The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-09-19

to these multiplied and Ubiquitous wrongs,
about this time out came the bred Scott de-
cision. What yell OF Indignation ascend
ed from the abolition-republican ranks
" hat a negro cannot be citizen of the
United States, For shame, Did not our
forefathers declare in the Declaration of In
dep ndence that all men are born free and
+ equal: Judge fancy has nullitied the De
! claration OF Independence :"
/ at was the remark OF a celebrated Ro-
man conSu!-that a most striking contrast
I was observable in the conduct Of candidates
for Offices Of power and trust, before and af
ter obtaining them, they seldom carrying
{ out, in the latter case, the promises made in
the former and the remark has been sin
gulariy verified in this case. The negro
/ sympathy tears and freedom shrieking Of
/ the repub. lean party accomplished one re-
! suit, much desired, doubtless, on their part,
/ but apparently so little anticipated that it
met them unpreparcd. In nearly half the
/ states of the Union they got into power.
! Their allies and co-workcrs of the old black
abolition phalanx thereupon said, g Go to,
brethren; have we not wept together in Sc
cret places over the cruel wrongs of the sons
of Ham? Have We not denounced the bred
Scott decision and made great thing of the
equality clause in the Declaration of hide
pendence; and shall we not do justice to the
black man ? Let us, therefore, make a law
giving him equal rights with the white man
( to vote hold office, sit on juries, and testify
/ in the courts" The exquisite nonchalance
of Jeremy DIddler when caught with his
20 kets full of stolen eggs Veil, yes-I
. never equaled that of the republican (as
distinguished from the old aboition) party
ab9qt !his tins H6s u said lt they
! you, and you helped us into power like good
fellows, as You are; but as for negro equali-
( ty-our sitting in the jury box or legislature
alongside Of big, greasy, fat negroes, good
gracious! you can't be serious. Why, that
would never-ncver 90 down with the peo-
ple.'
And here we have the republican party Of
about half of the northwest and of this
county. What paper, few months ago,
was more dolorous in It's tears over the
wrongs of the poor negro, or more unspar-
Ing in its denunciation Of the bred Scott de-
cision than the Ottawa Republican,? But
the sincerity of this negro sympathy was
put to practical test in Iowa and Minneso-
Ia, and is about to be put to a test in this
State; and as the great question was pro-
pounded in Iowa and Minnesota, so it is
prOpounded here" Are you prepared to
give that political equality to the negro in
Your own State which you denounce the
Supreme Court for having denied him under
the laws of the L. s." What is the an
swcr Of the republican party Of La Sale
county: Read the last Ottawa Republican.
| The editor realizes the difficulty Of his task,
( to define the position Of the Republican, as
distinguished from the old abolition party
in such way as not to shock the latter, and
, SO he swcats, and founders, and wriggles,
! and plunges and pitches through column
/ Of words which may have been intended
for special pleading, but are irredeemable
( from hopeless rigmarole. ooh, yes" say
/ that dclectable sheet, "we don't deny that
the republicans Of Minnesota struck out
this clause in their bill of rights, that all
men are born free and equal but they did
il because the democrats desired it," There
was backbone for you! Bat the democrats
. 4 oh, IL Cd tha
publicans to define what they meant by it
whether in short, they meant negro equality
in the preamble, while in the body of the
constitution they denied the negro the right
to vote? and rather than answer the ques-
ton the republicans struck out the clause.
But" continues this sheet, had the Min
nesota republicans admitted negroes to an
equal franchise with the whites, forthwith
every pro-slavery journal would be prating
negro equaiy" Backbone again, "The
republicans 1--WE quote AGAIN. have not found
fault with the bred Scott decision because
it did not make bred Scott citizen, in the
sene that he could vote and) be eligible to
Office, but because it deprives him Of all re-
dress in a L. S. courtl' So this is Judge
Taney's crime. Look at it. The laws of
the u. 5. say pone but citizens Excluding
unnaturalized foreigners Indians, &c, } shall,
in given cases, be allowed to bring suits in
the L. S. Courts. Judge fancy says bred
Is not citizen, and is therefore excluded.
we don't find fault" say the backbone"
republicans, with the decision that bred
I is not citizen, but because be is excluded
from the courts" that are open only to CT
tZens,,
And is this the upshot Of all the sweating
and groaning-th barrels of tears, ten thou
sand thrilling novels, and endless wailir rs
on the stump, in the lecture room, and pull
pit over the wrongs of the poor, Oppressed, |
abused, degraded, ground down-in-the- dust |
and-pulverized-to-ato atoms by the -iron-heel-of-
oppression Negro? Talk of homeopathic
dilu,ions. A drop of whiskey in Lake Su-
perior 1t would be q deadly dccOctiOn |
compared to this infinitessimal elimination |
Of that intense negro worship, which char
acterized abolition republicanism year ago,