The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-10-09
SENATOR Dough. y
VIII address the people OF Illinois At the times
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The democracy of Ia Sale county are
awake, and accounts Of enthusiastic meet.
iEgs reach Us daily from all quarters. Ga,
friends are becoming not only confident, but
feel entirely certain that the county can be
carried if every democrat does his duty,
and they have walked up and .jrded on the:
strength, in the fu.l determination to 30 il.
Ia Ottawa we have had two enthusiastic
meetings during the week. On Monday
evening the regular weekly meeting of the
Club was held Capt. Commit had been OK
pected, but having AN engagement al Morris
for tha: evening, did not appear, and the
ub had 10 other regular speaker engaged
for the evening. However, they were not
without recourse. Mr.. Cosswel was called
out, and made a most eX client aud telling
off-hand speech. He vas followed by +. X.
LELAND, ESq, in one Of the closest ard
ab,est arguments we have heard in that
Court House during the campaign. Mr.. l..
took tie meeting by surprise. We knew
he was good speaker and 4 close reason
er, but that he should in the brief space Of
three quarters Of an hour so com pletelv rid
die and annihilate all the ingenious sopi.;s-
tries with which tle COOKS, and Grays, and
G'ovefs had attempted to blind the people
Of Ottawa, was as gratifying as unexpected.
lis close, in particular, was magnis cent
outburst Of whitening denuncia;ion Of the
relentless hate and malice by which Judge
Douglas IS so unfeasonab!y and uEjuSty
pursued by the enemies Of the democratic
party. M. IIse being called eat, made
one of his pungent and effective appeals to
the democracy, and l.. L. .Delano closed for
the evening with one Of lis characteristic
home talks.
On Thursday evening, tie ciub had an
other meeting hastily called together on tue
arrival Of Capt. Connect in Our city. Al
though but tyw hours notice was given,
the house was well filed. Mr.. Leland, who
had given such delight on Monday evening,
was prevailed upon to make the opening
speech, as Capt. Connect was not very well
and di1 not propose 10 occupy over half an
lOui anu a'iiipu5l ti!dS td!ic' upon una
pectedly, he gave us another splendid argu-
ment. The limited space to which We are
confined in this resume OF the week will not
pernit us TO notice his points, but they ere
such AS tod, and We're admirably backed
up. lie paved the way gloriousy for the
Captain, who said more witty and brilliant
things in the next half hour than we often
hear compressed in so short space The
Captain wiclds weapon as heavy indeed
AS neat-axe, bat it is fearfully sharp. He
is the terror Of the opposition leaders, and
well he may be. But we must hasten on.
There was splendid meeting at Peru en-
Tuesday evening, addressed by Cast Iron
Bill" and glorious Captain Connect. New
err in that town were the democracy more
enthusiastic than at present. Peru, two
years ago gave Fremont majority. Last
year it went over 900 democratic, and the
democrats now are determined their major
i,y must go up to 800.
On Wednesday evening the democracy of La
Sale lad an enthusiastic meeting, at which
over 800 were present. Cogswc'l an Con-
nett again spoke, and then followed tfst
staunch and sterling old line wing. Charles
Todd, Ed, in noble speech in vndicatop
of Judge Douglas. Mr. L. carried the wings,
Of whom quite number were present, right
along with bin, and at the close of the meet
ing several prominent men of'that party.
who had heretofore acted with the repsbli-