The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-07
The Rail Rolling!

Democratic Meeting in Otta,oa-1sco Re
publican Leaders joi" the Democratic
Army!
The democratic meeting at The court house
in this city, On Tuesday evening, called 10
make arrangements in reference to the re-
ception of Judge Douglas on the Sls' ihs'''
was marked by features which gave II sig
nifcancs immensely above the mere formal
business immediately in hand. After ap- |
pointing committee OF arrangements and
reception, the only business proposed, it was
ascertainsd that the Hon. T. L. DIcKEY was
IN the room, and Immediately loud calls re-
sounded from all sides to have him speak,
Judge Dickey took the stand, and delivered
the best speech we have heard in Ottawa
since the great campaign of sc.
Bat before we undertake to give our
readers an idea of what he said, we may be
pardoned for saying few words in refer
ence to Judge D. himself. Te the mass of
our readers, who reside in this and the ad-
joining counties. we are well aware this is
supertiuous. But 1t may not be so at dis
lance. Judge d. is no third rat. lawyer or
precinct politician. For fifteen years, at
least, he has ranked as one of the ablcst
lawyers in Northern Illinois, and for several
Years, he occupied the bencl, as Circuit
Judge. Nor has his position as a politician
been less conspicuous than that as a LAWYER
Since as early as 1871, until his temporary
removal to Chicago a few years ago, Judge
d. was the acknowledged leader, or at least
the ablest and most popular and influential
man in the whig ranks. in this county and
congressional district. Always bold and
earn est in the advocacy of his views ar e!o
que, speaker, ard popular and engaging in
democracy never courted an encounter
Since the final disruption of the whig party
in 1854, having no political aspersions 10
crafty, and only DESTROYS to attach himself
to that political organization VIII CHI he tc-
lieved most likely in its success to promote
the bes; interests Of onr common country,
he appears to have been less earnest in his
party attachments, acting, however, with
the republican party.
His speech bore evidence Of having been
well considered, and his views as enuncia-
| ted deliberately formed. The people of
this country, he maintained, are divided in
to three great parties. LIST, the ultra South
ern or slavery propaeandst party; 2d, the
ultra Northern or abolition party and 81,
| the conservation men Of both North and
/ South who stand between the two extremes
| can and democratic parties. We shall not
, attempt to follow him as he traced the his
/ tory Of these parties, and the occasional
dominance of the southern extremists in the
and of the northern extremists in the other
1t is sufficient to say that his conclusion Of
the whole matter was that in the present
contest in Illinois, the republican party
stands before US wholly debauched with ab-
oltionism; that the opposite extreme is rep
resented by the small squad Of prolessed
democrats who oppose Judge Doug'a.
| while the true cOnservatives-those who
/ stand between the two extremes-and ii
whom alone rests ard must ever rest the
safety Of this Union, were the men who now
stood by and supported Judge Douglas
The clearness and vigor with which h
presented these views, and the earnestnes
with which he depicted the bod and mani,
stand taken by Judge Douglas last winter
| the gigantic opposition he encOuntered--th
mere than human energy with which h
, maintained his position-and then the per
I nicious example it would present, and IT,
browning outage and wrcng it would be t
] suffer him now to be stricken down-,h
: manner, we say, in which these were deIi
: ted, was such as to thrill his audience, an
: notwith- landing his earnest protest again'
. all demonstrations of applause, they final
, broke out in such thunders as that old cou
house has seldom witnessed.
: Judge Dickey was followed by Wiliia'
y Cogswel, Esq, another republican leader
S our city, of no mean stature. Mr. Cogswc
: is plain and blunt spoken man, but Of d'
r cided talent as a speaker, and in our loo;
, politics has always bsrne a leading part
8 He took decided ground for Douglas in tn
C present contest, although he was not qui
3 ready to 90 the whole length with Jrdl
: Dickey, in utterly bidding good bye to b
old associates of the republican party.
. There ere several republican leaders
! the room, and the blank dismay with whis
they heard these speeches was more thu
e amusing. 1t was not only the loss Of tw su'
G NJ n as Dickey and Csgsweil-bu, it "
c thil open expression of that undercurrent
/ feeling that perradcs their entire ranks
a their first visible and pababie ouEbFsski'
&C of that volcano CT disafIection and unm
" taxable commencement OF stampede fro
their ranks, that filled them with goo
that we spprshsnd the anticipated presen
Of Lincoln himself will not be able to disp,
y TIE NICAEAGUA DIrFICuLTIEs.-The \.
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