The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-07-10
Unparalleled ImDudeuce.

What We supposed to be a mere ;eu
desprat on the part of the Mendoza Press,
when it spoke of Maginnis, of the Peru
Sentinel, drinking 40 glasses of lager in a
day, turns out, we fear, to be more than half
true, for no man in his sober senses could
have made such an ass of himself as to pen
the article in the last Sentinel, in which he
| calls on "Our frinds" to raise subscribers
for the "Sentinel," as that is now the only
paper in the county that supports Douglas
and the regular democratic candidates for
State officers!
We have had, for the last few weeks, some
words Of explanation with the Sentinel. We
have told him exactly where we stand ION
the questions Of the day." Our position we
have explained to be exactly that of the
April convention and Of Judge Douglas him
self. We opposed Lecompton while it was
live issue. So did Judge d. and so did the
April convention. Aside from Lcconipton
we heartily endorsed the general course Of
the administration. So did Judge D. and so
did the April convention. And when Lc-
compton became a dead issue, we said we
have no further war TO make on the admins
tratiOn. So says Judge D. in the speech
from which we quoted last week; and so
arouM the April convention say if it could
meet again.
Maginnis, on the other hand, persists, in
the face of Judge Douglas own declaration
to the contrary, to assert that Lecompton is
still live issue-that Judge ID. and the ad-
ADMINISTRATION are still in deadly strife, and
denounces us, because we DO not believe all
this incoherent nonsense, as the enemy Of
Judge D. and the April State ticket. The
man is evidently SUPPLIED with lager.
If not, thon we say, if he makes bitter op-
position to the dead cock in the pitt" Lc-
compton, and abuse of the administration of
President buchanan the test Of support of
the April ticket and the reelection Of Judge
d. to the Senate, that he is not on the plat
form Of Judge d. himself nor on that OF the
April convention-but that he is in the boat
with Greeley, Seward & Co, for this is pre-
cisely the ground On which they stand, and
standing on their ground, he ought to come
cut like an honest man nj call himself
black republican, as he is.
No man, at this day, can continue bitter
warfare on the administration Of President
Buchanan, on account of Lecompton, and
call himself democrat. We do not recog-
nize such as democrats, and will rot as
democrats associa;, with them. They be-
lot G On the other side, and we are politically
their antipodes.
As for the formslity Of placing the
names Of Fonday and French at the head OF
our columns, it is Little matter CT taste
about which we propose to suit ourselves.
Our position in regard to these gentlemen
we believe is well understood by our read
crs. We have said over and over again that
they are the regular nominees Of the demo
cratic party, and those democrats who refuse
to support them as such are boilers. We
have not however had, nor will we have the
brazen efrontery to make loud pretense
OF supporting regular democrats in one
breath, while fighting shou,de to shoulder
in the other with the enemies of the party
to break down an administration it has
elected, and whose measures it supports and
approves