The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-07-24
what thew are Coming TO.

W nat tEeS uTc SSAuIuS SOs
That tie convention which nominated
Owen Lovejoy for Congress in this district
was composed nlne-tenths Of old line aboli-
tionists-the Liberty men" Of five or six
years ago-no one will dispute, for we have
their names and political history before us
and can furnish the proof These men, not
only in that convention, but at all the con-
yeutions and meetings Of the so called I" re-
publican party" do most Of the moving and
talking, and pull GU the wires. These are
tie men that for the last twenty years have
gathered around Owen Lovejoy as their
chief leader and spokesman, and with whom
he is in constant and deepest SYMPATHY
That he "socs the length" with them in all
their views there is 10 doubt hut it is a
part of their tactics, when they NEE. with
the "repubicans," to hold back from ey-
pressing their real views les; they may shock
and drive away the " lambs" who they say
must at first be fed with milk. They take
good care, however, to keep the reins in
their hands, and TO keep men of their own
right kind Of abolitonists, they say must be
trained gradually, aud as Lovcjoy told the
republicans year ago, "you Will all be
with us by and by"
When these men meet among themselves,
however, and the lambs" are not about,
they are less reserved in expressing their
real views. and thus occasionally we get Z
glimpse of those higher degrees tor which
our old line wings and tender footed repub-
l!cans are at present the neophytes in train
ing.
That these tender innocents may be able
! 20 realize 10 What sublime heights they are
destined to attain under this patieIt pupilage
we suhjoin, from the last Ottawa Republican,
(whcre they appear without note or com,
menO few resolutions adopted at an ova-
. ton of these fathers and teachers of the re-
publican lambs" in tho Grove Of the Evv-
VIM. Strawn, one Of th,ir high priests, in
the town of Bruce, Is Sale co1nty, Ill, Jul
Iy 5th, 1895:
lst Resolved, That It Is lie constitut on
81 right aud the mos tive duty of the
National GoverHmc abolish slavery
throughout the matte
I'd. That the government Of the United
States, as a. pres, Mt administered, is in iii.
rect aulagoalsm with the principles upon
which It was iorme! and tAe poses for
+ which il was instituted, and It Should De IA.
Ideally reformed OF utterly abolished.
81. That the doctrine OF non intervention
wiki slavery in the States is inconsistent
with our allegiance TO God and our obliga-
tons TO man, and should be at once rcyu-
dated by all wlo would do unto others as
1 they would that othu:s should &c unto them.
/ 4th. That We repudIatc al compromise
/ with slavery and any settlement of the
slavery question other than by its iinme ] ate
ana eutiI- GLoitttOis as ian agreement with
he'll and a covenant witt DEATH and we
pledge Ourselves to labor increasingly nnli
liberty is proclaimed throughout the land 10
all tie inhabitants thereof.
9th. That until tne people of Illinois shall
repeal their infamous B ack Laws ana secure
7 personal liberty to all fugitive slaves, they
are directly resi- onsIb!e for slavery and for
g! its human wrongs.
Oh. That a religion that has no remons-
trance against slavery and no real sympathy
. with the slave, is = gross caricature of Cn'Is-
IlaItN, ana deserves the cH'Ci'''ij.! ana coz
tempt Of all believers III Christ.
7Ih. That the efforts OF those in this yicir-
ity and elsewhere who though processing
G0d.iaess yet seek to suppress the anti
slavery agitation and shut out the grea, sin
. Of slavery do most c,aaTIy demonstrate that
they are in the gall of bitterness and
the bonds Of ini9uity" and fu,!y illustrate
the principle that lie that doth eyl hatch
the light neither someth to the light lest his
deeds sEou'a be regroV-d.
It seems there was one aeophyte presen;
who had not quite attained the " height su,
blimc' Of the lst aud Sd resolutions, and he
undertook to oppose their adoption. He
was gently reproved by brother Mott, Zone
of tAc delegates to the Joliet convention,
and the two resolutions, for the weak bro
theirs sake, were passed over 10 anoihe,
meeting. This Of course could easily be
done, as the spirit OF the others covered sub.
stantlal.y the same thing.
/ And this is what our wing and republican
brethren, who scoid Us for calling them abo-
/ l!tIonists, are coming to!