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


In Lis late speech at OnarG", JUICE
Douglas paid his respects fer te" minutes
70 BrcoSe. Doucherty, and few .hefs oil
.b., s,rfpe who now assail him FOR not being
n good Democrat. lie sketches them with
rs uS;lal fli,hfu'nsss Of delineation:
..r,.v arc men who have hardly yet .
o,.-r.f out of the Abolition camp-meu /
,bo h,y. never been democrats III their
lives bat who, profess ne at times to he,
have betrayed the party on important qucs-
,igrs irving the faith OF men, and have only
.neahed back when they found that they
could net destroy the party. CHATS true)
For instance who now is leading this cru
sadie in Illinois against me in the name OF
the national Admins rat On and the nation
nj Democracy? Sidney Breese, that S'non-
pure Democrat. He published letter TN
other Lav in which he stated that ne hau
been a Democrat, working Tor TIE party io'
twenty-five years Ii Is Just '"e"'t
wears since | came TO the State, and to my
Certain knowledge he was .hen the most VIC
lent .nti-.Iackson man in the State. lou
knew that, Judge Pearson
".Jud-e Pearson. Ics, sir, 1t is true.
..Senator Douglas. lie is the man VITO
Irouobt the coffin handbIlls into this Safe
and circulated them broadcast over our
rrairies. dts true, shame on him, we all
know it, &c.) But, let US conc down to a
later period Four years ago, when re
turned from " ashIugton and took the stump
in v!ndicatiou o: the principles OF tine Nan
sas-N,braska b.ll, | met fearful opposition
from hostile elements united together IN ore
Cannon cause 70 break down the Democrat
ic party in Illinois. Aud vino were they !:
Abraham Lincoln and Lyman Truu.bull
or w tiu
md the other Democrat; and Lincoln bad
with him such EIen as Browning, ArchIs
Williams Judge Logan, Washburne end
other oId-,ine Wings. whist acting with
Trunbun was Sidney Breesc. John RHyn-
o',.S. John Dougherety, John NeI.tw orth,
Ebeuezer Peck, Norman Judd, Tom Turner,
and other worthy Iemecrd Of the sans
stamp. Great laughter and cilccrs)
II went down to SpriuiieIi on the 9Th Of
October, 1851, to attend the State fair, and
met most o. these gentleman there consul
ting how best to Aboiition:Ze the oil: VI ing
party and the cid Democratic party, and
transfer their numbers to the Abolitian
camp. and thus break down the Democracy
in the State Of Illinois. found Love Joy and
Lincoln. Trunbul and Bvcese, making spec
ches from the same stand, in the same cause,
against the Democratic party. Qhey are
IT il yct) And yet Breeze is national
Democrat. and wants to read me out OF the
Democratic party. Great !aushter) Oio
John REYNOLDS and John Dougherty, who
have been nominated by the party Of which
Breese is their leader-,he one for supcrln
t.nient o: the public schools, and the Other
for State treasurer-were both anti Ncbras
ka men in 1874, and united i'll the combna
Ii IN TO defeat Gen. Shields and elect Lyman
Trun,bull to the Senate four years ago
They then said was not Democrat; and
because | was not Democrat, they Joined
hands with Lovcioy, FarnsSorth, Fed Doug
lass. Lincoln, Trumbull, & Co. CTremen
dous shouts of laughter and applause.D They
slid that the Democratic organizations haC
abandoned Democratic principles. They
say the same thing now. These pretended
national DemOCrats-!ike Brccse, Reynolds
and Don .herty-are the same men who ioui
wears ago formed alliance with the Abo
Iton.>t in this State 20 break down the
Democra ic party, and they are now III
another secret alliance with Tie AUoIilonist:
for the same purpose.
That alliance has become 30 well kp0wT
that Il is almost useless To bring any proc
in confirmation Of it. Reynolds made
specch 1T Sprinfield the other day i'll whicI
he declared himself for Abraham Lincoln a
a-aust me and he made the same declare
ton IN another speech al Centyalia. Dogf
crty las made speech after speech OF IL
SINE kind. Carpenter is out now maxim
speeches agains. me, his expenses bein
pad by the subscriptions of E1enezer i'e"
and other Black Republicans of Chicago
GIVE it to them ) and at Charleston. ias
Saturday, after Lincoln and had conclude
our Joint discussion, the Black Repn jlica
marshal. DR.. Chambers announced from tn
stand that he had received a letter from Car
pcater, requesting him to antounce that h
tCarpenterJ would make speech ther
against Senator Douglas on the WeGneSda
following, which was the day before yester
day. These few rencgadgs from the Dem
ocratic party, and the Back Republicans ar
in concert every day. Who furnishes TIA
III. neg 10 print these DANTE papers that al
started but Bla l. i:crub!cans:'