The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-10-16

taxes 'Hc same gfounH. j'as1 10 tLiO, a:t
there you find the Groesbcck, and Pend cton
and Cox, and all the other ant. Iecomutor
men who stood shoulder to .hou der viii
IN. against the Lecomp'on constitution br.
yolcd for the English bill, now -epudiatc il
and take the same ground that | 10 on tha
question. So it is with the Iene.e. ant; 9Th
erS of Pennsylvania, and SO it +. with every
other Lecompton Democrat in the free States
They now abandon even the English bill
and come back to the true platform which
proclaimed at The time in the Senate, nd
upon which the Democracy Of Illinois now
stand. An, yet, Notwithstanding the fact,
that every / compton and anti Lcuon Itou
Democrat IN the free States has abandoned
the EngIiSh blll, you are told II az It is to 2
made "A test upoa me, While lhc power and
patronage Of the government are al excrtci
to elect men In Congress IN the otnCr State,
who occupy the same position with reference
10 1t that do. Ii seeuis that my political
offence consists in the fart that first did
{ not vote for the English bill, and q US Led G
, myself to keep Kansas out Of the Uuiou un-
III she has population OF 90, 49, and then
return hoIne, Violate that p.edgc, rrpudiate
the bill, ana take t!e opposite srcn.d. III
had done tins, perhaps the administration
would nov be advocating my rc-c.ec on a.
II j. that Of the others WHO have pursued
this course ] did not choose to give that
pledge, for Tie reason that did not intend
. to cary out that principle. never will
. consent, for the sake Ui cuHu,iIati.g the
irown, Of power, 10 pledge myself to do that
which do not intend 10 p;ricrn. | now
submit the question to- you a. my cOust.iu
eucy, whether | Was not right, first, IN re-
sstlu5 the adoption of the L-c0mpton con-
st,tution md secondly, in res sling the
El lish Ill. An universal Us, from
the crowd) repeat, that ! opposed the
Lecomp-on constitution because It was not
the act and deed oi the people ot Kansas,
and dIi not embDdy Their VIII. ! GcH.cG the
night o! any power on earth under our Sys-
tom Of government to force cons; tuition on
an unwilling people. Hear, hear that's
the Gu-tr'uc and clecrS-) Iaerc was time
whom some men could pretend to believe
that the LoCoinpfon constitution omJol Cd
the vi, of;he people Of Kansas, but that time
has pas,el. The question waS referred to
the people of ka;>a, luGe.. the English II !
last August, and then, at Fir election, they
rejected tile ircou.Vran constitution by a
vote of from eight u ten against 1t 10 one
in ltN favor. S.ncc il has been voted down
by - overwhelming = najDritv, no man can
pretend that ! was the act AMI decd of that
people lIua;'s 30; and cheersJ ! sub
NIT tuc question TOO yOa whether or not Il
), uai hot been FIR IG- that constitution
would nave been rfamiHt4 Gown th' fHf"Ats
oi tue people u hans'H as5."-t iteT con-
sent. 'it "ou Z, It would tiuifa. 'yr y a@-
la; three cheers Tor l'7uE'aS, - Ai.e
al least ninety lilac o"t # every ha-IEed
Prap.e here F'c~rnt agree that VS. iG't
IN de'r'u"g t"a' pfel.'', vi ny s"'u.'es
use The lat lAat III "-i-at IL t.; 80 NJ
H1A', - hrr'N me down aht pau "'''..9'
man '". me / :. senate III my pace ~
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nance WIN irHi6' V'"'S ''''''-I = i'''r>>,
!.sc"mi tph men, - .e''"' ne, because 90
!iEAL i!t can D. i'HeJ MY i".!.lA' OPP
i'heh'. Ut. l"teoii' i.'2 "' nope "n .d''''
Ani Las A-'-' ".ta'ied INA. '.e "at 4 e..''1e
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Ton Is >-,ptEHe' over ''e'E ina" l' once
IN !..n"!S, anu the teIF0Fs "i p'">G iP'4o" -
threatened every democrat 10y The present
administration unless "e supports ny i'e-
publican ticket in preference 10 my p-m2-
cratic associates anu myself tine f'op.G
are WI" you. 1t 'h'th threaten "'J !
Cou'u iiaa an instance n 'lr postmaster oi
'he e''S oi "aicsonie' anu ~ e't'l o."er
p's'"''>t', III '','S N'o'"''t' az 81 "h"i' nay
ueeI H''',"L' """ II stiIPs "eo'"'e 'h'H
u'e, 90 '''s I"''es u nv
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