The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-10-09
To the People of Illinois.

whole country are upon you, looking to what
NAV be the result of the election in Novem-
Der. it may not be surprising that We, your
near neighbors, having daily intercourse
with you. reaching the confines Of your State,
ut Lake Michigan and on the Mississippi, at
Galsn. in the North, and Cairo on the South,
should feel a deep interest in what you may
resolve to do. In contest SO plainly Ma
tional in its character, we might we'll be in
dulged, not only in an expression Ct our So
licitude as to the result, but we claim that
We may be pardoned for taking direct part
in that result, and addressing to you such
considerations as ought, in our opinion, to
induce you to vote for such Representatives.
- will vote for the reelection OF Judge
DOUGLAS to the Senate. All Of you KNOW
at least those who have known the HtPuo!t'
can for many years, that there WAS 'me
when we opposed the advancement OF 'u'se
DOUGLAS as much of that as any other hia"
in the Union. We opposed him SO long az
there was Wing party, and ne was arrayea
in opposition to that party. when the shi-
ming lights of that party went out IN death
when those to whom we had been accustomed
to look for instruction and guidance were
seen, many of them, going off into other
parties MANY to the Black Republicans, and
many more to the Americans. and that others
preserved serene indifference" TO every
thing around them. We, who had been &C
customed to take part in whatever concerned
tie welfare of the country, satisfied that
there always was q good and bad side to
every political question, did not hesitate to
support Democrats, before We would touch
Black Republicans. We supported BucHAS-
An. a did thousands Of other Wings in
your State and ours, on these grounds. We
belisvs that the election of Mr. BUCHANAN
saved US from untold apd monstrous evils.
So heated, Incorporate and desperate were
the teachings Of the Black Republicans when
they supposed that they were on the point
of success, that it is exceedingly doubtful
whether their insolence would Lot have ex-
asperated the people Of fifteen States of the
Union to such an extent as to have driven
them to the verge of revolution. That crisis
passed with the election Of President BU-
CHASAN, and although the same parties are
arrayed against each other now, it is under
such circumstances that the old, wise and
.1iscre ct men Of the country can, il they Will,
put an end to the strife. You, freemen of
Illinois, Democrats, Wings and Americans,
can do it, and the nation looks to you to do
this work thoroughly.
What have you, men of Illinois, to object
to Judge DOUGLAS political course? There
are points in his political life which are
sufficiently unpalatsble to US of the Slave
States, but those objections have never oc-
Cured to you as untenable or wrong; and
what else have you to say against him !?
Look at his position before the country and
the world Who SAYS that he does not &C.
cupy the front rank in the Senate, taking
part in all the remarkable debates Of that
L. I -, f,,-,tt pnt;
ty, year after year, that has won the admi-
ration even of his bitterest opponents !?
Time was when We thought Mr.. DOUGLAS
little superior to a demagogue-it is good
many years since-but we, although not
agreeing with him in all things. now place
him in tho front rank Of the statesmen Of the
age. We look back to the early representa-
tion of Illinois in the Senatc-to EDWARDS,
THOMAS, MCLEAN, KANE, ROBINSON, M'RoB-
KRTs, BREEsE, SHIELDS, and among them all
We find no man the peer Of DoUGLAs-not
one who has done so much for his State,
not one who has given such a reputation to
Illinois, not one who has earned SO lasting
. namo for himself. Why, then, at an hour
when great men are really wanted in the
councils Of the country-when patriots are
wanted there, instead of schemng partizans,
intent on so dividing the States that the
North shall have all the patronage and the
power over the slave States-when It is the
deliberate purpose of the politicians Row
aiming at administrative control, to make
everything SO obnoxious that the South will
take no part in the Governmcnt-why
should this man, so tried, SO sagacious, be
turned adrift to make room for a man with
revolution, and the destruction of a CO. ordin
ate branch of the Government, an avowed
part of his creed? Is there not more safety
in DOUGLAS than in LINCOLN Will not the
election of the former give relief to every
conservative. right-thinking man in the
country? On the other hand, will not the
election of LINCOLN be the cause of more dis
may to nearly One-half of the States of thi'
Union, and to all conservative men every
where, than anything that has transpire,
for many years? Who will we then see il
the van, leading on Abolition in its attacks
upon the rights Of the Slave States2 LOVE
JOY, TRuMBULL, WENTWORTH, WAsHBURSE
FARNEswoRrH, ard host of just such men
will claim to direct the political affairs of tEt
country, and all of you know to what thei
avowed doctrines lead-ths dissolution Of tn
Union.
But We arc not without hopc-earnest hope
When we see such man as JONI L. STU
ART, no longer a politician but true love
ofhis country. emerging from his retreat ant
declaring himself for DOUGLAS, we can rea1il,
believe that there are thousands of Wing.
all over the State who will make up their
minds to do the same thing. Twenty years
ago, STUART beat DOUGLAS for Congress. after
desperate struggle. Since that ti:.ie, h
has been found in opposition to Douglas ane
his party, and his personal relations have lee
him to an intimate association with LINCOLN
But the dangerous tendency Of LINCoLs's Pc
litical doctrines have dissolved that relation
and STUART elects to support DOUGLAS as tn
man, We are bound to presume, most loya
to the Institutions of the Union, most relia
bic in the conjuncture of affairs likely to b
presented in the country for two or tire
years, and best calculated to bring peace ant
security to the Republic The example O
Mr.. STUART is a glorious one, aud may wei
be followed by every Wing and every patri
OF In the State. We ingoke them to do it
Missouri Republieaa.
ADVICE (WoRrH MILLIoSs) GRATIs.-Ever,
man should keep the wolf from the door, AM
his mother-in-law, too. if he can. Ever
woman has a right to be any age she plea
ses, for if she were to state her real age II