The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-09-11
From the Missouri RepublicaT
DOuglas...Lincoln.

On the first page Of this paper we publish
ths speeches OF Judge Douglas and Mr.. Lin
coin, at Freeport. They are the second of
the series to be delivered by the representa-
tives Of the twd parties in Illinois, and, it
rnaS-be presumed, embrace the pith and
su bs,ancc of all the intermediate speeches
delivered by them. Both Of the speakers
are well attended,, and liberal allowance
may be made for the enthusiasm and the
crowds which a. ne said to accompany tae In
wherever they go. The contest is one to
. which the whole country is looking with in
tense anxiety. If there was much feeling
expressed throughout every State of the
Union, with reference to our election-if the
Black Republica ps OF the North turned their
gaze to ST. Lou IS with intense anxiety, to
discern, if posi- pie, some hope that Black
Rspubiicanism bad found resting place in
Slave State, til ereby relieving that party
from the odiumi attached TO sectional, q
strictly Free State party-if the result n.
vcyed them intelligence Of the total Giscom-
, future of their pArty-great as their disap-
poin:ment was, still greater will be their
disappointment Il, in November next, the
tidings should 30 forth that Douglas had
been endorsed by the people Of Illinois, and
that the Black Republican, had been defeat
ina,;eniive observers Of the course Of things
in Ilineis-ws have not uBdervalued the i'm
portance Of the election soon 10 take place
and while it is very well known that we dis
approved the position assumed bv Judge
Douglas At the commencement Of the last
Congress, on the presentation Of the Presi-
dents message, and the discussion which
was then provoked by him on the Kansas
Constitution, we entertain no doubt now
that true p.sssct;sIn, An hoaest desire for the
settlement Of this vexed question, will best
&c consulted 5y sustaing Senator Douglas in
his war upon the Black Republicans OF the
State, and the defeat of that party. Judge
Douglas declarss himself now, as he. c.always
has been, Dcnocrat-he stands pledged to
the doctrines Of the Cincinnati PLATFORM
his most intimate friends not only say that
he will be found supporting the nominees of
the Charleston Convention in 500. but that
he expects to be the nominee OF that Con-
yentiou-on all occasions, al all points, and
in all positions, his hostility 10 Black Re-
pubicanisrn has been bold and uncompro-
missing, and added TO all this is his persistent
declaration that, now that the Kansas ques-
tion is settled by the people of that Terrific
~, there is no cause Of further difference
between him and the President, or that por-
tlcn OF the Democratic party VINO, IN the
past session of Congress, took different
view sf their duty from what he did. Such
being his position and his sentiments, the
conservative men Of Il!ipois-Whigs and
Americans-those who hate Black Rspubli-
canism, and believs that that heresy must
lead to dissolution of the Union-in our
opinion, ought to have no hesitation in Civ
ing their influence and their votes for candi-
dates who will support the e-election Of Mr..
Douglas. Between him and Mr.. Lincoln,
who has of late years gone off into the wild
est stretches Of Abolitonism, there ought to
be no ground for doubt in the minds Of
those who love the Union; Of all those who
think its preservation an object Of much
greater moment than the election Of a man
whose distempered brain is full of fancies,
and who is the willing representative Of a
party which is full of hatred of fifteen at
least of the States of the confederacy, and
would destroy it rather than not succeed in
their desire to obtain complete control of the
General Government. Let Illinois be saved
from the grasp Of these desperate politicians,
and the Laion is SAFE.