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


strict harmony. | will Row call your a,tenl
ton to two of them, and you can then say
I whether you would be apt to believe that
the same mcn ever uttered both. daughter
and sneers) In speech ;n reply 10 ne a:
, Chisago in July last, Mr.. Lincoln, in speak
ing of the equality of the negro with the
white man used the following language:
! al should Ike 70 know. rrtakrg this old Declaration
Of Independence, which dec 'ares that all equal
upon principle, and making exceptions TO 1t where will
u stop: Il one man says II does hot mean anegro why
mao not :ot' say IL does another man.
daurhter> Il the Declaration is the truth, let
Ct the statute ho1As IN which find it aud
Who IS bold TO 10 IL: j. not tre let 1eaT il
OUT
You find that Mr. Lincoln there proposed
that If the doctrine of the Declaration Of In
dependence, IL claiiHg al men 10 be borne
equal, did not include the negro and put hin,
on IN equality with the whit man, that We
should take the statute bool, and tear it or,
daughter and cheers) He there took The
ground .hst the negro race is inclined IN the
Declaration Of Independence the equal uf
the white race, and that there could be- n
such thing as a distinction in the races,
making one superior and the other inferior.
| read now from the same speech:
'iiy friends. he say.l Lave detained you about
long a. desire t. do aud have only -y let di-
card NIL 'li- q'.urg about i- HHn and the Other
II j. and that and the other being in;e-
and therefore tey mus, b. placed! iI Interior po
-ition di-.arI.ng standard that W. have LETT
discard a those tll-- aud unite a. ore people
throughout this land. until We shaii once more stand
up declaring tha9 a.. In,A aFc created tgu1i.'
c'Tha,'s right, Gc.')
Yes, have 10 doubt that you think it is
right, bu, the LincolH men down in Coles.
Tazewell and Sau-auIou counties do nat
think it is right. (!mmcnse applause and
laughter. iiit him again, ,@c.) In the con
81 az ,it. .r,c-l tall tn
Chicago abo,itiCn.sts, he said Il leave
you, hoping that the lamp Of liberty vii
burn in your bosoms until there shall no
longer be doubt that all men created
free and equal Good. good, shame, &c.)
Wei you say good to that, and You are
going h vote lJ. Lincoln because ne hold,
that doctrine. t'Itats So | viii not
blame you for supporting him on that
ground. bat VIII show yoa in immediate
coHtras, with that doctrine. what Mr. Lin
cor said down in Egypt in order to get
votes ~ that locality where they DO not
hold 10 such doctrine, iu JOINT discussion
between Mr. Lincoln and H.y>eir, at Charles
ton, think, on the 18th OF last month, Mr..
Lincoln referring to this subject used the
following lan.Uage:
.IwU say ,lsrn, that AN not nor never ave been
il favor Of bringing about 80 asy way, the social ami
political equality u the wli'- and tIri races that
have been favor
Uf the fr-e e-ros-- jurors, q..s them. ta .0I
office having fl..u tn marry with white people. /
VII - IN aiit %. that '..Tr j. physical i1-rrr"r
UrJ"a"n IRE "iiie "h! hI+ta race. "0iel sIif'-r
VII inr-v.r '.ni O.. $50 ia--- living t"-.is.r Ugou
i,'7ls Of social aHd r'i-7' - 10 '11 t1'-nnrno ~
H., lite, tfa s.- O.. : remain t"--fes
Z. -ra m--t De- tire I-.u"u s' ,llerur and Inferior,
Hat a. ..eh " any other ""' ava Do a'er OF ne So
Vtrs0s position o,iHs a-- gl-a % te "...s man"
GOOD !or I..uco.u)
Fcllow-citzrns, here You find men hur-
I q ,ia, ln lIH
ri-ht, wheu in one part ol the State he stood
VI? for negro equality, and in another part
tor political ct!c :, discarded the doctrine and
d,ci red that there always must be
Ter,ur and inferior race. tIncy're not men.
