The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-10-09
Il. e.. Cooks Consistency.

In the Republican Club last Saturday
evening, the Hon. Il. c. Cook made speech
in viii, n ne undertook to vindicate his DO.
litcal consistency, hasing his defence on the
bold assertion that when, in 1854, lie ioined
the republicans, lie never lief, the Democra-
ic party, but the party left him. Mr.. Cook,
up to 1854, proisssed to stand upon the
Baltimore platform. Let Us see what that
platform was upon which Burton c. Cook,
in 1852, Was nominated il this dist ict for
Il. Senator, which he openly endorsed and took
his stand upon, and to the maintenanco Of
which he stood pledged by every principle
Of political honor at the time when he Joined
the conspiracy of Judd, Lincoln, Trrru-
bull & Co. to abolition D. The Democratic
party and slaughter the noble va.ii,t, Gen.
SHIELDS. Here is the Baltimore platform.
l. That Congress has no power under the
Constitution, to interfere with or control the
domeStics institutions Of the several States
and thar such States are the sole and proper
Judges OF everything aPpertainjng TO their
oHn affairs, not prohibited hy the con>titI.
ticn; and that all efforts Of the aboiIionsts
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any friend Of orr p9.,''ea, institutions
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Inc i"..""iHE resolution Was adopted Il.
The Democratic Senatorial Convention in
1879 q. which T. + Cot mo-. ..,...:-,.,s
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i'ss"t'@", iaaf We iuay concur IN tie
tF'h'','ss ai' 'c"tlH ~ 'tc Democratic par
~ ana '"f' We 'n>lii'e th'm on cur u-n
hsr - our fo''uc'i ialh.
We are aware that Mr. Cook, heir sIl t
ting LAWYER =. he < male a yam .f.-t
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'"eS1 IONS III i'''' '''''e i'ay .'t no
misunderstanding auon; their precise III an
in- and about @hat was tie exact position
of the Democratic ra-ty A. the tim. .-,..sl
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tract from t'@ great sn~~HH o. -lf- D ."e.aS.
delivered il Chicago on 'le Z3l &c October,
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meaning OF he l'ihlfgin,Ss AsEs'ir4S q
'oF>e'' an" 70 VIC S''i''''- Oh "'-'-'' -''''
Cook had 80 unr0ssrFtiy pist5-i himself.
We all remember the circumstances under
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Pnbh>h'H c'e'Y" hef', am, every N'iefe &C
copied by the Democracy - a iaL. ana Fie
EXPOSITION of the Democratic lg-.!i.a.-
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tatt amen .'ihi'' - '!r "H'''' ''so vote
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item hold me accountable there Is any.