The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-11-15
A capital Jeu d'Esprit.
we have never seen anything, in the way
OF an imitation, better than the following,
which appeared in the Washington Union

w
lew days before the late election:
From the New York Herald November 5, 1856.
i Inc long agony is over! James Buchanan
OF fehhsyiyania, is the President-eect o
tn's Srea', glorious, and progressive Repub
[ hc' Inc Union and the Constitution hav
proved too powerful for the negro worship
rsrs and kansas-shriekers. The whole dir
ty; lying, brawling, canting pack, W.. tn
Rocky Mountain explorer at the head, an,
} our respected cotcmporary, of the white ha
and drab surtout, at the tail, have, by th'
) voice OF the people yesterday, been con
signed to an eternal and Infamous oblivion
Let the rascally bulls of Wall street rejoice
Tor nothing short of monetary earthquake
on ooti sides OF the Atlantic can prevent &
prodigious advance in every species Of rea
and personal property, under the era o
good feeling, North and South, East ant
West, which has just been inaugurated by
the election of patriot, sage, and states
man, of Wheatland. Selah
The result has not surprised US in the least
Those who have watched the course of thu
Herald must recOllect that, as early as Feb
ruary last, we not only toretold tie nomina
ton OF Mr. Buchanan by the Cincinnati Con
vention, but that the events which have now
become part and parcel Of the political his.
tory OF the country were clearly and dis
tine;ly forcshadowcd. As the head and
front, the body, breeches and soul, of the
great independent press Of the Unlted States,
we have conducted the campaign on our own
hook, and without the slightest reference to
the praise or the abuse of all the rascally
politicians, cliques, factions, selfconstitutcd
committees and side door arrangements in
the land; and with the couuienance Of Arch
bishop Hughes, the blessing of his Holiness
the Pope, and the military advice and as
sistance of our belligerent friend, General
James Watson Webb, (of $j2, 900 memory }
we shall conduct all future city, State,
aad national campaigns. Selah.
As we elected President Pierce. so We
have elected President Buchanan. The bran
bread philosopher Of the Tribune, the 81 lit
tie Vi lain" Of the Times, the worthy old gen
tleman Of the Courier, and the pocticsl old
/ fogy OF the Post, to say nothing of the re-
1 spectacle old ladies and the respectable old
asses who have been b.cd so freely fur bleed
ing Kansas have been completely bewilder-
cd, befogged and befooled by the free, IN
shackled and independent course Of the
| Herald in bringing about the great mora,
sscial. religious, political and financial revo-
luton which has resulted in the elevation to
Of freemen Of one Of the purest patriots and
ablest statesmen which this or any other
Country has given birth to. Selah.
In bringing about this remark able revolu-
/ tion-a revolution which must for all time
to come be inseparably identified with the
New York Herdli-we have used the wea-
, pons of the enemy against the enemy If
they prevaricatcd, We lied outright. If they
engaged in a game OF false pretense, We
adopted system Of bold and uubluShing
swiHdIinc. II they admired wool, We went
off IN ecstaciCs with crooked shins and pro-
Jcctins heels. II they trotted out woo.lv
ho:se, we out Barnumcd Barnum in our
tricks and manegyerS 10 make q guilib.e
publ swallow the hum5uc. Witness the
manner in which we served up George Law.
by furnishing the American public with i
pcrfec; daguerrcotype Of the great steamboat
man and railroad contractor. Ii is true that
rs chaplain in wa:;.s-the Rev Joe Sco-
ville-and his surgeon in o!dinary-the ami
able Dr. Nalentnc-are dreadiully Iucensed
at US; but SO are the friends of the little
/ French bug-Fremont-and SO are all
the thieves, rasCsls, pick pockets, spectators,
note brokers, and Goldfish arstocrats in the
country. An honest, fearless, outspoken,
! independent press must expect opposition
and abuse from such quarters. We have
had both ever since We commenced our Ca
re,r as public journalist.
/ We have given al. the particulars Of this
+ great moral, social, religious, political and
! financial revolution which have been receiv-
cd by telegraph up to 3 o'clock tais morning
. the very latest hour We could hold back 4
paper with daily edition Of one hundred
/ thousand copies advertisements inserted at
| the usual rates.) In a few days We will give
a philosophical analysis OF the vote. Ia the
meantime we would advise our old bran
bread cotemporary to have recourse to ami
NAL food and pew in Christian church in
/ his present Affections. For our old friend
/ Webb we are willing to make intercession
! in order TO procure for him an admission in
/ to one of the uptown asylums, under the
supervision Of board Of very discreet and
very respectable old ladies. We would su;-
| gest to the Pathfinder the immediate neces-
sity of his making tracks FOR the railroad to
which he has 'consecrated his whole life.
As for Ward Beechcr, we are somewhat
puzzled how to provide for him. He cannot
well return to the Pilgrim Church, and his
services as q political spouter and brawler
arc no longer needed Sharp's rifles have
Schnapps need no further puiis from the pull
pit. Why should he not engage in the ope-
/ "a var which is cOnvulsing the Fifth avenue
and the dry goods stores of Broadway =
the very thing for man of his lively parts,
cultivated tastes and boiigerent disposition.
Let him drop the gown and assume the baton
at once. We go in for Chevaler Beecher
against Chera!ier WyAoff, Chevalier Maret-
EEK, Chevalicr Phalen, and the whole Goldfish
ars,ocracy of New York. Sclah!
SEEING THE ELEPHANr.-A friend tells US
of rich incident that occurred the other Gay
in the courtroom at Frank fort. in which the
proverbial attractions of the elephant arc
| ,.nr,, Corcihlv ;l1ucfrafo1 hot on