, or be-
! tween Northern and a Southern patriot,
! and are we row. when the constitution is
assailed, to inquire whether il has been as-
sailed On its Southern or its Northern bor-
der What matters it to me If that great
Instrument IS assaiicd, whether it be upon .
time that affects the rights Of the South or
| the rights of the Northy 1t is enough for
me to know that the great palladium Of
| American liberty has been rudely touched by
a sacrilegious hand. ! ask if a foreign enc
my should land an army here TO invade our
country, would you stop TO inquire whether
J the invasion was made upon the line Of tho
| Northern lakes, or upon the Gulf of Mex
CO, or upon the Pacific coaSty Would il
change your pstriots;n, whether it was 4
! Northern or Southern invasion
Voices--No, No. No!
Mr.. Douglas Then, why viii you hesi-
tate, when the Constitution is infiinged, to
! inquire II the Infringement j. upon the
( Southern mans rights, or upon the North
/ ern mans rights? Our motto is, "The
{ Constitution a. it is--the Union as It was
/ made, as it now IS and as it shall be in the
/ future; )" and these are the principles en-
corseI in the platform Of tie Cincinnati
! Convention. AL men who believe in the in
I tegrity of the Constitution and the perpetui-
" Of the Union are asked to ly under
these principles, which are essential to the
preservation OF either. Can any sectional
I party, animated with sectional prciuliccs.
safely be entrusted with the preservation of
/ this Cnont Has any other party oughed
off its isns, ana received reformed, regenc.
rated and purified pIiucip'eS, which insure
| the preservation Of the Union, ike the de-
! mocratic party? HIS any other party such
4 Claims ~ nationality; What other party
( has assurance enough II cross either the Po-
, tomac or Ohio. and carry tn ir principles
/ foremost on their banners and yet you are
| asked n trust party whose sole aim is dis.
senton instead Of combination, hostility in.
stead of fraternity, dsuniOn instead Of
union. Nov. my friends. these principles.
these issues are all involved in the present
election. Never had an American so mach
to animate his soul and inspire his patriotism
as in this contest With a platform that is
"our" own, expressing "our' principles,
cheTishing and sustaining all "our" feelings
and desires-p; ;iucip!es which insure peace
and domestic tranquility at home, and
whose policy. if carried ont. will command
respect and homo abroad-with a compact
50 formed csu even calumny Itself with its
thousand heads dare to stain the private
character Of either? With Buchanan as
our leader, and gallant young breckenridge
second in command. We haze a rcprC serta-
tive which commands the respect of the en-
tire country. Believe not, that in supne-
ness we can achieve an easy victory. Do
not be 'n'lcd into Indifference and letharcy.
bnt remember that our enemy is an arch
ficni who has Sown hatred, discord. heresv
and schlSms amO"g men--hrvthrcn without
the narne, and dressed - Giff,r cu,scs in
each : a-a.ate locaiitv-in one lS-oa. N,tir,
.---..rican ''ruiiu- America by AmeiT,~-sr-
in anothvr black rcpublican--in another an
ab0iitionist--and In o"nrhcr an antl-Nebra
ka man-changing his name ana lie co'o's
wherever he gocs-but he i the same insd.-
Gus enemy Of democracy wherever he may
be found. and Whatever his name. ZAP
plause) have often said and now repeat.
that all of these different factions and these
flctonists are akin TO each other. They
viii fuse and act together when the time Of
q .ction comes
Voices-That's so-That's so.
Mr.. DouGLAs-Hencc we have to fight
them as an allied army, and when we get the
democracy in line with such army to
back US, as we have fought the Know No
things and aboltioni,ts, and all the other
isns in front Of us, ! tell YOU rake them
down. care not which Of them all Cap
plausc) Our object is not only to elect our
men, but to bury abo'itioniSm with all its
concomitant evils, so deep in the grave that
there will be no resurrection for them. We
ask You for majority that will be recorded
upon the electoral pages OF history. We
wish the keystone State to pile up such a
majority on the top of the key of the arch al
will keep it forever firm and immovable in its
place.
Loud anil long continued applause,
amidst which Mr.. Douglas sat down.
SOME NosE.-The following incident wo
had from friend who knew the party
Deacon Comstoc< Of Hartford. Connecticut,
is well known as being pr rovded with an
enormous handle to his countenance, in the
shape of huge nose, in fact it is remarka.
bic for It's great length. On late occasion,
when taking mp collection in the church TO
which the deacon belongs, as he passed thro'
the congregation every person to whom he
presented the bag seemed to be posssc ssed
by sudden and uncomfortable desire TO
laugh The deacon did not know what to
make Of it. He bad often passed around
before, but no such effects MS these had he
ever before witnessed. The deacon was
fairly buzzled. The secret, however, leaked
out. He had been afflicted for n day or Two
with n sore on his nasal appcndage, and had
placed n small piece of sticking plaster over
it. During the morning of the day in ques-
ton the plaster had dropped of and tho
deacon seeing it, rs he supposed, on tho
floor, picked it mp and stuck it on again.
But alas for men who sometimes make great
mistakes, he picked up instead one Of those
pieces OF paper which the manufac. ure,s of
spool cotton paste on the end of every spool
and which read Warranted to hold out
200 yards" Such a sign on such nose
was enough to upset the gravity Of even
puritan congregation.
The CAMPAIGN OF FALsEnoop.-.T The Chi.
cago Abolition papers are notorious all over
the country for their ialsehood, and their
mendecity, and We now, in a few brief ords.
placed the stamp Of Falsehood upon each of
them:
Matt Ward, the murderer Of Kenincky
school,naster WAS in the Cincinnati Conven-
tion.-Iri6une.
Tie Editors Of the Tribune. knowing that
statement to be false, are guilty OF base,