Pa, them out. kc) ADo'it.yn,sts up north
ara expected and required 10 vote for Lin
coln because tie goes for tac equality Of
tie races, holding that by the declaration
D! Independence the white man and the ne
gro were created equal and endowed by the
Divine law with that equality, and down
south he tells the Cd Wings, the kentuck-
ians Nlrgiuiars and Tcne>S.eans, that there
i Il physical difference in the races, making
one superior and the ether inferior, and that
he is in favor c: :naintanS the superiority Of
.ue white race over the negro. Now, how
can you reconcile those two positions OF Mr..
Lincoln lie is TO be voted fog in the south
for ia the u0rth a. an aboiitioui>t. Give Ii
10 him" III him again. Up here he
thinks it i a., nOu>Cace TO ,aik about dii-
ference between the races, aud says that We
must discard all quilting about this race
and that race and the UtaeT race being lne-
ror and therefore they must he placed in
an inferior position" po.yn south tie makes
this ''gubbic' about this race and that race
and the other race being inferior as the creed
OF his party, and declares that the negro
can never be elevated 10 the position OF the
white man. You find that h.s political NEE
tings are called by different names in di-
fcrcHt counties in the State. Here they are
called Republican meetings, bat i'll the old
TaZ.wcli, where Lincoln made speech last
Tuesday, he did not address HCpH5ltcan
meeting. but "a grand rally OF the Lfac0iH
men. tCrrat laushtcr.) There are very few
Republicans there because Taz=well county
is fiilod with old Nirginians and kentuch-
ians, all OF whom are Wings or Democrats,
and if Mr. Lincoln had called an abolition or
Republican meeting there, he would not got
many votes. OLaughter) Go down into
Egypt and you find that lie and his party
are operating under an alias there, which his
friend TruinOuii has given them, IN order
that they li3ay cheat the people. " hen L
was down in Monroe county a few weeks ago
addressing the people, | saw hanbil.S posted
announcing that Mr. Trumbu.l was going to
speak in behalf Of Lincoln, and what DO you
think the name of his party was there?
Why the ''kro6 DeD,0cydcy." Oireatlaugh-
teri Mr.. TrumGull and Mr.. Jehu Baker
were announced 10 address the Free llemoc-
racy of Monroe county. ana the bill was
signed MANY Free Democrats. The rea-
son that Lincoln and his party adopted the
name OF Free Democracy" down there was
because Monroe county has always been ali
old fashioned Democratic county, and hence
it was necessary TO make the people believe
that they were Democrats, sympathized with
them, and were fighting ior Lincoln a. DEM
ocrats. (Thats it, Sc) Come up to Spring
field. where Lincoln now lives and always
has lived and You find that the convention
of his party which assembled to nominate
candidates foi legislature, who are expected
! to vote for him if elected, dare not adoptthe
name of Republican, but assembled under
the title of 'all opposed 10 the Democracy
! daughter and chcers.) Thus you find that
/ MIR Iincol.'s creed cannot travel thrpuai,
even one half of the counties Of this State,
but that it changes lis hues ana becomes
lighter and ligh' 'er, rs it travels from the en-
treme North. until II is nearly white, when
it reaches the extreme south end ef the
. State. CHATS so, it's true, etc) asa you,
nv friends, why cannot Republicans avow
their prinsipleS alike everywhere? would
despise myself, if thought that was pro-
curing your votes by concealing my opin-
} ions, and by avowing one set oi principles
! in one part Of the State, and diiiersnt set
IA another part. If do not truly and non
orabIy represent our feelings and principles,
tben ought no; to be your Senator ; ana
/ ! ,.;u ,,avcr conceal nv opinions or modify
/ or change them a hairs breadth in order t"
oct votes. tell you that this Chicago doe
trine of Lincoln 's-declarns that the neSr"
. Il 49, ,,,J;,o ,nor ara made. equally nv thr 70